John Thanks for your advice. I think I will go for Filemaker hosting and will check out your website as well. Regards Bruce On 26/07/2010 03:53 PM, John May wrote: > Using FileMaker as a front-end for MySQL is generally not the best > solution, and will require a lot of time optimizing due to FileMaker's > inefficiencies when accessing external datasources. > > As for hosting companies, we've been hosting FileMaker for over 11 > years now. We use Apple Xserves for all of our hosting, all at under > 20% utilization rates. Feel free to try our risk-free 30 day trial to > see that our services perform quite snappily: > > http://www.pointinspace.com/ > > You'll also find that our support is a lot more accessible and > knowledgeable than many of the larger hosting providers. > > - John > > > > On 7/26/10 6:52 AM, Bruce Button wrote: >> I need to develop a Filemaker solution that will be accessible via >> Internet. At the moment I am looking at two options: >> >> 1. Use an all-Filemaker approach and host the Filemaker database with a >> Filemaker web hosting company. >> >> 2. Use a MySQL back end and access it using Filemaker clients. >> >> >> Option 1 is certainly the easiest for me, since I already know >> Filemaker. However, option 2 seems to be a lot cheaper (about $80 per >> year as opposed to about $250 per year). Some limited experience in the >> past has also made me ask whether the companies that host Filemaker Pro >> databases have servers that are as quick and efficient via Internet as >> those that provide the more popular hosting services. >> >> Can anyone give me some pointers? >> >> Thanks in advance >> >> Bruce Button >> > >