Might suggest 'Vipre' which really started out as a suggestion from Emmitt D. I have been using them for a year now and no problems yet(and thank you again Emmitt). Now I will admit my production server is Linux. But I do use it also on a Windows 2008 Server. Just not as much activity hitting the MS-Server.
Sincerely, Paul D www.SystemNets.com -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of John Croson Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 2010 12:18 PM To: RBASE-L Mailing List Subject: [RBASE-L] - RE: Off Topic ... Suggestion for networks Since some are wading in with comments, I'll add my own. The server that shares resources may also suffer from the IRPStackSize bug present in all versions of Windows: http://winhlp.com/node/40 In my experience, this problem doesn't often appear in the logs until server resources are nearly exhausted. As noted in the post, Symantec Endpoint Protection (my server...) will show these signs. Redirecting PST's to network locations on your server will also mitigate this problem. I agree with Dan about network equipment. Cisco tends to be my choice for new and upgrading customers. AV CAN be a resource hog, but all good enterprise AV software not only allows you to exclude files and folders, but also processes and network ports. I also usually disable XP firewall from GPO, falling back to AV network sniffing which is usually smarter. My standard XP machine never get's ordered without less than 2gb of RAM. I'm sure Win7 will double that requirement. I have scripts that run on my managed domains that reboot machines daily, do a light defrag daily and major on the weekends. The same routine with scheduling light AV scans during off hours, and full scans on the weekends. You might also use the excellent and easy to manage hosts file offered up here: http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm . This helps block most problematic sites by redirecting to the localhost. HTH
