Re: Slow file share with XP and 2000 clients

"" wrote:
> We have 9 servers with approx. 4000 XP clients connecting to
> them. Once the
> file size hits around 20,000 files browsing to the share
> folder then takes
> about 30 seconds to a minute. I've scoured MS's site and
> found kB829700 and
> another poster on this board that has seen the same thing with
> no responses.
> I've also seen that other people that have posted in other
> online forums are
> having the same issue. Unfortunately no one has yet to state
> a fix. One
> person's theory is that the client computer is searching all
> folders before
> it shows the base directory. I would tend to agree with this
> since it really
> does seem that the more files and directories that exist, the
> longer it takes
> to bring up. Does anyone have any suggestions or thoughts on
> this issue?
> It's becoming a pretty big problem here...

Hi
what I am suggesting is not the solution for the issue but it might
help increase the performance to a certain extent.
Try doing defrag on the shared drive and MFT. This document might be
useful , check it out

http://microurl.com/wugnet/SelfTuningDiskDrives

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