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A Network Attached Storage (NAS) drive is a data storage device which can connect to your network and operate as a ‘file server’. Effectively, it’s a “network hard-disk”.
*** THIS FAQ HAS BEEN UPDATED FOR COv5 ***
All editions of ClinicOffice v5 use a client/server database engine which requires server-side processing, hence it is unfortunately not possible to put your database on a NAS device.
Here is the OLD answer relating to COv4 :-Firstly, if you’re using the ClinicOffice SERVER Edition then a NAS device is out of the question, as you cannot install a Client/Server database (which requires server side processing) on a NAS drive.
The ClinicOffice PROFESSIONAL Edition uses file-sharing to share the database over your network, so a NAS drive will work, however it is not necessarily the best solution… why?
Accessing data over a network connection is always going to be the slowest way of getting the data. For the PROFESSIONAL Edition, we’d generally recommend putting your database on whichever computer gets used the most (which should also be the most powerful computer) – usually, the RECEPTION PC. It’s true that the other computers will still need to access the database over the network, but this way at least the RECEPTION computer has very fast access to the data, whereas with a NAS drive all your computers are having to access the database over the network.
We hope this information is helpful – please feel free to post below if you have any follow-up comments.
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