Peer-to-Peer Networks
To run ERPlite in a peer-to-peer network, you must have Windows 98 or later
installed on each PC.
Each user computer has its own copy of ERPlite installed. The ERPlite
data file is located on only one computer.
Windows XP users must have at least Standard user rights, and Windows 2000
users must have Power Users Group rights in order to write to the registry keys
and be able to run ERPlite.
Client-Server Networks
Client-server networks have a computer dedicated to sharing files,
printers or other resources. In a client-server network, you will most likely
but the ERPlite datafile on the server in a folder accessible by all computers
that need to use ERPlite.
For best performance, the ERPlite datafile should be in the root directory or
a directory folder (ie don't bury the datafile many levels down the folder
hierarchy). The file server does not need to have ERPlite frontend installed on
it (ie it does not count as a user).
Terminal Server (or Citrix) Network
To run ERPlite in terminal server environment, you must have Windows XP Pro,
Windows 200x Server along with client access licenses for multiple users.
ERPlite is installed on a centralized terminal server PC, and licensed users
from remote locations can user ERPlite without having ERPlite installed on their
remote PC. Windows Terminal Services enables remote users to access ERPlite over
lower bandwidth connections (like VPN or dialup). Since all the processing is
done on the server, network traffic is dramatically reduced (only the
bitmap screens are transferred over the network), resulting in better
performance.
Only Quickbooks Enterprise runs in Terminal Server (ie Quickbooks Pro and
Premier do not run correctly in Terminal Server). Thus, for Quickbooks Pro or
Premier, ERPlite running in Terminal Services must use Synergrations Open Share
to connect to Quickbooks running on a remote PC.
SQL Server or MySQL
Microsoft Access is the database engine for ERPlite PRO. Recommended maximum number of users for ERPlite using Microsoft Access
backend is 15 to 20, depending on transactions per minute. Above, 15 to 20
users, you may see response time increases.
ERPlite can easily be upsized to SQL Server or MySQL for the backend
database engine providing the following benefits:
