It IS the network. Force the NIC and switch port to 100m Full Duplex and save the new Compaq gear for a Quake server.
------------------------------------------------------ Roger D. Seielstad - MCSE MCT Senior Systems Administrator Peregrine Systems Atlanta, GA http://www.peregrine.com > -----Original Message----- > From: Paul Bouzan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2001 6:16 PM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: Exchange Server - Outlook Client Slowdown > > > Interesting. > > Very few members of this list have Ex on DC's for the already > over discussed > reasons. We may be seeing the downside of having such. Like > you say, you > can live with it but it does bug a little. > > Your hardware looks fine (well comparing it to mine anyway!) > - the box I > already have built and in the rack is a Compaq DL380 with 4 x > 18.2Gb 10K2 > RAID5 and 2 x 18Gb 10K2 Mirrored, 512Mb memory and dual 1Gb > PIII's. Teaming > NIC's and a 5200 RAID controller finish it off. I need to > set aside some of > the christmas holiday to do the transfer. I've discounted > any bottlenecks > in the LAN as I have just replaced all old hubs and switches > with Cisco > 3500XL 10/100 switches on GB fibre backbones so it must be > the combo of DC > and Exchange that is choking it. > > If I get any ideas I'll let you know. If anyone else has, > well.... I think > we'll soon find out.... > > Regards > > PBB > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Leblanc, Shawn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 27 November 2001 23:08 > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: Exchange Server - Outlook Client Slowdown > > > Yes my box is a BDC - Compaq Proliant 1850R - and yes I > inherited it as well > so I did not have a choice in the matter. We are waiting for > next years > budget but it looks like we will have to live with this > machine for at least > another year. That is a very interesting thought - there is > a 3rd party > utility available called DC-Promo that can turn a domain > controller into a > standalone server. > > Thanks > Shawn > > -----Original Message----- > From: Paul Bouzan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2001 3:00 PM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: Exchange Server - Outlook Client Slowdown > > > ~ndi > > Ironically I get pretty much the same as you, bad slowdown at > peak times. > Now, my exchange box is a BDC which I know is against the rules but I > inherited it from old and do not have the resource (read > time) to migrate > until the new year. Is yours a DC? - If so this may be the > pattern. FYI, > this box is a Dell 2400 single PIII 500, 3 x 9.1Gb RAID5 and > 256Mb memory > (5.5sp4) but only ~150 users in this particular site. > > PBB > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Leblanc, Shawn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 27 November 2001 20:11 > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: Exchange Server - Outlook Client Slowdown > > > I am hoping someone out there is having some of the same > issues as we are > having and have come up with some solutions. Any suggestions > would be very > much appreciated. > > Our current setup is; > > - Single Server Exchange Server Enterprise 5.5 Sp4 running OWA > - Compaq Server Dual PII 450 Xeon Processors > - 5 hard drives - 3 10,000rpm 36.4 GB drives in RAID 5 (Databases) > - 2 10,000rpm 9.1 GB drives in RAID 1 > (Transaction > Logs) > - Server is running at 100mbps full duplex. > - Pub.edb = 150mb > - Priv.edb 18.5 GB (approx 40GB of free space) > - Circular Logging Turned off - Differential Arcserve Backup enabled > - 200 - 230 Users and 300 mailboxes > > Description > > For the past couple of weeks we have notice a perceptible > slowdown in client > side response times on our exchange server. The slowdown > mainly happens at > peak times,(9-10am and 2-3pm) however we have noticed it with > attachments > and at other times as well. It sometimes can take 5-8 > seconds to open an > e-mail with an attachment where we have been getting > immediate response > before. For scrolling through messages in Outlook we have > also noticed a > slow down. Also - when copying an attachment from an e-mail > to your local > machine,(right click and copy, then paste to desktop) this > response time has > decrease dramatically. Although these slowdowns do not stop > us from working > on a daily basis we would like to get on top of this issue > and do what we > need to do to keep our Exchange server speedy. > > Any ideas or recommendations are appreciated. > > Regards, > > _________________ > > Shawn M. 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