I keep 4D Server in Program Files and the structure and data etc on a different storage system.
If this was an OEM or merged app I would keep everything on the separate storage. > On May 7, 2019, at 12:45 AM, Tom Benedict <benedic...@comcast.net> wrote: > > Hi Ed, > > We had 4D Server and all 4D files including .4DD and .journal files on the > same disk but separate from the . I know that it’s usually recommended to > keep the .journal on a different disk or even a different file server, but > since we were on a SAN, disk reliability was much higher than network > reliability. The chance of a network disconnect causing the link to the > .journal to break was avoided by having it on the same disk. We also > mirrored, via log shipping, every 15 minutes, so that provided sufficient > redundancy. Under WS2008 there were no restrictions on where an app needed to > reside, but there may be in WS2016, so I’ll let Jeff chime in on that. > > HTH, > > Tom > >> On May 6, 2019, at 21:08, Ed Hammond <ehamm...@questinformation.com> wrote: >> >> Jeff and Tom, >> >> Thanks for the pointing us in the correct direction. We are now all 64 bit, >> so that hurdle has been crossed. I’ll talk to our IT staff about defender >> issues. Any tips on where the application should be located? Pluses and >> minuses for running as a service? >> >>> On May 6, 2019, at 1:14 PM, Jeffrey Kain <jeffrey.k...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> One point - in Windows Server 2016, Windows Defender is turned on by >>> default (antivirus/anti-malware). You'll definitely want to either write >>> exclusions for all 4D-related directories and file types, or disable it >>> altogether (you can do a Google search for how to completely disable it if >>> your server is well firewalled... required command line access to do this). >>> >>>> On May 6, 2019, at 1:45 PM, Tom Benedict via 4D_Tech >>>> <4d_tech@lists.4d.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi Ed, >>>> >>>>> We are beginning to transition our servers from Mac to Windows. For those >>>>> of you who have made the journey, what have you found to be best >>>>> practices >>>>> for a built c/s app running on Windows Server 2016 Standard? Are there >>>>> any >>>>> gotcha's we should watch out for? Direct roads to smooth sailing? >>>> >>>> Running 4D Server under Windows Server is pretty straightforward. I don’t >>>> know about specific WS 2016 issues, but in general there are only a few >>>> things to set for 4D Server to run best. >>>> >>>> One thing to make sure is to set it to be optimized as a data server, not >>>> a file server. In WS 2008 that setting was in the “Performance Options” >>>> control Panel, but may be elsewhere in v2016. >>> >>> This setting is no longer around... it's smart enough to figure out what >>> you're doing and not run into dueling cache issues. >>> >>> >>> Jeff >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> Edgar Hammond ehamm...@questinformation.com >> Quest Information Systems 847 234-1345 >> http://www.questinformation.com >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> >> > ********************************************************************** 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html Options: https://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech Unsub: mailto:4d_tech-unsubscr...@lists.4d.com **********************************************************************
