Wow that is very slow. I see what you mean.
So you have 30+ RDM instances running on a terminal server, each using 100-500MB of RAM (or more depending on # of open sessions) + CPU... ouch
On terminal server I would definitely go with the classic UI, it's less CPU & memory intensive. I would also deploy v9, some of it's features will also help reduce the time (database refresh will use the intelligent cache for example).
On you test laptop, can you access the live data source for testing? Is it possible to have the app deployed locally instead of TS?
So you have 30+ RDM instances running on a terminal server, each using 100-500MB of RAM (or more depending on # of open sessions) + CPU... ouch
On terminal server I would definitely go with the classic UI, it's less CPU & memory intensive. I would also deploy v9, some of it's features will also help reduce the time (database refresh will use the intelligent cache for example).
On you test laptop, can you access the live data source for testing? Is it possible to have the app deployed locally instead of TS?