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New AC user trying V6 #32374 07/04/2011 5:38 AM
Joined: Jul 2011 Posts: 14 ng12345 OP Member
OP ng12345 Member Joined: Jul 2011 Posts: 14	Hi, We are testing out amazing charts in our office and are using v6 as it meets criteria to allow us to show "meaningful use" I set it up on a test VM with win 2003 r2 64 bit 4gb ram with 2 2ghz cores and I am very surprised at how slowly it runs, especially since this seems to meet the system requirements listed. Are there people creating test environments using virtual machines? If so what are the specs they are using for these machines and how well does AC perform in this environment? Additionally, our office uses terminal services and thin clients. How does amazing charts perform in this setting (over terminal services)? Lastly, I currently have sql server 2000 on our main system (running our current EHR). How will installing AC on this setup affect the full version of SQL server (noting that AC uses SQL Server express 2005)?

Re: New AC user trying V6 ng12345 #32390 07/04/2011 8:13 PM
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JamesNT Member Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 1,205 Likes: 8 North Carolina	What virtual environment are you using? VMWare or Hyper-V? When setting up your VM did you use dynamic or fixed disks? With SQL Server, you should use fixed disks. JamesNT Last edited by JamesNT; 07/04/2011 8:13 PM. James Summerlin My personal site: http://www.dataintegrationsolutions.net james@dataintegrationsolutions.net

Re: New AC user trying V6 ng12345 #32445 07/06/2011 5:00 PM
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Bert Member Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 12,899 Likes: 34 Maine	I do not think running SQL Server 2005 Express would be a problem even on the same machine as 2000, but it certainly shouldn't be a problem on a VM. Bert Pediatrics Brewer, Maine

Re: New AC user trying V6 JamesNT #34529 08/31/2011 4:30 PM
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OP ng12345 Member Joined: Jul 2011 Posts: 14	sorry for the delayed reply, the project got dropped for a while, and I think we are going to try one more time. In response to what was previously asked; I am using VMware for the VMs, and the disks are fixed as in all the space is already allocated for the hard disk (is that what you mean?). -- any comments on why it is running so slowly? I did find a site that states sql server 2000 can be side by side with 2005, but I am still a little hesitant to try that.

Re: New AC user trying V6 ng12345 #35012 09/13/2011 8:09 PM
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OP ng12345 Member Joined: Jul 2011 Posts: 14	Anyone else have any suggestions or experience using Amazing Charts in either a VM environment or a Terminal Services environment. I am eager to get this working, and hoping to do so without altering our practice's infrastructure too much. Seems like when it first loads, or first creates a new encounter there is a considerable lag which then speeds up. Thanks

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