On Thursday 19 October 2006 00:24, Saswata Banerjee & Associates wrote:
No, but we have 6 accountants, plus another 8 ops guys using the software though remote desktop. The software is sitting in a windows 2003 server people are connecting to it from 4 offices through a linux proxy server.
Run ethereal for some nasty suprises.
This requirement of multi-branches would mean that the app would need to work with a master-client kind of architecture so that each site can contain only restricted data as well as centralized reporting be feasible.
Web based system allows you to work with less load.
If we do have a broadband kind of setup, is the idea of setting up a dyndns based hosting an option ? It works even over dialups, though not very reliable if the connection is flaky.
We use dyndns to connect various offices to the HO. But the 1 mbps connection is shared with mail, internet access and also all 4 branches coming in to the HO creates a constraints at times.
U need a bandwidth shaper. Absolute must for such situations. GNU/Linux box with iptables and netfilter.