I would trust Christof with the exact definition.
Our company and many of our clients are running almost everything from
'cloud' servers now. All our software is written in vfp9 sp2.
What we do is not worry about the server hardware or location. We just
ask one question: Can we have win2003 standard server (I am sure other
versions work fine, but we like that xp-like interface). If it does
then you can install your vfp9 sp2 application exactly like it is on an
xp/vista/win7, etc computer on your local network. The only difference
is that you access it with RDP. FTP your usual installation application
onto the server to a folder like C:\Temp and install as usual. The cloud
servers we have helped install all give you an administrator and one
user account. If you want other simultaneous users, you will need to pay
more per user and possibly add more memory depending on the performance
you require. If you have used win2003 server then you won't need any
training.
We have many users who have a win200x server on their local network
accessed by various computers: xp, vista, win7, etc. This requires
someone to maintain it and can be expensive. You can easily move those
users to the cloud and eliminate almost all your support headaches once
it is working smoothly.
You will have to work out printing and access to usb, etc - I can't
advise on that.
On 12/27/2013 4:10 AM, Christof Wollenhaupt wrote:
A virtualized server is a server that runs on a system like VMWare, Hype-V
or Xen. These systems enable the installation on multiple computers on a
single physical machine. Such a server looks exactly like a physical server
to your application.
If your application does not access any special hardware (USB devices,
serial port, extension cards) then it will run on a virtual server just
like on a physical server. I've been running virtual machines and servers
for many, many years now.
You might want to check, though, if your client has got their terminology
right. They may refer to a Terminal Service like Windows TS or Citrix.
That's a whole different thing and there are indeed some issues in VFP apps
that you might need to test.
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