Re: W2000 Server - file system deteriorating

From: Pat [MSFT] (patfilot_at_online.microsoft.com)
Date: 11/13/04 

Date: Sat, 13 Nov 2004 14:11:08 -0800

It actually sounds like you are having problems with AV software or backup
software. Particularly if you are having problems deleting, etc. I would
make sure that those are updated first. Obviously, I'd love to have you
upgrade to WS2k3 too, but let's try to fix what's wrong first.

pat

"Fernie" <Fernie@not_thisDocSignings.net> wrote in message
news:892615C30CB4E240Fernie@not_thisDocSignings.net...
> Two years ago, I leased a W2000 server with IIS 5 and it always ran very
> well until the last few months when I began to notice that the processor
> gradually became busier day by day. A reboot always get everything back
> to normal for a few days/weeks.
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> Other problems that I began to experience were the inablility to delete
> some directories from disk. Issuing commands at the DOS prompt did not
> work and there were no processes whatsoever holding anything within the
> directory.
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> To empty the recycle bin has recently become a problem. It takes up 100%
> of the cpu and never finishes.
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> Since the beginning, I have run two isapi dlls, but they have never caused
> a problem, I think that the problem lies within the condition of the file
> system.
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> My server has 512 k (uses about half of that when running normal). It has
> a Celeron 1400 processor (about 20-60 percent when running normal).
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> Should I have W2000 Server reinstalled or should I upgrade to W2003? Does
> W2003 have an improved file system? Will W2003 run fine on my existing
> hardware / is it more demanding than W2000?
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> Please advise as this is very important for me. Thank you very much.
>
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