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Hi,

I have been using AC now for 7 years--the program starting to slow down and I think it's because I have so many imported items--is this possible ?

Is it possible to store imported items [pictures, scans, etc.] outside of the AC program--say another file(s) on my server for AC to access--if so, does anyone have a set of directions to do this ?

Thanks
DrDinosaur

I'm sure there is a way to store things outside of AC. In the upcoming version of AC, you will be able to filter out how far back you want to look at your imported items. This should hopefully speed things up

Dr. Dino: how big is your I.I. folder now? Are you backing up to the .enc file or backing them up separate?

If you back up ton .enc, the whole thing is encrypted.
If you back up separately, then it's not, unless you encrypt the entire disk.
Also, I have noticed that when you delete the un-encrypted imported items, it take forever, because they are deleted one at a time. When you delete old backups of .enc files they go immediately, because they are a single file.

Are you saying the .enc file is automatically encrypted? I'm not sure where encryption came into the discussion. Are you using an encryption program?

The enc is basically an encrypted zip file. Backing the entire enc file is not practical for some people who have Imported Items approaching 100GB. It doesn't make much sense to back up with II daily. If you think about it, 99% of it hasn't changed daily, so it's better to use an incremental method of backup. This has a lot of advantages:
1. You can store many more backups of the database. If you had a 250GB backup drive, and 200MB average database backup. That's almost 3 years of backups.
2. Your backup takes a lot less time.
3. You can quickly restore your database and start working while your II get copied back after.


But back to the original question. Check to see if you have a lot of deleted items or messages stored in your inbox. These are largely responsible for causing slowdown over time.

Sandeep,

What software do you recommend for doing an incremental backup?

Syncback is pretty good.


http://www.2brightsparks.com/syncback/compare.html

Any experience with iDrive?

I have iDrive that I use for my personal computer, probably not a bad option either Jon.

I am not sure we are reading the question correctly. This is why many companies' support techs first ask, "Do I understand....?" Now, maybe I am reading it wrong. But, it would be helpful if Dr. Dinosaur were to elaborate.

When I read the question, I do not hear him asking where he can back up his IIs. It sounds like he is asking if he can move some or all of the II to another location on his server and still access them. Except for freeing up space on the drive or partition his AC folder is residing on, I don't see where moving them will speed him AC. After all, they are just files in individual folders in a subfolder in the AC folder. So, moving them to an online location, if it were still possible to access them from within the program, would slow down his workflow tremendously. I don't see where 100 GBs of II would make AC any slowers than 1 GB of II, except as mentioned above, when you open II. That is where allowing one to set parameters on how many are loaded when you open a patient's IIs will help.

Other than that, they only issue with a large II folder is if you try to back the entire folder up via AC Backup. But, as Sandeep said, that is where incremental backups are so valuable. And, now, that shouldn't be an issue as you have to use the new backup program which allows this as the old one is no longer supported.

Would the .enc file be considered encrypted by the government Security Rule?

If it just has to be 128 encryption, then it should be.

I picked up a separate, free encryption program called SafeHouse for the imported items.