Hi All!
I know it isn't recommended to install Adagio on a NAS device (although I think some may have done it), but what about if the programs are running on windows 10 boxes, can I point to the NAS for the data files?
Thanks for your thoughts!

FWIW I just attempted unsuccessfully last week to install to a NAS drive (bear in mind I didn't know what a NAS drive was last week) other than Adagio would hang and not install.

Someone else would have to confirm but I don't believe you can do that (load the programs on individual workstations - more than one) since you are breaking the licensing agreement.

If it was just one workstation I don't see why not but you would have to have another poster confirm this for you.

Thanks for jumping in! I have a multi user license (well, I guess effectively multi user LANPAK) so I don't think I'm offside.
I have copied the data to the NAS and successfully opened it. It in fact loaded much faster than it did previously off the windows box.
So it LOOKS like it would work, but I haven't attempted any transactions yet.
I thought I would ask what other peoples thoughts or experience are before I started testing transactions, but as I say, it loads up and I can definitely do inquiries on the data located on the NAS.

A NAS is an unsupported configuration as indicated on the requirements page: https://portal.softrak.com/products/requirements.php
I believe it can be perceived as subverting the license agreement because of how lanpaks work. But I'll let Support comment on that if they want to.

Some have done a C drive install for multiple users in certain exceptions, but having installs on each pc is a real pain to maintain and will leave room for many problems such as mixed versions and breaking user setups and security groups, just to name a few. And I wouldn't count on support for that setup.

For the cost savings a NAS is providing, you might as well set up a peer to peer network so you can install to a share.

Ya, not trying in any way to defeat the licensing. Nor am I trying to save money.
The NAS we are using has very robust and user friendly backup utilities baked into it and we are just tying to get the accounting data into a more protected place as well as consolidating it with other mission critical files so we are looking at a simplified restore protocol.
SO the question still remains, if all the software is properly licensed and configured and running on approved hardware, can I successfully use data files relocated onto a NAS?

OK, so testing continues...

I have an Accounts Payable report that takes 29 minutes to produce with the 'approved' setup where the data is on the windows box that has the master software. However the exact same report with the data only on the NAS takes LESS THAN 2 Minutes!!! That alone is a compelling reason for this setup although the consolidation of data on a readily backed up appliance is still the real motivation.

Maybe someone who understands the architecture could chime in?
I've always assumed that there was a main installation which was essentially the gatekeeper software to make sure other users don't trip over each other, and that there was a 'thin client' type of installation on the networked workstations. If this was the case you wouldn't think that where you pointed the program to to get the data would defeat any of the processing protocols, but I don't want to do this only to discover much later that it causes problems.

Any help or thoughts welcome!