Oh, yeah. We are using FB 3+ (latest ver), 64 bit on the server.

Thank you,

Chuck

On 12/9/2019 12:16 AM, Chuck Belanger wrote:
> Hello:
>
> Getting ready to launch a  project which uses a remote DB to store and
> disseminate client data as it is assigned to various practitioners
> within a health network. We have been using a very funky old Windows
> Server 2008 RC2, with minimal ram (I think 3gb) and only 1 cpu, for
> the remote server during development and I would like to hear your
> opinions about what would be a good starting server for the project.
> We are looking into getting a new hosting service.
>
> My background is an acupuncturist who has made doing Delphi desktop
> programming and working with Firebird my hobby and parttime job. Just
> letting you know that so you can anticipate my level of experience
> with the topic. I managed to set up the current server just by
> following directions (from Mantis) and all the Firebird references I
> could find. Other than that, I really did not know what I was doing.
> And had no previous experience with this.
>
> Since 2003 I have developed a desktop program to do a particular
> medical protocol. In the last few years the protocol's developer, is
> getting ready to pull back on his own clinic work as he gets closer to
> retiring and would like to mentor practitioners by assigning his
> clients to them and monitor their progress and give support to the
> practitioners.
>
> Initially, there are only two practitioners that work up to his
> expectations and they would handle perhaps 3-20 clients per day. The
> work would still be done on the individual desktop programs with their
> local DB, but I have added threaded (IBObject based) routines to
> send/retrieve client data to the remote DB. This allows for the mentor
> to review the patient progress and when indicated, to re-assign
> patients to other practitioners. Also, his office will bill the
> patients and pay the practitioners.
>
> There are 9 threaded routines that connect separately to the remote DB
> for each desktop program running. They do not all run at the same
> time, but several do overlap. The server itself is hosting a Mantis BT
> web site. There are 3 DBs there, 1 small authorization/security DB for
> the program; 1 modest sized DB (initially a few hundred Mbs) that will
> store session PDFs; and the main patient session records which is
> starting out at 500 mb, because of commonly shared protocol data, and
> could grow to multi-Gb in a year or so.
>
> What I am seeing in development are variable processing times for the
> exact same routines, for the exact same data running all over the map.
> In one instance (the initial remote DB check for new patients and
> their data) ranges from a low of 6 seconds to as much as 1:09 minutes.
>
> I believe this has everything to do with the funky server, but I am
> truly interested in making sure when switching to another host that we
> start off with enough resources to handle what I describe. Can you
> give me more details about what to ask for?
>
> Thank you,
>
> Chuck Belanger
>