Whats thrashing my disks?

2009-10-26 Thread Oliver Marshall
Hi chaps, Can anyone tell me how to go about finding out whats causing really high disk write queue lengths on our old SBS 2003 box ? It appears to grind to a halt and during which time perfmon shows that the write queue for the C drive goes sky high, easily reaching 200+ and it has gone over 4

Re: Whats thrashing my disks?

2009-10-26 Thread Sherry Abercrombie
Anti-virus would be the first thing I looked at. On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 7:14 AM, Oliver Marshall < oliver.marsh...@g2support.com> wrote: > Hi chaps, > > > > Can anyone tell me how to go about finding out whats causing really high > disk write queue lengths on our old SBS 2003 box ? It appears t

RE: Whats thrashing my disks?

2009-10-26 Thread Oliver Marshall
Management Web: www.g2support.com Twitter: g2support<http://twitter.com/home?stat...@g2support> Newsletter: www.g2support.com/newsletter<http://www.g2support.com/newsletter> From: Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:saber...@gmail.com] Sent: 26 October 2009 12:31 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: R

RE: Whats thrashing my disks?

2009-10-26 Thread Richard Stovall
How about using Process Explorer and viewing the appropriate I/O columns? From: Oliver Marshall [mailto:oliver.marsh...@g2support.com] Sent: Monday, October 26, 2009 8:33 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Whats thrashing my disks? Isn't one installed. Really I'm afte

Re: Whats thrashing my disks?

2009-10-26 Thread Rene de Haas
Does it have enough memory. Low memory can cause disk thrashing as well. On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 1:14 PM, Oliver Marshall < oliver.marsh...@g2support.com> wrote: > Hi chaps, > > > > Can anyone tell me how to go about finding out whats causing really high > disk write queue lengths on our old SB

RE: Whats thrashing my disks?

2009-10-26 Thread Oliver Marshall
ewsletter> From: Rene de Haas [mailto:rene.deh...@gmail.com] Sent: 26 October 2009 12:45 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Whats thrashing my disks? Does it have enough memory. Low memory can cause disk thrashing as well. On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 1:14 PM, Oliver Marshall mailto:

Re: Whats thrashing my disks?

2009-10-26 Thread Sherry Abercrombie
.com/newsletter > > > > *From:* Rene de Haas [mailto:rene.deh...@gmail.com] > *Sent:* 26 October 2009 12:45 > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: Whats thrashing my disks? > > > > Does it have enough memory. Low memory can cause disk thrashing as well

RE: Whats thrashing my disks?

2009-10-26 Thread Phillip Partipilo
System Admin Issues Subject: Whats thrashing my disks? Hi chaps, Can anyone tell me how to go about finding out whats causing really high disk write queue lengths on our old SBS 2003 box ? It appears to grind to a halt and during which time perfmon shows that the write queue for the C drive goes

Re: Whats thrashing my disks?

2009-10-27 Thread Ben Scott
On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 8:14 AM, Oliver Marshall wrote: > Can anyone tell me how to go about finding out whats causing really high > disk write queue lengths on our old SBS 2003 box ? Process Explorer. I always add all three history graph columns. Seeing CPU, RAM, and I/O history over time wil