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  • Salad
    #1

    3 machines, same application, different speed results

    I have an app on three different machines; front end on the PC, backend
    on the network.

    These are my results on loading the application when I press OK from the
    Logon form (username/pw) to presenting the opening form and finishing
    running setup routines.

    On the old machine (4 yrs old). Win2000. Dell. 1 gig memory
    A97 (backend A97 format) 7-8 seconds
    A2003 (backend A97 format) 12-14 seconds
    A2003 (backend A2003 format) 8-9 seconds

    2 new machines. XP. 2 gigs ram. Dell.
    A2003 (backend A97 format) 25 seconds to load on each.

    A2003 is service pack 2. All computers use the same desktop icon.

    Both new machines are extremely slow on opening and going into various
    forms. They're on the same network, same backend file as the old
    machine. They use Norton AntiVirus.

    The backend resides on a Novell file server.

    Any ideas on what could cause the new computer load time to almost
    double in time compared to the old machine? I would think a faster
    processor and more memory would make them faster.

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    • Bruce
      #2
      Re: 3 machines, same application, different speed results

      On May 2, 10:26 am, Salad <o...@vinegar.c omwrote:
      I have an app on three different machines; front end on the PC, backend
      on the network.
      >
      These are my results on loading the application when I press OK from the
      Logon form (username/pw) to presenting the opening form and finishing
      running setup routines.
      >
      On the old machine (4 yrs old). Win2000. Dell. 1 gig memory
      A97 (backend A97 format) 7-8 seconds
      A2003 (backend A97 format) 12-14 seconds
      A2003 (backend A2003 format) 8-9 seconds
      >
      2 new machines. XP. 2 gigs ram. Dell.
      A2003 (backend A97 format) 25 seconds to load on each.
      >
      A2003 is service pack 2. All computers use the same desktop icon.
      >
      Both new machines are extremely slow on opening and going into various
      forms. They're on the same network, same backend file as the old
      machine. They use Norton AntiVirus.
      >
      The backend resides on a Novell file server.
      >
      Any ideas on what could cause the new computer load time to almost
      double in time compared to the old machine? I would think a faster
      processor and more memory would make them faster.
      All other things being equal, I'd say it's Win2000 vs. WinXP when
      accessing a Netware server. It would be interesting to see if you
      experience the same problem by putting the back end on one of your new
      XP machines and then testing the front end on the old Win2000 versus
      the front end on the second new WinXP machine (thus eliminating Novell
      as the possible culprit) while connecting to the back end on the first
      XP machine using simple file sharing.

      Bruce

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        • Marco Pagliero
          #3
          Re: 3 machines, same application, different speed results

          On 2 Mai, 17:26, Salad <o...@vinegar.c omwrote:
          Both new machines are extremely slow on opening and going into various
          forms.  They're on the same network, same  backend file as the old
          machine.  They use Norton AntiVirus.
          What are the load times without Norton?

          Marco P

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            • Salad
              #4
              Re: 3 machines, same application, different speed results

              Marco Pagliero wrote:
              On 2 Mai, 17:26, Salad <o...@vinegar.c omwrote:
              >
              >
              >>Both new machines are extremely slow on opening and going into various
              >>forms. They're on the same network, same backend file as the old
              >>machine. They use Norton AntiVirus.
              >
              What are the load times without Norton?
              >
              Marco P
              I will check.

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                • Salad
                  #5
                  Re: 3 machines, same application, different speed results

                  Bruce wrote:
                  On May 2, 10:26 am, Salad <o...@vinegar.c omwrote:
                  >
                  >>I have an app on three different machines; front end on the PC, backend
                  >>on the network.
                  >>
                  >>These are my results on loading the application when I press OK from the
                  >>Logon form (username/pw) to presenting the opening form and finishing
                  >>running setup routines.
                  >>
                  >>On the old machine (4 yrs old). Win2000. Dell. 1 gig memory
                  > A97 (backend A97 format) 7-8 seconds
                  > A2003 (backend A97 format) 12-14 seconds
                  > A2003 (backend A2003 format) 8-9 seconds
                  >>
                  >>2 new machines. XP. 2 gigs ram. Dell.
                  > A2003 (backend A97 format) 25 seconds to load on each.
                  >>
                  >>A2003 is service pack 2. All computers use the same desktop icon.
                  >>
                  >>Both new machines are extremely slow on opening and going into various
                  >>forms. They're on the same network, same backend file as the old
                  >>machine. They use Norton AntiVirus.
                  >>
                  >>The backend resides on a Novell file server.
                  >>
                  >>Any ideas on what could cause the new computer load time to almost
                  >>double in time compared to the old machine? I would think a faster
                  >>processor and more memory would make them faster.
                  >
                  >
                  All other things being equal, I'd say it's Win2000 vs. WinXP when
                  accessing a Netware server. It would be interesting to see if you
                  experience the same problem by putting the back end on one of your new
                  XP machines and then testing the front end on the old Win2000 versus
                  the front end on the second new WinXP machine (thus eliminating Novell
                  as the possible culprit) while connecting to the back end on the first
                  XP machine using simple file sharing.
                  >
                  Bruce
                  Thanks, Bruce. I will check this out. I definitely need to see if
                  there's a difference between the two. I'll post my results later.

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                    • Salad
                      #6
                      Re: 3 machines, same application, different speed results

                      Salad wrote:
                      Bruce wrote:
                      >
                      >On May 2, 10:26 am, Salad <o...@vinegar.c omwrote:
                      >>
                      >>I have an app on three different machines; front end on the PC, backend
                      >>on the network.
                      >>>
                      >>These are my results on loading the application when I press OK from the
                      >>Logon form (username/pw) to presenting the opening form and finishing
                      >>running setup routines.
                      >>>
                      >>On the old machine (4 yrs old). Win2000. Dell. 1 gig memory
                      >> A97 (backend A97 format) 7-8 seconds
                      >> A2003 (backend A97 format) 12-14 seconds
                      >> A2003 (backend A2003 format) 8-9 seconds
                      >>>
                      >>2 new machines. XP. 2 gigs ram. Dell.
                      >> A2003 (backend A97 format) 25 seconds to load on each.
                      >>>
                      >>A2003 is service pack 2. All computers use the same desktop icon.
                      >>>
                      >>Both new machines are extremely slow on opening and going into various
                      >>forms. They're on the same network, same backend file as the old
                      >>machine. They use Norton AntiVirus.
                      >>>
                      >>The backend resides on a Novell file server.
                      >>>
                      >>Any ideas on what could cause the new computer load time to almost
                      >>double in time compared to the old machine? I would think a faster
                      >>processor and more memory would make them faster.
                      >>
                      >>
                      >>
                      >All other things being equal, I'd say it's Win2000 vs. WinXP when
                      >accessing a Netware server. It would be interesting to see if you
                      >experience the same problem by putting the back end on one of your new
                      >XP machines and then testing the front end on the old Win2000 versus
                      >the front end on the second new WinXP machine (thus eliminating Novell
                      >as the possible culprit) while connecting to the back end on the first
                      >XP machine using simple file sharing.
                      >>
                      >Bruce
                      >
                      >
                      Thanks, Bruce. I will check this out. I definitely need to see if
                      there's a difference between the two. I'll post my results later.
                      >
                      You could have knocked me over with a feather on Sunday. I opened the
                      new XP machine and the main form displayed in 3-4 seconds, all load
                      processes complete. Same thing on many tests. Hurray!

                      Then I opened the app on another machine and it went back to a typical
                      slow load of 25-30 seconds. Bummer.

                      I got in contact with their network guy and we hashed some things out.
                      I asked him to check on NortonAV...they have the corporate edition. He
                      stopped the scanning on MDB files. When he did that it dropped the load
                      time back to 3-4 seconds. Hurray!


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                        • lyle fairfield
                          #7
                          Re: 3 machines, same application, different speed results

                          Which is worse, Necrotizing Fasciitis or Norton Anythingitis?

                          On May 6, 10:31 am, Salad <o...@vinegar.c omwrote:
                          Salad wrote:
                          Bruce wrote:
                          >
                          On May 2, 10:26 am, Salad <o...@vinegar.c omwrote:
                          I got in contact with their network guy and we hashed some things out.
                          I asked him to check on NortonAV...they have the corporate edition.  He
                          stopped the scanning on MDB files.  When he did that it dropped the load
                          time back to 3-4 seconds.  Hurray!

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                            • Salad
                              #8
                              Re: 3 machines, same application, different speed results

                              lyle fairfield wrote:
                              Which is worse, Necrotizing Fasciitis or Norton Anythingitis?
                              :) With my luck I'd contact Dracunculiasis after drinking Symantec
                              kool-aide.

                              >
                              On May 6, 10:31 am, Salad <o...@vinegar.c omwrote:
                              >
                              >>Salad wrote:
                              >>
                              >>>Bruce wrote:
                              >>
                              >>>>On May 2, 10:26 am, Salad <o...@vinegar.c omwrote:
                              >>
                              >>I got in contact with their network guy and we hashed some things out.
                              >>I asked him to check on NortonAV...they have the corporate edition. He
                              >>stopped the scanning on MDB files. When he did that it dropped the load
                              >>time back to 3-4 seconds. Hurray!
                              >
                              >

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