Quickbooks Enterprise on Linux
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@irj Qb file isn't really a db. It is a file, with a max recommended size of less than 1GB. You can even set this up to be shared from any user workstation. This isn't a sql db with hundreds of GB of data requiring half a dozen vmdk.
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@momurda said in Quickbooks Enterprise on Linux:
@irj Qb file isn't really a db. It is a file, with a max recommended size of less than 1GB. You can even set this up to be shared from any user workstation. This isn't a sql db with hundreds of GB of data requiring half a dozen vmdk.
Ah ok. I guess I'm not too familiar with the product. It's still kind of scary to have all the goodies in one place, though.
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@momurda said in Quickbooks Enterprise on Linux:
Ive not done this for qb file storage. I use Windows file server for this.
I cant envision a scenario where it would be simpler or better than putting it on an smb share on Windows Server either. Just seems like it would break and youd be up a creek. Imagine calling qb support with a Linux server issue.All the servers at the client location are Linux. The current QB runs off of a Windows 7 box that is due to be replaced. Also according to QB this is a supported way of doing this.
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@irj said in Quickbooks Enterprise on Linux:
@dustinb3403 said in Quickbooks Enterprise on Linux:
@irj said in Quickbooks Enterprise on Linux:
@momurda said in Quickbooks Enterprise on Linux:
Ive not done this for qb file storage. I use Windows file server for this.
I cant envision a scenario where it would be simpler or better than putting it on an smb share on Windows Server either. Just seems like it would break and youd be up a creek. Imagine calling qb support with a Linux server issue.I disagree. After the initial setup a Linux server will be much more stable.
Also don't forget about licensing cost for Windows.
The complaint is that QuickBooks support would be worse than having all of your teeth pulled out, without any pain medicine and the "dentist" using a pair of pliers, while going in from the back door rather than your mouth. .
The question is do they support it or not? It's actually black and white. Either they support it or they don't.
Well their website says that they do, so the conversation falls back to, is their support good enough? In my experience it has never been good enough.
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@dustinb3403 said in Quickbooks Enterprise on Linux:
@irj said in Quickbooks Enterprise on Linux:
@dustinb3403 said in Quickbooks Enterprise on Linux:
@irj said in Quickbooks Enterprise on Linux:
@momurda said in Quickbooks Enterprise on Linux:
Ive not done this for qb file storage. I use Windows file server for this.
I cant envision a scenario where it would be simpler or better than putting it on an smb share on Windows Server either. Just seems like it would break and youd be up a creek. Imagine calling qb support with a Linux server issue.I disagree. After the initial setup a Linux server will be much more stable.
Also don't forget about licensing cost for Windows.
The complaint is that QuickBooks support would be worse than having all of your teeth pulled out, without any pain medicine and the "dentist" using a pair of pliers, while going in from the back door rather than your mouth. .
The question is do they support it or not? It's actually black and white. Either they support it or they don't.
Well their website says that they do, so the conversation falls back to, is their support good enough? In my experience it has never been good enough.
I am confident in my Linux skills, so that isn't the issue. I am moving forward with this. I will keep everyone updated.
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If youre comfortable doing then go for it. It really shouldn't matter because it is just an smb share, although it look like they have qbdbmanager package for Linux as well to install and configure. Someone Liked that post as we discussing it. Might be nice to be able to find when that KB article was written, not just updated. Doesn't seem too old.
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@momurda said in Quickbooks Enterprise on Linux:
@irj said in Quickbooks Enterprise on Linux:
@momurda said in Quickbooks Enterprise on Linux:
Ive not done this for qb file storage. I use Windows file server for this.
I cant envision a scenario where it would be simpler or better than putting it on an smb share on Windows Server either. Just seems like it would break and youd be up a creek. Imagine calling qb support with a Linux server issue.I disagree. After the initial setup a Linux server will be much more stable.
Also don't forget about licensing cost for Windows.
Who doesn't have a Windows server they can add a file share to?
Me and my home lab. No Windows anything in sight, and really no reason to either. The only Windows box in my personal life is my gaming rig.
Now at work, well, that's just a I'm not even going to talk about it situation at the moment.
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It seems like Quickbook is using Sybase so I don't see a problem there. Samba share will work the same as a share on a Windows server so no problem there either.
And it looks like Intuit started supporting linux already in 2007, so there shouldn't be much problem there either.
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@pete-s said in Quickbooks Enterprise on Linux:
It seems like Quickbook is using Sybase so I don't see a problem there. Samba share will work the same as a share on a Windows server so no problem there either.
And it looks like Intuit started supporting linux already in 2007, so there shouldn't be much problem there either.
http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/reports/6398/1/It works fine with Linux, We started using it for customers probably 3 years ago when they wanted QUickbooks.
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@momurda said in Quickbooks Enterprise on Linux:
Imagine calling qb support with a
Linux serverissue.FTFY
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@pete-s said in Quickbooks Enterprise on Linux:
It seems like Quickbook is using Sybase so I don't see a problem there. Samba share will work the same as a share on a Windows server so no problem there either.
"Real" Sybase is UNIX only, I believe. It's a database server, not a shared file. The Sybase shared file is some silly crap that isn't what anyone means when they refer to Sybase.
