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[draego]

Well I ported my old client list to the new system and played around with it a bit and I think it’s going to work.

I am gettign ready to purchase the main computer fro my clinic.

I need to know one thing for this:

Core 2 duo, quad, Core i7, or xeon? If YOU had to pick the best possible situation, which would you gof or? I am looking for maximum performance in the database. Drives will be velociraptors for the C2D or i7 setups, likely SAS if I go xeon.
Total network will be three computers initially (other two will be laptops C2D 2.5ghz range) but expanding to five in the coming years.

so the big question is – will i need 4 cores for this app (the server will be dedicated) or will a C2D be just as fast as the quad cores??

FYI, current imported client list is just under 1000 people already, if this matters.

Thanks for the help!

[Support]

Hi, you can find the minimum and recommended specifcations on our website here :-
http://pioneersoftware.co.uk/co-specs

I am looking for maximum performance in the database

The factors which will make the biggest difference are :-

[1] Purchasing the COv4 Server Edition (rather than COv4 Professional)
COv4 Server uses the PostgreSQL Client/Server database engine and performs significantly faster than the file-based engine used in the Professional Edition – especially once you start dealing with 10,000s of records.

[2] Installing a wired Gigabit (1000mbit) network (as opposed to 100mbit or wireless)
This will massively improves the performance for the networked computers. You could purchase a dozen super-fast Intel Core i7 PCs, but data can still only be transferred between them at the maximum speed of your network.

[3] Ensure your server has at least 2Gb memory (more would better)
As for the actual spec of the server : it really doesn’t need to be a super-ninja PC. A decent Code2Duo Dual Core (i.e. E8400 or above) with 4Gb RAM will be fine. Quad Core improves multi-tasking performance but the benchmark differences between Dual Core and Quad Core aren’t as big as one might think.

Fast Raptor hard-disks are very good and may shave a millisecond or two off the server machine performance when executing large queries on a large dataset, but once again, bear in mind that data can only be transferred to the client machines as fast as your network permits.

I hope this is helpful – please let us know if you need any more information!

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