Tune=restart nightly? :-) On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 3:48 PM, Brian Desmond <br...@briandesmond.com>wrote:
> *All that said if you’re stuck with these things we can take a shot at > tuning the box some. X64 is another option that will help drastically. * > > * * > > *Thanks,* > > *Brian Desmond* > > *br...@briandesmond.com* > > * * > > *c - 312.731.3132* > > * * > > *From:* Brian Desmond [mailto:br...@briandesmond.com] > *Sent:* Thursday, March 19, 2009 2:03 PM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: Windows 2008 as a fileserver > > > > This is an expressly unsupported scenario and is one of the first things I > look at when I'm dealing with a file server perf issue. Here is an overview > slide on this exact topic from a talk I am doing next week. > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > Brian Desmond > > br...@briandesmond.com > > > > c - 312.731.3132 > > > > Active Directory, 4th Ed - http://www.briandesmond.com/ad4/ > > Microsoft MVP - https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Brian > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Andy Ognenoff [mailto:andyognen...@gmail.com] > Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 1:39 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Windows 2008 as a fileserver > > > > Do the XP machines work until Outlook is opened? Some notes from MS about > > PSTs on network shares not being supported: > > > > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/297019 > > > > "All operations take longer." > > "Write operations can take approximately four times longer than read > > operations." > > > > - Andy O. > > ________________________________________ > > From: Brumbaugh, Luke [mailto:luke.brumba...@butlerahs.com] > > Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 12:21 PM > > To: NT System Admin Issues > > Subject: RE: Windows 2008 as a fileserver > > > > Most people have psts on their home drives on the fileserver, (please don’t > > blame me I hate PSTs), the XP machines will slow down to a crawl. > > Word docs, etc won’t save, drives are disconnected and machines will > > freeze. Vista however still running. > > I’ll have to reboot the server to cure the problem. > > Everyone is OK then something happens(Unknown) and it all happens again. > > This is the 3rd time it has happened. > > > > > > From: Brian Desmond [mailto:br...@briandesmond.com] > > Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 2:03 PM > > To: NT System Admin Issues > > Subject: RE: Windows 2008 as a fileserver > > > > So can you elaborate on what slow performance means? When, where, what, > etc… > > > > Thanks, > > Brian Desmond > > br...@briandesmond.com > > > > c - 312.731.3132 > > > > Active Directory, 4th Ed - http://www.briandesmond.com/ad4/ > > Microsoft MVP - https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Brian > > > > From: Brumbaugh, Luke [mailto:luke.brumba...@butlerahs.com] > > Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 7:27 AM > > To: NT System Admin Issues > > Subject: Windows 2008 as a fileserver > > > > I have loaded a server with 2008 STD 32bit with file services and it seems > > that the xp/2003 machines have slow performance connecting or reading > > drives. > > I have checked the taskmgr and cpu is low 1-10% and memory low (4gb > > installed and 700mg – 950 mg used). > > Virus protection loaded (Symantec in a non-cache mode). > > A few of the domain admins have vista but we have no problems, so I don’t > > know if it is because we a admins or because we have vista. > > I do have an xp machine next to me that doesn’t experience problems, but I > > only use it to run other admin tools that don’t run on vista (phone system > > etc.) > > > > Anyone have an idea what might be wrong? Or is 2008 as big a P.I.T.A. as > > vista is? > > > > Luke L. Brumbaugh > > Network Engineer > > Butler Animal Health Supply > > Ph:(614) 659-1736 > > > > ********************************************************************** > > CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: The information transmitted in this message is > > intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may > > contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, > retransmission, > > dissemination or other use of this information by persons or entities other > > than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, > > please contact the sender and destroy all copies of this document. Thank > > you. > > Butler Animal Health Supply > > ********************************************************************** > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
