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    Fast On Computer BUT Crawls from Synology NAS

    I am hoping someone can tell me what I have not done or need to do to get some speed with the workspace stored on a Synology NAS. Needing some help here to figure out why a workspace that works super fast from a desktop when the workspace files are stored on the desktop yet goes super slow from the same desktop when accessing the workspace stored on a Synology NAS (6 or more seconds to respond on form field). I will admit I am a complete rookie, but so far have found nothing on the Forum that gets me anywhere. What am I missing? What do I need to do to get this not to crawl over the Synology NAS. Also the initial start-up is very slow in comparison. I am hoping it is something very obvious I am just missing. I am using the Desktop Platform Version 12.4.5.2 Build 4770.

    Thanks for any help in this matter.
    Patrick

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    Re: Fast On Computer BUT Crawls from Synology NAS

    I looked up the data transfer rate of one Synology NAS and found it listed as 112 MB/s. The equivalent SATA3 hard drive transfer rate seems to be 600 MB/s.
    There can be only one.

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      #3
      Re: Fast On Computer BUT Crawls from Synology NAS

      I think the operative letter in NAS is S(torage). Pretty much every write-up I've seen emphasizes that they are designed for backup rather than the sort of I/O operations you need to run an application.
      Finian

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        #4
        Re: Fast On Computer BUT Crawls from Synology NAS

        Hi Patrick,

        A Synology or any other NAS- type device is intended for storage - files that wont get accessed that often. Your I/O as pointed out doesn't compare to your desktop or what a server would deliver.

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          #5
          Re: Fast On Computer BUT Crawls from Synology NAS

          Sounds to me like you have the drives set to spin down after some period of inactivity. The wait is time for them to get back up to speed. Find the setting to keep them spinning all the time.
          Pat Bremkamp
          MindKicks Consulting

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            #6
            Re: Fast On Computer BUT Crawls from Synology NAS

            Also, if you have your synology set to raid 5 or raid 10 it will be much faster.
            Pat Bremkamp
            MindKicks Consulting

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              #7
              Re: Fast On Computer BUT Crawls from Synology NAS

              Thanks for your quick input. I will definitely check into issue with NAS verses server. I think I will do some comparison on it and see if I experience faster response time on I/O.

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                Re: Fast On Computer BUT Crawls from Synology NAS

                I'll have my IT person verify that the spin down on the NAS is not occurring (at least during business hours). I have also done more testing and found the following:

                The amount of data being transferred from simply opening the database (.adb) and running a single query is around 275MB (bytes). It seems to me that this is a very large amount of data being sent/received to open a single record and modify a field (in this case a checkbox that updates two related records). I have tested this on a wireless (144Mbps), Gigabit LAN and local scenarios. The local and Gigabit scenarios are roughly the same waiting time of only a second or two. However, not all of the client PCs accessing the database currently have gigabit connections. Much, much slower on the normal connection.

                Is this a normal amount of data to be sent for a simple query such as this?
                Perhaps there is an optimization that needs to occur that I'm not aware of?

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                  #9
                  Re: Fast On Computer BUT Crawls from Synology NAS

                  It is the nature of working with DBF's and their indexing system, that when you open a table an enormous amount of data moves across the system making a large part of the table available for scrolling, accessing, etc. I would recommend using Alpha on the fastest possible system and drives.

                  I ran into an issue with an app I had running at a group of hospitals, back in version 8 where I was having a big lag opening a form and processing the info and then saving. A high level IT fellow used the most sophisticated monitoring tool I have ever seen to watch what was happening. As I duplicated the issue, and I watched the tool, an enormous amount of data was moving back and forth - of 50 megabytes - in just opening the form and populating it with data. I immediately decided that given what really happens (with the the OS and all the way down to the core processor as well as the language and data) it is a small miracle that it works at all!! Luckily, by modifying how I was doing things, I got it back to an expected speed.

                  If you have a small app, like your wife's favorite recipes or similar, no big deal for your current system; but, if you have a full blown business app, take a different approach.
                  Cole Custom Programming - Terrell, Texas
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                    #10
                    Re: Fast On Computer BUT Crawls from Synology NAS

                    I'm looking to move some low usage in-house apps to a QNAP NAS (celeron powered) later this week.

                    Tried this on a consumer level synology box for a client & that crawled along - You could see the record count incrementing painfully slowly when building reports, applying filters etc. I'm 99% sure the problem was processor as network and disk performance were fine for backups etc.

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                      #11
                      Re: Fast On Computer BUT Crawls from Synology NAS

                      So what are the modifications that need to be done to increase to expected speeds?

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                        #12
                        Re: Fast On Computer BUT Crawls from Synology NAS

                        Few questions.
                        What Synology server?
                        Are you using MONO?
                        Are you running any VC software on your Synology?
                        Do you run the whole application from the NAS or just the data?
                        Is the folder in the NAS set as a network connected drive on your Desktop?

                        I run a Synology via wifi and several distributed sata drives through a usb hub with no appreciable difference in speed.
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                          Re: Fast On Computer BUT Crawls from Synology NAS

                          The Synology is a DS1517+.
                          We are not using MONO.
                          We are not using any VC software.
                          This is not a hosted alpha application, we are simply accessing the .DBF directly on the Synology via a mapped network drive.

                          After researching, my assumption is the way we've implemented Alpha has been optimized poorly for network access. Do you have any recommendations to optimize this?

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                            Re: Fast On Computer BUT Crawls from Synology NAS

                            I'm on holiday until next Monday. Will reply then. Sorry for the delay, no wifi in the sticks
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                              Re: Fast On Computer BUT Crawls from Synology NAS

                              Patrick, the installation I have on a wireless connection to my Synology runs very fast.
                              If you haven't done this already, create a network drive to the NAS, not through Quick Connect. Then copy all of the folders and files in your application to a specific folder on the NAS. You will need all of the files and not just the .dbf files.

                              It will react in the same way as a locally attached SATA or SSD drive.
                              I suspect you may have been trying to fire up the application in a different way.

                              Anyway, let me know how you get on or if you have fixed the problem some other way. I have not tried using the NAS as a shared application using RunTime.
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