Hi folks,
Sorry if this topic has been dealt with in the past (it has) but I didn't feel quite ready to pull the trigger on my new AC install even after reading all of the server threads, which tended to degenerate into techie gobbledy gook pretty quick. So, if you could keep it simple for me, I'd appreciate it
We're a 2-doc practice converting from charts to AC starting (slowly) next week. We have a brand new server running Windows server 2003 R2 standard edition. Have a total of 10 PC's, including 5 in exam rooms, all running Windows XP Home edition (I know), hard-wired to our office network. I have a good IT guy helping me out. We have the D:/ drive on the server designated for data to make backups easy. We've mapped each of the client PC's to the D:/ drive on the server, so according to my IT guru, my Home OS should work fine.
I have no intention to ever use the server as a workstation or to run AC on the server. In fact, there's not even a monitor attached - I can access it and operate it through a VPN on my desktop PC, so there's little danger anyone would use it as a workstation.
From what I read earlier, it seems that the consensus is to have only the AC data file on the server (on the D:/ drive in my case) and install the full program on the clients. Since I will never be using the server to run AC, can I simply do the full AC install to the server's C:\ drive, MOVE the data folder to the D:\ drive and then install AC on the clients? Or is it preferable to install the entire program to the D:\ drive on the server? Or just move a copy of the data folder from one of the clients on to the server's D:\ drive and not even fool with an install on the server?
In any case, the installer asks at the start about whether the program is going to be shared from this computer, or not. I figured I should install on the server first since I was sharing from there, but does it really matter? What about the database tuning issue (I don't really even know what that is but it seems important) and any other future problems I don't even know enough to ask about.
Thanks for your patience and advice!
Jim
