We are in the process of migrating our current A5v5 to v6 and WAS.
We have purchased A5v6 3-User Network License pack (for development) and A5v6 Web Application Server License (so we can operate on the web).
From what we have played around with so far, v6 can easily handle our needs. Now the delima begins: When we publish sample web pages to the server for view on the web, it takes a tremendous amount of time to display the info, i.e. what would take 5-30 seconds via the shadow DB takes 5 min plus over the web, and the physical pages we are asking to generate are small.
As a result I am thinking we are using A5v6 wrong on the server.
The server itself is a brand new Dell Poweredge 700, with 512Mb Ram, 2.6Ghz processor and dual 40Gb hard drives. The only application that currently runs on the server is MS Small Business Server and that seems very fast.
Our DB is small; consisting of:
Client (300 records)
|_Contacts (300 records)
|_ Property (700 records)
|_ Site (3000 records)
|_Maps (200 records)
According to what we have researched on the A5v6 Forum, Alpha WAS can run in parallel with Microsofts IIS provided they run on different ports. We have Alpha on port 81 and IIS on port 80, so that shouldn't be an issue.
Here are some questions:
1) Why is WAS so SLOW, I know from experience that a server can be overloaded, but in our case we have no users accessing the server which is in essence sitting idol except for A5
2) When the server boots up Microsoft IIS automatically runs. How do we set A5 WAS to autorun in the background?
3) How do we monitor what is happening within A5 and the WAS so we can troubleshoot issues.
4) Is there a way to run WAS only and not run A5v6 on the server?
Thanks in advance for the help
Jim
We have purchased A5v6 3-User Network License pack (for development) and A5v6 Web Application Server License (so we can operate on the web).
From what we have played around with so far, v6 can easily handle our needs. Now the delima begins: When we publish sample web pages to the server for view on the web, it takes a tremendous amount of time to display the info, i.e. what would take 5-30 seconds via the shadow DB takes 5 min plus over the web, and the physical pages we are asking to generate are small.
As a result I am thinking we are using A5v6 wrong on the server.
The server itself is a brand new Dell Poweredge 700, with 512Mb Ram, 2.6Ghz processor and dual 40Gb hard drives. The only application that currently runs on the server is MS Small Business Server and that seems very fast.
Our DB is small; consisting of:
Client (300 records)
|_Contacts (300 records)
|_ Property (700 records)
|_ Site (3000 records)
|_Maps (200 records)
According to what we have researched on the A5v6 Forum, Alpha WAS can run in parallel with Microsofts IIS provided they run on different ports. We have Alpha on port 81 and IIS on port 80, so that shouldn't be an issue.
Here are some questions:
1) Why is WAS so SLOW, I know from experience that a server can be overloaded, but in our case we have no users accessing the server which is in essence sitting idol except for A5
2) When the server boots up Microsoft IIS automatically runs. How do we set A5 WAS to autorun in the background?
3) How do we monitor what is happening within A5 and the WAS so we can troubleshoot issues.
4) Is there a way to run WAS only and not run A5v6 on the server?
Thanks in advance for the help
Jim
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