Re: ADVICE: SERVERS & BACKEND DATABASE

>Oh and Gene,
>
> I don't work for the competition or anything like that, but I do suggest
>you find a database professional, to at least come in, look things over,
>and give you an objective opinion. I'd plan on spending 3-5 thousand
>dollars just for the report. If you're really cautious have it done twice.
>
>Good luck,
>--Paul
>
>Rich Woods <rawoods_at_concentric.net> wrote in article
><332B4191.27D1_at_concentric.net>...
>> Gene Berger wrote:
>> >
>> > I don't want to start a "My database is better then your database"
>> >
>> > war ... but I need advice.
>> >
>> > We are have two servers connected by a hub:
>> > #1 10BaseT\Ethernet - Novell 4.1
>> > #2 Coax - Novell 3.1
>> >
>> > We will need to connect the new network to existing networks.
>> > The current 4.1 network are is max'ed out.
>> >
>> > Currently, we use Foxpro\Visual Foxpro\Visual Basic for our database
>> >
>> > needs. We need to start working with some gig sized databases
>> >
>> > (number crunching\accounting stuff). Assuming we use Visual
>> >
>> > Foxpro\Visual Basic, there are two questions.
>> >

Somehow, I don't think someone who is of the Foxpro size is contemplating spending too many thousands on a server, much less on a report.

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