[THIN] Re: redirecting appdata
- From: "Rick Mack" <Rick.Mack@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2006 07:29:12 +1000
Hi Jon,
The quick answer is that it depends on the application mix you're using.
Something like the Macromedia (sorry, Adobe) suite absolutely hammers appdata
so it generates a heck of a lot of network activity when appdata is redirected.
That's a pretty good reason not to redirect appdata because it's gurateed to
slow everything down.
On the other hand you can have an application that puts so much stuff into
appdata that not redirecting the folder will majorly slow down logins. The
cruel part is that most of the stuff in appdata is static and is just there
because it's easier to keep everything together.
One reasonable compromise is flex profiles (with local profile source). You
don't redirect appdata but can handle selected user-specific files with flex.
The static stuff never hits the network and you get the best of both worlds.
In the case of applications that put important config/etc files into local
settings\appdata, aside from wanting to shoot the developers, something like
the flex approach is probably the only way to keep the files without carrying
around a lot of extra fat.
I've thought that something like AIE might be useful to let you do app-specific
redirection to a local or network appdata folder, but to be honest that's
speculation only, haven't had a chance to try it.
regards,
Rick
Ulrich Mack
Volante Systems
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From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx on behalf of Luchette, Jon
Sent: Thu 17/08/2006 22:30
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] redirecting appdata
Hello,
What is the consensus out there on redirecting the appdata folder? I know in
the past there have been discussions on this list and people have said
generally that "it will decrease performance." Is this a 100% definite No-No
for performance reasons, or is anyone out there doing it and having good
results? I just want to find out more about why or why not...
Thanks.
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Jon Luchette
Emerson Hospital
Technology Specialist III
Work: 978-287-3369
Cell: 978-360-1379
jluchette@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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