Re: Sbs 2003 r2 running very slowly



Are you running SQL on this SBS? How many workstations? You may find 3-4 GB
RAM to be better. I'd seriously consider changing from software to hardware
RAID with either SCSI or good quality SATA drives and appropriate good
quality controller card.

"Paul" <Paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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hi, ram is 2gb on server, usually sitting at 750mb free. Disks show no
errors, 2 disks in software raid via the sbs server, one disk on each ide
chanel. Not sure how i can change this config without losing the info on
the
disks, as they have a combination of mirrored and spanned drives between
the
2 of them.
Will check out the perfmon figures and get back to you.
thanks


"Henry Craven {SBS-MVP}" wrote:

If disks are thrashing then check:
RAM.
Pagefile.
Bad Disk(s)
Bad Raid ctrlr/driver.
Cables Connection / Shielding
--
Henry Craven {SBS-MVP}


"Paul" <Paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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hi, thanks for the reply.
was thinking it might be a problem with the disks, am running software
raid,
and there seems to be almost constant hdd activity. Also, server is
running
as main a/v server, when logged on is set to scan on access, but even
with
this turned off it is still slow.
Have tried a different switch, and still the same, dns settings seem to
be
ok, will recheck when i get at the server again later.



.



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