Peachtree Complete V12.0.00.023 on Samba 3.0.22

Posted by Kurth Bemis on July 25, 2006, 4:50 pm

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I have been scouring the web for any information regarding storing
Peachtree Complete Accounting 2005 (V12.0.00.023) data files on a
network share under Samba 3.0.22 with no results. The network consists
of 3 workstations and 1 server.

The workstations are running XP Professional, and exceed the
requirements for Peachtree 2005. The server is running Slackware 10.2
with Samba 3.0.22 from official packages.

There seems to be an intermittent problem with a user posting an
invoice. The users completes the invoice, presses the "Save" button
and then waits for a period of time, from 30 seconds to more then 3
minutes.

Like I said, I have been scouring the web, and not finding too much
about this sort of problem. Can anyone shed any light on this issue?

I can provide remote access to the fileserver if needed.

~kurth
Kurth Bemis

Posted by TKnTexas on July 25, 2006, 10:15 pm

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Back in 2002, a friend bought a Toshiba Linux "appliance". It was a
cool device, about the size of a toaster. No keyboard, no monitor,
just telnet to the device. We moved the data files for our Peachtree
2002 to the Toshiba drive. We were running Win2000 Professional on the
workstation. My friend mapped the Toshiba drive. And we had no
problem accessing the datafiles. He let us borrow it for a couple days
to test it.

Based on that, I don't think you would have a problem. I don't know
Slackware well enough to tell you the keystrokes to do the mapping. I
think this is the key to making it where the workstations can see the
files.

TK

Kurth Bemis wrote:

> I have been scouring the web for any information regarding storing

> Peachtree Complete Accounting 2005 (V12.0.00.023) data files on a

> network share under Samba 3.0.22 with no results. The network consists

> of 3 workstations and 1 server.

> The workstations are running XP Professional, and exceed the

> requirements for Peachtree 2005. The server is running Slackware 10.2

> with Samba 3.0.22 from official packages.

> There seems to be an intermittent problem with a user posting an

> invoice. The users completes the invoice, presses the "Save" button

> and then waits for a period of time, from 30 seconds to more then 3

> minutes.

> Like I said, I have been scouring the web, and not finding too much

> about this sort of problem. Can anyone shed any light on this issue?

> I can provide remote access to the fileserver if needed.

> ~kurth

> Kurth Bemis

Posted by Kurth Bemis on July 26, 2006, 8:14 am

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Sorry, I forgot to mention that the drives are mapped to the
workstations (Z:). I noticed that when this user (Dave) is using
peachtree a large number of empty files are created. I will have to
wait until they are open this morning, but when they are, I will post a
list of files.

Thank you for your response.

TKnTexas wrote:

> Back in 2002, a friend bought a Toshiba Linux "appliance". It was a

> cool device, about the size of a toaster. No keyboard, no monitor,

> just telnet to the device. We moved the data files for our Peachtree

> 2002 to the Toshiba drive. We were running Win2000 Professional on the

> workstation. My friend mapped the Toshiba drive. And we had no

> problem accessing the datafiles. He let us borrow it for a couple days

> to test it.

> Based on that, I don't think you would have a problem. I don't know

> Slackware well enough to tell you the keystrokes to do the mapping. I

> think this is the key to making it where the workstations can see the

> files.

> TK

> Kurth Bemis wrote:

> > I have been scouring the web for any information regarding storing

> > Peachtree Complete Accounting 2005 (V12.0.00.023) data files on a

> > network share under Samba 3.0.22 with no results. The network consists

> > of 3 workstations and 1 server.

> >

> > The workstations are running XP Professional, and exceed the

> > requirements for Peachtree 2005. The server is running Slackware 10.2

> > with Samba 3.0.22 from official packages.

> >

> > There seems to be an intermittent problem with a user posting an

> > invoice. The users completes the invoice, presses the "Save" button

> > and then waits for a period of time, from 30 seconds to more then 3

> > minutes.

> >

> > Like I said, I have been scouring the web, and not finding too much

> > about this sort of problem. Can anyone shed any light on this issue?

> >

> > I can provide remote access to the fileserver if needed.

> >

> > ~kurth

> > Kurth Bemis

Posted by Chad A. Gross [SBS-MVP] on July 25, 2006, 10:39 pm

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It really sounds like more of a network issue . . . Peachtree (and more
poignantly btrieve) is *very* sensitive to network issues. Minor issues
(nic starting to go bad, etc.) that users normally don't notice with other
apps can result in the sort of behavior you're seeing . . .

--

Chad A. Gross [SBS-MVP]
SBS ROCKS!
www.msmvps.com/blogs/cgross
www.mobitech.biz

>I have been scouring the web for any information regarding storing

> Peachtree Complete Accounting 2005 (V12.0.00.023) data files on a

> network share under Samba 3.0.22 with no results. The network consists

> of 3 workstations and 1 server.

> The workstations are running XP Professional, and exceed the

> requirements for Peachtree 2005. The server is running Slackware 10.2

> with Samba 3.0.22 from official packages.

> There seems to be an intermittent problem with a user posting an

> invoice. The users completes the invoice, presses the "Save" button

> and then waits for a period of time, from 30 seconds to more then 3

> minutes.

> Like I said, I have been scouring the web, and not finding too much

> about this sort of problem. Can anyone shed any light on this issue?

> I can provide remote access to the fileserver if needed.

> ~kurth

> Kurth Bemis

Posted by Kurth Bemis on July 26, 2006, 8:22 am

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I would have suspected hardware as well, but this is why I do not.

Before we installed a dedicated fileserver, they had a xp peer-to-peer
network that was showing the same problems. (30s to 3m to post) We
installed the fileserver moved the peachtree folder to a share, and
mapped drives. We also replaced thier Actiontec Router with a Netgear
FVS318. There was no issues until we added a third user. By added I
mean, a third user started using Peachtree. When the third user
started using, we started having this slowness issue again.

Any other directions you can point me in?!

Thank You.
~kurth

Chad A. Gross [SBS-MVP] wrote:

> It really sounds like more of a network issue . . . Peachtree (and more

> poignantly btrieve) is *very* sensitive to network issues. Minor issues

> (nic starting to go bad, etc.) that users normally don't notice with other

> apps can result in the sort of behavior you're seeing . . .

> --

> Chad A. Gross [SBS-MVP]

> SBS ROCKS!

> www.msmvps.com/blogs/cgross

> www.mobitech.biz

> >I have been scouring the web for any information regarding storing

> > Peachtree Complete Accounting 2005 (V12.0.00.023) data files on a

> > network share under Samba 3.0.22 with no results. The network consists

> > of 3 workstations and 1 server.

> >

> > The workstations are running XP Professional, and exceed the

> > requirements for Peachtree 2005. The server is running Slackware 10.2

> > with Samba 3.0.22 from official packages.

> >

> > There seems to be an intermittent problem with a user posting an

> > invoice. The users completes the invoice, presses the "Save" button

> > and then waits for a period of time, from 30 seconds to more then 3

> > minutes.

> >

> > Like I said, I have been scouring the web, and not finding too much

> > about this sort of problem. Can anyone shed any light on this issue?

> >

> > I can provide remote access to the fileserver if needed.

> >

> > ~kurth

> > Kurth Bemis

> >