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In article <1992Aug11.201850.8208@u.washington.edu>, lcornell@milton.u.washington.edu (Linda Cornell) writes:
|> Hi there,
|> 
|> We're thinking about purchasing Filemaker Pro along with a special
|> software application that was developed in it.  
|> 
|> Our current office set up is some SIs, SEs, and a Plus running on an
|> Appletalk/Appleshare network with a SE as a server.  Everything is
|> Sys7 except the server and the Plus which are 6.0.7 (I think).
|> 
|> The application is a "database" that everyone will need to share.
|> 
|> I'm a novice to Macs, and spend most of my time with PCs, Novell, Unix,
|> etc.  So any suggestions, guidance, comments will be greatly appreciated!
|> 
|> Thanks in advance for your time!
|> 
|> Linda Cornell
|> lcornell@u.washington.edu
|> University of Washington
|> Office of Research

Be VERY Careful of setting up a FM Pro database across a network.
Small abberations in your network can cause catasrophic data losses.
Claris' suggestion is to have a dedicated server for FM Pro [sic]. I don't
know about you, but we didn't want to shell out for a Mac *just* for
FM Pro.  In my experience, and I am only one datapoint, FM Pro is
NOT very stable over a shared network, especially if multiple users
are sharing the file simultaneously.

Just my $0.02 worth.
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David G. Simmons	"A little rudeness and disrespect can elevate a
davids@lanl.gov		meaningless interaction to a battle of wills and
			add drama to an otherwise dull day."