Notes to assist in installing MP-5:
The information in the article refers to:
Monitor-Pro MP-5
Applies to:
| Product: | MP-5 |
| Reported Version: | MP5.0.1 |
| Applies to: | All MP-5 versions |
| Area of effect | Installation |
Synopsis
Supplementary notes to assist in the installation of an MP-5 system
Detail
Installing a fresh MP-5 (client or server)
MP-5 uses a standard Windows installer. Place the CD in a CD drive and setup does not automatically browse to setup.exe and double-click. Follow wizard.
Database Server and client or Client only options:
Client and database server (No SQL Server available)
If you have no SQL Server available then we have included the Microsoft Desktop Engine (MSDE). This is a free-to-use database engine.
Choose custom setup and CHECK MSDE and SQL DMO
UNCHECK MDAC
SQL Server available and Client Only modes
If you are installing a client only or if you have a SQL Server available then choose custom setup and UNCHECK MSDE, SQL DMO and MDAC
MP-5 can use either the full version of Microsoft SQL Server 2000, or the free MSDE (Microsoft Database Engine). On installation you can choose whether to install MSDE (the last check box on the component options form) or not. If you have a SQL Server available, it is normally better to use this and not install MSDE.
Differences between MSDE and SQL Server:
MSDE is basically the same database engine as SQL server but with some restrictions:
- It has no interface, so administration is not so easy. However we have provided an interface and functionality in the MP-5 Administrator to process the most commonly used tasks.
- It has a 2Gb maximum limit per database. If you approach this size you will need to create an additional database.
- It is designed to allow small groups to network. 2 concurrent users are fine, but it will gradually get slower with more than 3 concurrent users.
Specifically:
Supports up to 2Gb RAM.
2GB database size limit.
Five concurrent users or less is recommended.
Supports up to 2 CPU on Windows NT or Windows 2000 box.
No publishing for transaction replication.
No Database Server Failover Support.
No Full-text search.
No GUI interface (there are no SQL Server Enterprise Manager, SQL Server
Profiler, Query Analyzer, Database Upgrade Wizard, Index Tuning Wizard, Import
and Export Wizards, and so on).
No OLAP.
No English Query.
No SQL Books Online.