Improve MYOB Performance over a Network

If MYOB is running way to slow over your network (MYOB data on one machine and MYOB program on another) then you may like to try XPUnlimited (www.xpunlimited.com).

As the volume of transactions in MYOB grows, the performance of the program decreases, especially when there is more than one concurrent user logged in. This is due to the inefficient way that the MYOB application manages record locking and its' file system methods in general.

You can enable the computer hosting the MYOB data file to run multiple concurrent instances of MYOB Premier or Enterprise, with only screen, mouse and keyboard traffic crossing the network. The computer hosting your MYOB data file needs only be XP Professional SP2 or Vista (Business or Ultimate), with 1GB-2GB RAM and a relatively modern CPU. Since the local user can keep using the XP Pro machine (something you can not do with Remote Desktop), it is great for not only local but also remote access. The same method can be applied on Windows Server 2003 (Small Business Edition for example), with no need for a Terminal Server. The method also provides for optional remote access by multiple users, with almost instant response times.

Some examples of performance improvements follow:

MYOB file size 114MB with 17,000+ stock items. For a network user it took up to 2 minutes to view/search the items register. Under the new method of hosting the application it takes 1-2 seconds.

MYOB File size 176MB: Searching for customers and items in invoice entry was taking minutes, and saving an invoice was very slow. With the new method, response times in all areas was virtually instant.

This solution can be applied for many other applications that are slow when run over a network.