As a newbie to Alpha and being a non-programmer (but pretty adept at making things work), I would like to get an opinion of the best reasonable home server setup. Here are my needs and current situation:
1) Just had installed a separate DSL line with 5 Meg down, and .6 up with 5 static IPs
2) I will be building a server computer dedicated to this so not to conflict with my other computers and/or business stuff
3) I understand that I can only run one www.mysite.com, short of using a setup like www.mysite.com/client1, etc. - not a problem today but may be 6 months from now.
4) I am building a service that will be a medical data "portal" where my clients will upload several PDF files; enter patient data into forms online. All of this will happen from the operating rooms that they are in from different cities. Some of these clients will have weak internet connections and in some cases, working off of their Verizon wireless broadband cards in their computer.
5) In the beginning, there will be no more than 5-10 people connected to the server at any time but in the future the max may be 100 people max.
6) Being that I will be dealing with patient data, I will have the entire site secured with SSL and be a https web site.
So my questions are listed below but I would like opinions based on the idea that although I will spend some money for the separate DSL line and a dedicated server, money is still an issue and want to maximize my performance for the best bang for the buck - so where it is best to put my dollars that will yield the greatest results. This project will barely pay for itself but is being built to help my clients and as a feature that I will have that my competition will not. It will not a main source of income.
With this in mind, the questions are:
1) For the server, should I put more money into a faster HD, more than 2 gigs ram, faster processor, windows server or will windows XP be enough? Where will I see a real benefit(s)? If I would see a real benefit in using windows server, is there anything I would need to do to run Alpha Five?
2) Will having a https configuration slow things down noticeably?
3) How much faster or efficient are dialog forms vs grid forms for entering data? Especially with the possibility of my clients have a slow connection? (Being a non-programmer it appears that dialog forms may be difficult but I am sure with direction and/or examples I could learn).
4) Lastly, I am having a difficult time setting the login session variables to be able to filter the �view� of the different individual�s data. In addition, I am having a hard time when a new record is created, using the session variables to set the correct �clientID� and �regionID�. Would someone be willing to take a look at my database and for a reasonable fee (cheap is important), set up a couple of the I have grids for me to achieve this so I can then follow that example on the other grids I have?
Looking forward to your responses. Thank you.
1) Just had installed a separate DSL line with 5 Meg down, and .6 up with 5 static IPs
2) I will be building a server computer dedicated to this so not to conflict with my other computers and/or business stuff
3) I understand that I can only run one www.mysite.com, short of using a setup like www.mysite.com/client1, etc. - not a problem today but may be 6 months from now.
4) I am building a service that will be a medical data "portal" where my clients will upload several PDF files; enter patient data into forms online. All of this will happen from the operating rooms that they are in from different cities. Some of these clients will have weak internet connections and in some cases, working off of their Verizon wireless broadband cards in their computer.
5) In the beginning, there will be no more than 5-10 people connected to the server at any time but in the future the max may be 100 people max.
6) Being that I will be dealing with patient data, I will have the entire site secured with SSL and be a https web site.
So my questions are listed below but I would like opinions based on the idea that although I will spend some money for the separate DSL line and a dedicated server, money is still an issue and want to maximize my performance for the best bang for the buck - so where it is best to put my dollars that will yield the greatest results. This project will barely pay for itself but is being built to help my clients and as a feature that I will have that my competition will not. It will not a main source of income.
With this in mind, the questions are:
1) For the server, should I put more money into a faster HD, more than 2 gigs ram, faster processor, windows server or will windows XP be enough? Where will I see a real benefit(s)? If I would see a real benefit in using windows server, is there anything I would need to do to run Alpha Five?
2) Will having a https configuration slow things down noticeably?
3) How much faster or efficient are dialog forms vs grid forms for entering data? Especially with the possibility of my clients have a slow connection? (Being a non-programmer it appears that dialog forms may be difficult but I am sure with direction and/or examples I could learn).
4) Lastly, I am having a difficult time setting the login session variables to be able to filter the �view� of the different individual�s data. In addition, I am having a hard time when a new record is created, using the session variables to set the correct �clientID� and �regionID�. Would someone be willing to take a look at my database and for a reasonable fee (cheap is important), set up a couple of the I have grids for me to achieve this so I can then follow that example on the other grids I have?
Looking forward to your responses. Thank you.
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