MartyConnelly
martyconnelly at shaw.ca
Thu Feb 20 13:30:00 CST 2003
Another solution maybe Tarantella Enterprise 3 (TE3) from UK ; but if you have to ask cost, can you afford it? Has anyone looked at this? Cost $200 a seat? http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2911091,00.html or http://www.tarantella.com/products/e3/ MartyConnelly wrote: > Jurgen Welz had a lot of comments on this; see Archives: Welz Citrix > http://intranet.marlow.com/AccessD/AccessDPost.asp?PostNumber=6122&StrC=welz&StrC=citrix > > > Judy Johnson wrote: > >> Hi Group - I sent this same request out last February as the issue to >> use Citrix came up at that time. The client decided it was not a >> viable solution. >> >> New players, getting ready to roll out Office XP, they now want to >> look at Citrix as a solution again. Could I have your thoughts? >> This is our situation: >> >> * 6 offices within the continental US. >> * 40-50 users. Each office has their own local NT server. Users >> are not evenly distributed (some offices have 2, others have a >> dozen). We also have about 6 users who work from their homes, >> most using dial-up. >> * There are two areas within the organization, each has their own >> application. The "applications" are currently running in A97. >> I've converted a test copy to XP and they work fine - no >> reprogramming was necessary. The FEs reside on the user's PC. >> They are used for data entry and reporting. (The last FE update >> was in October 2002 - very low maintenance FE). The data is >> located in an mdb on each local server. All servers are linked >> through NT. One location requires access to all files so a >> program was written to create an Aggregate copy of all data for >> reporting purposes. The "Aggregate download" is performed on a >> monthly basis for Aggregate reporting only. >> * The users also commonly cut & paste from a web based reference >> manual into a comments field within the data entry form. >> >> The company is anticipating a 2 year window for roll out of XP and >> are concerned about having 2 versions of the FE (A97 and XP). My >> recommendations is to leave the data mdb in A97 until everyone has >> XP, then we'd convert the data. I've tested data entry from XP to the >> A97 and it works fine. Frankly, I don't see how the benefit of Citrix >> can possibly outweigh it's cost. Does anyone "see" something I may be >> missing? >> >> Am I correct in understanding that a dedicated server is required? >> I'm being told no fail over is required. I believe that means all of >> my users will be on the same server, with their FE sitting on the >> server. If the server goes down - everyone will be down. But my >> bigger concern is response time! We're talking 30-40 concurrent >> Access users doing data entry and major report generation. Does >> anyone have any idea how I can realistically test this scenario? The >> IT folks are offering a test environment next week. Thanks for your >> input. >> >> Judy Johnson >> jjwrite at earthlink.net <mailto:jjwrite at earthlink.net> >> _______________________________________________ AccessD mailing list >> AccessD at databaseadvisors.com >> http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: >> http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > > > _______________________________________________ > AccessD mailing list > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com >