Re: Slow copy to SBS 2003

On Jul 14, 6:26 pm, "SuperGumby [SBS MVP]" <n...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
you sure on that?

'Write Back' writes to cache and signifies completion on write to cache,
'Write Through' writes to cache and does not signify completion till written
to disk, Write Back should be quicker.

I think the default varies whether the controller includes battery. If
battery is included 'Write Back' is default. If no battery most of the PERCs
will not accept 'Write Back', you must use 'Write Back (enforced)' (or
similar). If no battery 'Write Back' behaves as 'Write Through'.

"MM" <nosend...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message

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On Jul 14, 10:28 am, "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
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KasperCO <kaspe...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On 13 Jul., 16:59, "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
<lanwe...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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KasperCO <kaspe...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi,

I'm experiencing a problem on a small SBS 2003 network.

While copying FROM the server is normal speed - this is not the case
when copying TO the server. Just copying a few megabytes can take
minutes.

What antivirus are you running on the server/clients?

At the moment the server does not have any antivirus (Exchange-
services are disabled). The workstations uses preinstalled McAfee.

Disable the workstation AV and test....
After that, time to look at your networking hardware. If you're using an
10/100 autosensing switch, try locking down all the NICs at 100/full,
rather
than letting them try to negotiate the settings themselves.

Your IP config looks fine.

Great!

BR,
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Does the Server have RAID5? On our new Dell 2950 it was painfullyslow
writing files to RAID5 drive. Changing RAID5 cache to Write Thru (it
is Write Back by default on new Dells) increased speed by 10x. Be sure
you have battery back-up on server.

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Not 100% sure, I am not an expert but the change worked for me.I had
horrific sql perfomrance and everything was very slow after moving to
a new dell 2950 that was 10x the horsepower of our old box. After some
research I found that Dell Riad Cards (on the 2950 and some others)
default to Write Back cache and no Read Cache I turned on adaptive
read ahead cache and write through cache. I also reviewed and updated
settings described in the following MS KB

You may experience network-related problems after you install Windows
Server
2003 SP2 or the Scalable Networking Pack on a Windows Small Business
Server
2003-based computer that has an advanced network adapter
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/936594/en-us

After these chnages speed was unreal! In the raid card help file I
read (possibly misunderstood) that Write Back send a complete signal
when the write is complete while write through does not send a signal
when done. Based on the immedite perfomance fix I stopped looking. I'd
be happy to be be corrected if I can get even moew perfomrance with a
simple change again in the cache.

MM

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