Re: server is slow when change permission

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Interesting. The server I had the 45 minute thing on was a Windows Server 2003 member server. I'm just speculating, but it seemed like the number of files and complexity of the directory structure was what took all the time. About all I've done recently on the SBS was to change permissions on a user's redirected My Docs - maybe 50 folders and 1500 or so files - and that didn't take more than a few seconds. I'll pay more attention next time on the SBS.



"Lisa" <Lisa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:D8FEC9CA-79F5-4729-B4EA-4B2AAEF1125D@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Yes, I will check task manager next time, but I never see this problem on
standard windows server. It only happens to SBS.

"Dave Nickason [SBS MVP]" wrote:

I'm not sure - I think it would be CPU and a lot of disk activity rather
than RAM, but it should be easy enough to tell in Task Manager.


"Lisa" <Lisa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:452FA961-CD54-47D3-95E2-F52659A67771@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Hi Dave,
>
> Thanks for your reply. I do have a large number of files/folders. I can
> understand it will take a long time to complete the change, but how > came
> the
> computer becomes so slow? Does this process use a lot of memory?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Lisa
>
> "Dave Nickason [SBS MVP]" wrote:
>
>> If you have a large number of files and/or a complex file structure, >> and
>> use
>> inherited permissions (the default), it can take a long time for
>> permissions
>> to propagate to the child files and folders. Speaking as someone who >> has
>> accidentally applied an incorrect setting and had it take 45 minutes >> to
>> propagate, then having to wait another 45 for the correct settings to
>> apply,
>> I suspect that what you're seeing is normal.
>>
>> The best way to avoid this is to apply the settings with security
>> groups -
>> changes to group memberships don't have to be applied to files and
>> folders,
>> so the overhead of a membership change is negligible.
>>
>>
>> "Lisa" <Lisa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:504994C6-EC59-41EC-979F-5F08A35E03A2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > I run SBS 2003 with 4 GB memory installed. I noticed the server >> > would
>> > be
>> > very slow when I changed the shared folder permission. It seems the
>> > process
>> > of changing permission uses a lot of memory. It would take a long >> > time
>> > for
>> > network user to access the computer. There was no any error message >> > in
>> > the
>> > event viewer.
>> >
>> > Please help! Thanks in advance!
>> >
>> > Lisa
>>
>>



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