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After splitting the performance is 10 slower....
I got a new job, where one quite simple Access DB was placed onto the server with shortcuts of the whole! DB being placed onto app 5 PCs. Of course one of the first things I did, was to split the DB and have only the backend on the server, and the frontend on the PCs with a shortcut to the desktop. Now the DB itself is still opening reasonalby well, but some of the forms take up to 1 minute, whereas the same form would open within one second when I tested it again with the whole DB back on the server. This happens even when no one else is using it, when I am the only user. When I enquired if it was actually possible to use a whole DB simultaneously by several people directly from the server, (because it had never occured to me to set up a system that way) the staff swore to me, that yes, even a whole DB can be used simultaneously by more than one person. It occured to me that maybe the speed of the network is not great, because the company I am working for uses currently 3 different residential houses adjacent to each other, so I thought the cabling might cause a problem, but this still does not explaint why an unsplit DB should work so much faster than a split one. Any ideas - I'd be so greatful! Thanks, Lara |
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After splitting the performance is 10 slower....
See these websites for more info on splitting ACCESS files and performance
tips: http://www.granite.ab.ca/access/splitapp/index.htm http://www.allenbrowne.com/ser-01.html -- Ken Snell MS ACCESS MVP http://www.accessmvp.com/KDSnell/ "Lara" wrote in message ... I got a new job, where one quite simple Access DB was placed onto the server with shortcuts of the whole! DB being placed onto app 5 PCs. Of course one of the first things I did, was to split the DB and have only the backend on the server, and the frontend on the PCs with a shortcut to the desktop. Now the DB itself is still opening reasonalby well, but some of the forms take up to 1 minute, whereas the same form would open within one second when I tested it again with the whole DB back on the server. This happens even when no one else is using it, when I am the only user. When I enquired if it was actually possible to use a whole DB simultaneously by several people directly from the server, (because it had never occured to me to set up a system that way) the staff swore to me, that yes, even a whole DB can be used simultaneously by more than one person. It occured to me that maybe the speed of the network is not great, because the company I am working for uses currently 3 different residential houses adjacent to each other, so I thought the cabling might cause a problem, but this still does not explaint why an unsplit DB should work so much faster than a split one. Any ideas - I'd be so greatful! Thanks, Lara |
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After splitting the performance is 10 slower....
I have done a few things which were suggested on those links, e.g changing
the [Auto] in the SubDatasheet to [None] and it is definitely better, but still not as good as before, I'll just keep trying and if I find something else, I'll post it here :-) "Ken Snell MVP" wrote: See these websites for more info on splitting ACCESS files and performance tips: http://www.granite.ab.ca/access/splitapp/index.htm http://www.allenbrowne.com/ser-01.html -- Ken Snell MS ACCESS MVP http://www.accessmvp.com/KDSnell/ "Lara" wrote in message ... I got a new job, where one quite simple Access DB was placed onto the server with shortcuts of the whole! DB being placed onto app 5 PCs. Of course one of the first things I did, was to split the DB and have only the backend on the server, and the frontend on the PCs with a shortcut to the desktop. Now the DB itself is still opening reasonalby well, but some of the forms take up to 1 minute, whereas the same form would open within one second when I tested it again with the whole DB back on the server. This happens even when no one else is using it, when I am the only user. When I enquired if it was actually possible to use a whole DB simultaneously by several people directly from the server, (because it had never occured to me to set up a system that way) the staff swore to me, that yes, even a whole DB can be used simultaneously by more than one person. It occured to me that maybe the speed of the network is not great, because the company I am working for uses currently 3 different residential houses adjacent to each other, so I thought the cabling might cause a problem, but this still does not explaint why an unsplit DB should work so much faster than a split one. Any ideas - I'd be so greatful! Thanks, Lara |
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After splitting the performance is 10 slower....
Did you try the persistent recordset method? That is one change that can
greatly speed up the performance of split databases. -- Ken Snell MS ACCESS MVP http://www.accessmvp.com/KDSnell/ "Lara" wrote in message news I have done a few things which were suggested on those links, e.g changing the [Auto] in the SubDatasheet to [None] and it is definitely better, but still not as good as before, I'll just keep trying and if I find something else, I'll post it here :-) "Ken Snell MVP" wrote: See these websites for more info on splitting ACCESS files and performance tips: http://www.granite.ab.ca/access/splitapp/index.htm http://www.allenbrowne.com/ser-01.html -- Ken Snell MS ACCESS MVP http://www.accessmvp.com/KDSnell/ "Lara" wrote in message ... I got a new job, where one quite simple Access DB was placed onto the server with shortcuts of the whole! DB being placed onto app 5 PCs. Of course one of the first things I did, was to split the DB and have only the backend on the server, and the frontend on the PCs with a shortcut to the desktop. Now the DB itself is still opening reasonalby well, but some of the forms take up to 1 minute, whereas the same form would open within one second when I tested it again with the whole DB back on the server. This happens even when no one else is using it, when I am the only user. When I enquired if it was actually possible to use a whole DB simultaneously by several people directly from the server, (because it had never occured to me to set up a system that way) the staff swore to me, that yes, even a whole DB can be used simultaneously by more than one person. It occured to me that maybe the speed of the network is not great, because the company I am working for uses currently 3 different residential houses adjacent to each other, so I thought the cabling might cause a problem, but this still does not explaint why an unsplit DB should work so much faster than a split one. Any ideas - I'd be so greatful! Thanks, Lara |
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