RE: Anyone using Radiant Systems Aloha Point Of Sale?

2009-05-20 Thread Erik Goldoff
Agreed, thanks for the link ! Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, & Security -Original Message- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, May 20, 2009 12:56 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Anyone using Radiant Systems Aloha Point Of

Re: Anyone using Radiant Systems Aloha Point Of Sale?

2009-05-20 Thread Kurt Buff
pture the file ) >> >> And you didn't say, is the backup local to the Aloha directory, or are you >> traversing some type of WAN link ? >> >> >> >> Erik Goldoff >> IT  Consultant >> Systems, Networks, & Security >> >> >> ---

Re: Anyone using Radiant Systems Aloha Point Of Sale?

2009-05-20 Thread Kurt Buff
On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 07:25, Bryan Garmon wrote: > Long story very short - The Aloha Point of Sale application runs on > Windows XP Sp3 machines. The app creates hundreds of 2K - 4K files > each day, dumping them into a single subdirectory named by datestamp. > Typically there are several thousa

RE: Anyone using Radiant Systems Aloha Point Of Sale?

2009-05-20 Thread Erik Goldoff
. Bet you'll be pleased at the zip Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, & Security -Original Message- From: Bryan Garmon [mailto:bryan.gar...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, May 20, 2009 12:27 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Anyone using Radiant Systems Aloha

Re: Anyone using Radiant Systems Aloha Point Of Sale?

2009-05-20 Thread Bryan Garmon
s, Networks, & Security > > > -Original Message- > From: Bryan Garmon [mailto:bryan.gar...@gmail.com] > Sent: Wednesday, May 20, 2009 11:04 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: Anyone using Radiant Systems Aloha Point Of Sale? > > What's the li

RE: Anyone using Radiant Systems Aloha Point Of Sale?

2009-05-20 Thread Erik Goldoff
-Original Message- From: Bryan Garmon [mailto:bryan.gar...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, May 20, 2009 11:04 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Anyone using Radiant Systems Aloha Point Of Sale? What's the link between the file size and the efficiency? I'm fuzzy when it comes to unde

Re: Anyone using Radiant Systems Aloha Point Of Sale?

2009-05-20 Thread Bryan Garmon
What's the link between the file size and the efficiency? I'm fuzzy when it comes to understanding chunk sizes and bit rates and such. On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 10:59 AM, Erik Goldoff wrote: >  I know Longhorn Steakhouse used to use Aloha before Darden acquired them, > not sure if they still do ..

Re: Anyone using Radiant Systems Aloha Point Of Sale?

2009-05-20 Thread Eric E Eskam
Bryan Garmon wrote on 05/20/2009 10:25:38 AM: > hundred more of the 2K-4K files. We're having problems with our backup > software not being able to complete nightly backups getting stuck on > these directories. Sounds like the backup software is choking on the large number of files. Can you sw

RE: Anyone using Radiant Systems Aloha Point Of Sale?

2009-05-20 Thread Erik Goldoff
I know Longhorn Steakhouse used to use Aloha before Darden acquired them, not sure if they still do ... But if the backup program has problems, wonder if you could script a zip program to encapsulate all the files into one larger zip that the backup program might be able to stream much more effici