Re: SBS Performance problem

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From: Aart Jansen (aart_at_*remove*hayes.co.nz)
Date: 01/12/05 

Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2005 09:43:02 +1300

yea for 10 users, seems like a reasonable system.
when you say slow.. what exactly is slow, is the CPU usage constantly high,
what process is making it high?
How have you configured the symantec for exachange to handle virus's? I
configure trend just to delete any virus infected email. I guess symantec
have a similar option?

"Reiper" <nobody@madeup.com> wrote in message
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> Maybe it's just me but I'm running SBS2003 on a 1GHz machine w/ 1GB Ram w/
> Symantec Mail Security and about 20 users. Computer has never even
> struggled... The average CPU usage is about 8% with the NTBackup being
> the largest taker of CPU time. So there may be something else going on?
> Spyware, Virus, Hardware?
>
> Regards!
>
> "Matt Gibson" <mattg@blueedgetech.ca> wrote in message
> news:eoNZZ0N%23EHA.2104@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
>> How many users?
>>
>> In all honesty, that's a pretty weak system for heavy exchange usage.
>> I'd at LEAST add another GB of ram.
>>
>> You didn't mention if your hard drive system is RAIDed or not. If it
>> isn't, get on that. RAID 1 will increase read performance, while 10 will
>> increase both read and write.
>>
>> I personally don't put anything less than a Dual Xeon into my SBS
>> systems, with at least 2GB of RAM
>>
>> -Matt
>>
>> "Carlos" <cp@swa.com> wrote in message
>> news:u%23OQGvN%23EHA.4004@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>>>I have a Windows 2003 SBS it has running everything Exchange Server,
>>>Domain Controller etc. all SBS is for , additionally it has Symantec for
>>>Antivirus/Spam filter for Exchange servers. Now my problem is that get
>>>about 3000 virus a day and my SBS server is take a hard hit in
>>>performance. I turned off the Symantec for Exchange Server and still
>>>slow!!!!! it is a P4 2.4GHZ with 1GB RAM... and 200GB HD, Any Ideas what
>>>can I check.
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>>
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