How much RAM ? We have about the same number of users and had the same problems. The server had 740 KB. We changed to a new server with 2 GB RAM and the problems disappeared.
Regards, Vlastimil > -----Opprinnelig melding----- > Fra: Leblanc, Shawn [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sendt: 27. november 2001 21:11 > Til: MS-Exchange Admin Issues > Emne: 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. Leblanc, Network Technician > BULL, HOUSSER & TUPPER > Vancouver, Canada > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.bht.com > Tel: (604) 687-6575 or Direct # 641-4919 > Fax: (604) 641-4949 or Direct # 646-2500 > > Pager: (604) 650-4155 > > > This e-mail may be privileged or confidential. Any use of this e-mail by > an > unintended recipient is prohibited. > If you receive this e-mail in error, please call me immediately. > > > List Charter and FAQ at: > http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm
