PDMWorks New Installation
PDMWorks New Installation
(OP)
We have three active SolidWorks users here at my company. We will be installing PDM Works and since it is a fairly small group, is it okay to use my workstation as the server/vault? what are the Pros/Cons going this route. If okay, is it advisable to have a seperate hard drive installed as well? Any feedback and tips on how to get us functioning soon.
Thanks,
SD
Thanks,
SD






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Chris
Systems Analyst, I.S.
SolidWorks 06 4.1/PDMWorks 06
AutoCAD 06
ctopher's home (updated 06-21-06)
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We'd prefer something we can manage and maintain ourselves opposed to having to hassle with IT beyond getting us all mapped to the workstation. I'm just in the investigative stages of PDMWorks to figure out what we want to do as a group.
CanCad1, did you ever get this ball rolling using a workstation and pdmworks? How's it working out for you?
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We only have 3 users here, but our vault is on a network server. The only time I have to 'bug' the IT guy is when there's an update. Beyond that, I have full administrative control over the vault. Given the fact that updates occur infrequently, and that local workstations generally aren't backed up (yes, this varies), I'd strongly recommend putting it on a backed up server. It very well may save you major headaches in the future.
Jeff Mirisola, CSWP
CAD Administrator
SW '07 SP1.0, Dell M90, Intel 2 Duo Core, 2MB RAM, nVidia 2500M
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We've had several crashes over the years and have lost tons of data, but we can't get the support we need because we take up too much space. It took us being 'sneaky' to obtain an external drive to manually back up our files. It makes no sense, but that's how it is, and it's unlikely to change. The less we have to rely on IT the better.
The thing 'in place' will probably be me trekking to the shared workstation every week with the external drive to back the files up manually.
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Good luck!
Jeff Mirisola, CSWP
CAD Administrator
SW '07 SP1.0, Dell M90, Intel 2 Duo Core, 2MB RAM, nVidia 2500M
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Chris
Systems Analyst, I.S.
SolidWorks 06 4.1/PDMWorks 06
AutoCAD 06
ctopher's home (updated 06-21-06)
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I want to learn exactly what I need, step by step in every detail, (workstation vs server), what will work best for our group and I have no issues learning PDMWorks and becoming the admin and that's probably what would happen anyway. I'm convinced if this doesn't change now, bigger headaches are yet to come, more than what we've had over the past few years of pc deaths and data loss.
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Also if your workstation craps out you take not only yourself online but your co-workers as well. Dedicated server will not have as much load as a workstation, hence should be more reliable.
Note that if you have any kind of network structure at your company you can use your workstation to run the PDMW service and store the actual documents on a network server. This will be slower but more reliable.
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And, don't use your workstation as a server. There can be issues from this.
Matt
CAD Engineer/ECN Analyst
Silicon Valley, CA
http://sw.fcsuper.com/index.php
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