Re: Windows 2003 Server limitation
From: Bernard (qbernard_at_hotmail.com.discuss)
Date: 10/02/04
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Date: Sat, 2 Oct 2004 11:17:30 +0800
Hmm.. I would suggest you post your finding here
and I'm sure Alun will figure something out.
-- Regards, Bernard Cheah http://www.tryiis.com/ http://support.microsoft.com/ http://www.msmvps.com/bernard/ "Serverdude" <Serverdude@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:9BCACF70-1029-4FAB-A067-5B8D32EDA17F@microsoft.com... > Regarding 2, we've gone above and beyond normal and have proven that it is > IIS's FTP, not network connections, not client that dropped data. We've > analyzed ftp packets, 3 ways TCP hand shake between servers and clients, and > know who did what. MS tech support did not dispute our findings. > > > "Bernard" wrote: > > > Wow. I haven't heard about the 1). > > for 2) I have seen some previous posting, but there are just too many > > posibilities. e.g. connection, client software and etc. > > > > as for IIS 6.0, I have no idea. just wait for the 'F' guy in the IIS to give > > us the answer :) > > > > -- > > Regards, > > Bernard Cheah > > http://www.tryiis.com/ > > http://support.microsoft.com/ > > http://www.msmvps.com/bernard/ > > > > > > > > "Serverdude" <Serverdude@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > > news:E63C6C35-906C-4EDA-99D0-2467B8141372@microsoft.com... > > > Our ftp servers are hit heavily by the our user community. When we used > > IIS > > > 4 (NT4) and IIS5 (Windows 2000), we ran into the limitation of 100 current > > > connections on these servers. We only learned of this after seeing > > failures > > > then troubleshot and consulted for many weeks with going up the chain in > > > Microsoft technical support. We faced 2 issues when the limit is: 1) The > > > 100 concurrent connection is the limit! > > > 2) Instead of rejecting user connection, these FTP servers simply just > > > dropped the data without any kind of notification! > > > > > > Our network engineers had to pull some Unix magic to capture the data 7x24 > > > and still do, so that we can capture all data to ensure nothing is lost > > > whenever IIS FTP reached its limit. We faced rath from all sides > > > (management, customers, bruised professional pride, etc.) because of this. > > > > > > Does anyone know if these (1 and 2 above BOTH) are still problems with > > the > > > IIS that comes with Windows 2003 server (IIS6). There are still legacy > > > advantages for us to use windows FTP, but it's getting hard to justify > > when > > > the linux ftp servers didn't even break a sweat in a similar environment > > at > > > our company. There is a heavy push here by several groups to go to Linux. > > > We need to make a decision by mid next week. > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > > > > >
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