xdaa374@ut-emx.UUCP (William T. Douglass) (02/21/89)
We are setting up a multi-user system using FoxBASE+/Mac and a database residing on a Mac II fileserver. Everything is fine, except... We seriously need a performance boost on this system. Net access over the PhoneNet LAN is too slow, even for simple transaction processing. We had expected a slow response time, but this is beyond our expectations. So the question is: What kind of performance boost can we expect from using ethernet cabling & running EtherTalk between the file server & the workstations? 2-fold speed-up. 3-fold (10-fold would be nice). What is the difference (over LocalTalk) in EtherTalk perfor- mance between a Mac II & an SE? Mac II & another II. What are good sources, references, etc. for a guide to setting up an ethernet LAN. References on cabling, distance requirements, # of nodes, use of repeaters; the list goes on. I would apprciate any experiences you have to report. Also, any good literature references would be welcome. Please mail or post, as you see fit. And thank you for your cooperation. -- Bill Douglass, TCADA "I dreamed I was to take a test, in a Dairy Queen, on another planet." L. Anderson
akk2@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Atul Kacker) (02/22/89)
In article <10658@ut-emx.UUCP> xdaa374@ut-emx.UUCP (William T. Douglass) writes: >We are setting up a multi-user system using FoxBASE+/Mac and >a database residing on a Mac II fileserver. Everything is fine, except... > > What is the difference (over LocalTalk) in EtherTalk perfor- > mance between a Mac II & an SE? Mac II & another II. > Some time back, I was involved in a task force that was deciding on database support policies for our University and we did some tests of speed. The FoxBase+ database was on a AppleShare file server running on a Mac II. We accessed it on a Mac+ and on a Mac II. There was a factor of 2 increase in performance of most operations when they were performed on a Mac II client as opposed to the Mac+. It also mattered as to how much free memory was available on the Mac II. -- Atul Kacker | Internet: akk2@uhura.cc.rochester.edu | UUCP: {ames,cmcl2,decvax,rutgers}!rochester!ur-cc!akk2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------