Hello Philippe Van den Abbeele ,

Sharing of file based TM's is only really viable for 2 - maybe at a stretch three users max as file based TM's are not designed to be used this way.

When you are sharing TM's with multiple users (as is the case here) then you should be looking at server based solutions such as GroupShare.

The errors that you are experiencing such as 'database is locked' and very slow running of Studio is symptomatic of multiple users using File Based TM's!

Please take a look at the following article which explains the problem and the solutions available.

https://gateway.rws.com/csm?id=kb_article_view&sysparm_article=KB0024742

The problem is where the TM is stored. Store it locally on a SSD or a PCIe SSD (much faster) and your problems will be gone.

What you are doing, is like would you try to move your furniture to a new home with an Austin Morris Mini. Studio Freelance and even Pro does NOT like resources shared on the cloud. Even TMs shared on a NAS are not working really well. This is why I keep all my master TMs on a PCIe SSD and put only project TMs with the projects to be shared on NAS. This works somehow... For TBs this is however too slow.

Maybe also consider this article that offers a way to share these resources and avoid the locking issues:

https://multifarious.filkin.com/2014/12/08/with-a-little-help/

Thank you all for your help!

We are currently investigating the possibility to switch to a server-based environment.

Our TMs are growing fast and I think that will be the best solution.

Thx!