Slow browsing within folders

Hello Everybody,

I am facing a rather strange situation. I have setup an enviroment with a
couple of servers one of which is acting as a file server. It is an HP
DL-380G4 with RAID5 and Windows Server 2003 R2.

The symptom is that even on the server console (since it is happening on the
clients too) when you try to browse from one folder to another, sometimes
there is a noticable delay. The symptom exists on the clients side too (Win
XP Pro SP2) more often along with a long delay when they try to save, even a
small word document.

This server used to act as a DC, DNS, DHCP but after many tries to find out
what is going on, finally I've removed these roles to another server in
order to reduce the load. But unfortunately the problem still exists.

The only role the server has right now, exept from the FS role, is that it
has the Symantec System Center consoel for the Antivirus.

I had enable folder Quotas but I've removed them hopping that would solve
the problem. No luck!

The server has two NIC's in a team and most of the folders storing the data
are quite big (10 - 80GB).

Any ideas or anyone have face anything similar?

Thanks in advance

Andreas

Hello msnews.microsoft.com,

Do you mean with browsing, using network neighborhood?

Best regards

Meinolf Weber
Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers
no rights.
** Please do NOT email, only reply to Newsgroups
** HELP us help YOU!!! http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm

> Hello Everybody,
>
> I am facing a rather strange situation. I have setup an enviroment
> with a couple of servers one of which is acting as a file server. It
> is an HP DL-380G4 with RAID5 and Windows Server 2003 R2.
>
> The symptom is that even on the server console (since it is happening
> on the clients too) when you try to browse from one folder to another,
> sometimes there is a noticable delay. The symptom exists on the
> clients side too (Win XP Pro SP2) more often along with a long delay
> when they try to save, even a small word document.
>
> This server used to act as a DC, DNS, DHCP but after many tries to
> find out what is going on, finally I've removed these roles to another
> server in order to reduce the load. But unfortunately the problem
> still exists.
>
> The only role the server has right now, exept from the FS role, is
> that it has the Symantec System Center consoel for the Antivirus.
>
> I had enable folder Quotas but I've removed them hopping that would
> solve the problem. No luck!
>
> The server has two NIC's in a team and most of the folders storing the
> data are quite big (10 - 80GB).
>
> Any ideas or anyone have face anything similar?
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Andreas
>

In news:(E-Mail Removed),
msnews.microsoft.com <(E-Mail Removed)> typed:
> Hello Everybody,
>
> I am facing a rather strange situation. I have setup an enviroment
> with a couple of servers one of which is acting as a file server. It
> is an HP DL-380G4 with RAID5 and Windows Server 2003 R2.
>
> The symptom is that even on the server console (since it is happening
> on the clients too) when you try to browse from one folder to
> another, sometimes there is a noticable delay. The symptom exists on
> the clients side too (Win XP Pro SP2) more often along with a long
> delay when they try to save, even a small word document.
>
> This server used to act as a DC, DNS, DHCP but after many tries to
> find out what is going on, finally I've removed these roles to
> another server in order to reduce the load. But unfortunately the
> problem still exists.
> The only role the server has right now, exept from the FS role, is
> that it has the Symantec System Center consoel for the Antivirus.
>
> I had enable folder Quotas but I've removed them hopping that would
> solve the problem. No luck!
>
> The server has two NIC's in a team and most of the folders storing
> the data are quite big (10 - 80GB).
>
> Any ideas or anyone have face anything similar?
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Andreas

We'll need configuration info to better assist otherwise it will be mostly
guesswork on our end. Please post the following to help give us a start in
diagnosing this:

1. Unedited ipconfig /all from the server and from a sample workstation that
is having this problem
2. The AD DNS domain name
3. Event log errors on both machines. Please provide the EventID# and Source
name.

Thank you,
Ace

This posting is provided "AS-IS" with no warranties or guarantees and
confers no rights.

Ace Fekay, MCSE 2003 & 2000, MCSA 2003 & 2000, MCSE+I, MCT,
MVP Microsoft MVP - Directory Services
Microsoft Certified Trainer

For urgent issues, you may want to contact Microsoft PSS directly. Please
check http://support.microsoft.com for regional support phone numbers.

Infinite Diversities in Infinite Combinations

No actually the problem in occuring when I browse through the folders from
Windows Explorer.

"Meinolf Weber" <meiweb(nospam)@gmx.de> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed) .com...
> Hello msnews.microsoft.com,
>
> Do you mean with browsing, using network neighborhood?
>
> Best regards
>
> Meinolf Weber
> Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and
> confers no rights.
> ** Please do NOT email, only reply to Newsgroups
> ** HELP us help YOU!!! http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm
>
>> Hello Everybody,
>>
>> I am facing a rather strange situation. I have setup an enviroment
>> with a couple of servers one of which is acting as a file server. It
>> is an HP DL-380G4 with RAID5 and Windows Server 2003 R2.
>>
>> The symptom is that even on the server console (since it is happening
>> on the clients too) when you try to browse from one folder to another,
>> sometimes there is a noticable delay. The symptom exists on the
>> clients side too (Win XP Pro SP2) more often along with a long delay
>> when they try to save, even a small word document.
>>
>> This server used to act as a DC, DNS, DHCP but after many tries to
>> find out what is going on, finally I've removed these roles to another
>> server in order to reduce the load. But unfortunately the problem
>> still exists.
>>
>> The only role the server has right now, exept from the FS role, is
>> that it has the Symantec System Center consoel for the Antivirus.
>>
>> I had enable folder Quotas but I've removed them hopping that would
>> solve the problem. No luck!
>>
>> The server has two NIC's in a team and most of the folders storing the
>> data are quite big (10 - 80GB).
>>
>> Any ideas or anyone have face anything similar?
>>
>> Thanks in advance
>>
>> Andreas
>>
>
>

The problem initialy was discovered from many workstations but it turned out
that it is happening on the server console too.

There are no event log errors on the server. Everything looks fine and thats
the problem because I can not find anything to start from.

The AD DNS domain name is ADKDOMAIN.local

Ipconfig /all :

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : dcserver
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : adkdomain.local
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : adkdomain.local

Ethernet adapter LAN Team:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : LAN Team
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-18-FE-FD-04-B9
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.11
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.15
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.16
192.168.1.17
Primary WINS Server . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.16
Secondary WINS Server . . . . . . : 192.168.1.17


"Ace Fekay [MVP]" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:%23$(E-Mail Removed)...
> In news:(E-Mail Removed),
> msnews.microsoft.com <(E-Mail Removed)> typed:
>> Hello Everybody,
>>
>> I am facing a rather strange situation. I have setup an enviroment
>> with a couple of servers one of which is acting as a file server. It
>> is an HP DL-380G4 with RAID5 and Windows Server 2003 R2.
>>
>> The symptom is that even on the server console (since it is happening
>> on the clients too) when you try to browse from one folder to
>> another, sometimes there is a noticable delay. The symptom exists on
>> the clients side too (Win XP Pro SP2) more often along with a long
>> delay when they try to save, even a small word document.
>>
>> This server used to act as a DC, DNS, DHCP but after many tries to
>> find out what is going on, finally I've removed these roles to
>> another server in order to reduce the load. But unfortunately the
>> problem still exists.
>> The only role the server has right now, exept from the FS role, is
>> that it has the Symantec System Center consoel for the Antivirus.
>>
>> I had enable folder Quotas but I've removed them hopping that would
>> solve the problem. No luck!
>>
>> The server has two NIC's in a team and most of the folders storing
>> the data are quite big (10 - 80GB).
>>
>> Any ideas or anyone have face anything similar?
>>
>> Thanks in advance
>>
>> Andreas
>
> We'll need configuration info to better assist otherwise it will be mostly
> guesswork on our end. Please post the following to help give us a start in
> diagnosing this:
>
> 1. Unedited ipconfig /all from the server and from a sample workstation
> that is having this problem
> 2. The AD DNS domain name
> 3. Event log errors on both machines. Please provide the EventID# and
> Source name.
>
> Thank you,
> Ace
>
> This posting is provided "AS-IS" with no warranties or guarantees and
> confers no rights.
>
> Ace Fekay, MCSE 2003 & 2000, MCSA 2003 & 2000, MCSE+I, MCT,
> MVP Microsoft MVP - Directory Services
> Microsoft Certified Trainer
>
> For urgent issues, you may want to contact Microsoft PSS directly. Please
> check http://support.microsoft.com for regional support phone numbers.
>
> Infinite Diversities in Infinite Combinations
>

Hello msnews.microsoft.com,

What happens if you disable anything according to your AnitVirus and then
try it again?

Best regards

Meinolf Weber
Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers
no rights.
** Please do NOT email, only reply to Newsgroups
** HELP us help YOU!!! http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm

> No actually the problem in occuring when I browse through the folders
> from Windows Explorer.
>
> "Meinolf Weber" <meiweb(nospam)@gmx.de> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed) .com...
>
>> Hello msnews.microsoft.com,
>>
>> Do you mean with browsing, using network neighborhood?
>>
>> Best regards
>>
>> Meinolf Weber
>> Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and
>> confers no rights.
>> ** Please do NOT email, only reply to Newsgroups
>> ** HELP us help YOU!!! http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm
>>> Hello Everybody,
>>>
>>> I am facing a rather strange situation. I have setup an enviroment
>>> with a couple of servers one of which is acting as a file server. It
>>> is an HP DL-380G4 with RAID5 and Windows Server 2003 R2.
>>>
>>> The symptom is that even on the server console (since it is
>>> happening on the clients too) when you try to browse from one folder
>>> to another, sometimes there is a noticable delay. The symptom exists
>>> on the clients side too (Win XP Pro SP2) more often along with a
>>> long delay when they try to save, even a small word document.
>>>
>>> This server used to act as a DC, DNS, DHCP but after many tries to
>>> find out what is going on, finally I've removed these roles to
>>> another server in order to reduce the load. But unfortunately the
>>> problem still exists.
>>>
>>> The only role the server has right now, exept from the FS role, is
>>> that it has the Symantec System Center consoel for the Antivirus.
>>>
>>> I had enable folder Quotas but I've removed them hopping that would
>>> solve the problem. No luck!
>>>
>>> The server has two NIC's in a team and most of the folders storing
>>> the data are quite big (10 - 80GB).
>>>
>>> Any ideas or anyone have face anything similar?
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance
>>>
>>> Andreas
>>>

I have already done that but nothing changed!

"Meinolf Weber" <meiweb(nospam)@gmx.de> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed) .com...
> Hello msnews.microsoft.com,
>
> What happens if you disable anything according to your AnitVirus and then
> try it again?
>
> Best regards
>
> Meinolf Weber
> Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and
> confers no rights.
> ** Please do NOT email, only reply to Newsgroups
> ** HELP us help YOU!!! http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm
>
>> No actually the problem in occuring when I browse through the folders
>> from Windows Explorer.
>>
>> "Meinolf Weber" <meiweb(nospam)@gmx.de> wrote in message
>> news:(E-Mail Removed) .com...
>>
>>> Hello msnews.microsoft.com,
>>>
>>> Do you mean with browsing, using network neighborhood?
>>>
>>> Best regards
>>>
>>> Meinolf Weber
>>> Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and
>>> confers no rights.
>>> ** Please do NOT email, only reply to Newsgroups
>>> ** HELP us help YOU!!! http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm
>>>> Hello Everybody,
>>>>
>>>> I am facing a rather strange situation. I have setup an enviroment
>>>> with a couple of servers one of which is acting as a file server. It
>>>> is an HP DL-380G4 with RAID5 and Windows Server 2003 R2.
>>>>
>>>> The symptom is that even on the server console (since it is
>>>> happening on the clients too) when you try to browse from one folder
>>>> to another, sometimes there is a noticable delay. The symptom exists
>>>> on the clients side too (Win XP Pro SP2) more often along with a
>>>> long delay when they try to save, even a small word document.
>>>>
>>>> This server used to act as a DC, DNS, DHCP but after many tries to
>>>> find out what is going on, finally I've removed these roles to
>>>> another server in order to reduce the load. But unfortunately the
>>>> problem still exists.
>>>>
>>>> The only role the server has right now, exept from the FS role, is
>>>> that it has the Symantec System Center consoel for the Antivirus.
>>>>
>>>> I had enable folder Quotas but I've removed them hopping that would
>>>> solve the problem. No luck!
>>>>
>>>> The server has two NIC's in a team and most of the folders storing
>>>> the data are quite big (10 - 80GB).
>>>>
>>>> Any ideas or anyone have face anything similar?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks in advance
>>>>
>>>> Andreas
>>>>
>
>

In news:(E-Mail Removed),
msnews.microsoft.com <(E-Mail Removed)> typed:
> The problem initialy was discovered from many workstations but it
> turned out that it is happening on the server console too.
>
> There are no event log errors on the server. Everything looks fine
> and thats the problem because I can not find anything to start from.
>
> The AD DNS domain name is ADKDOMAIN.local
>
> Ipconfig /all :
>
> Windows IP Configuration
>
> Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : dcserver
> Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : adkdomain.local
> Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
> IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
> WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
> DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : adkdomain.local
>
> Ethernet adapter LAN Team:
>
> Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
> Description . . . . . . . . . . . : LAN Team
> Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-18-FE-FD-04-B9
> DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
> IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.11
> Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
> Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.15
> DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.16
> 192.168.1.17
> Primary WINS Server . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.16
> Secondary WINS Server . . . . . . : 192.168.1.17

Ok, that looks good so far. I also wanted to see one from the workstation.

How about where that client is? Is in on the same subnet as the DC or on a
different one? If different, are there any servers over there?

Ace

No there is only one subnet. All PCs are geting the IP information from DHCP
server based on the below IP info.




"Ace Fekay [MVP]" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:%23t9%(E-Mail Removed)...
> In news:(E-Mail Removed),
> msnews.microsoft.com <(E-Mail Removed)> typed:
>> The problem initialy was discovered from many workstations but it
>> turned out that it is happening on the server console too.
>>
>> There are no event log errors on the server. Everything looks fine
>> and thats the problem because I can not find anything to start from.
>>
>> The AD DNS domain name is ADKDOMAIN.local
>>
>> Ipconfig /all :
>>
>> Windows IP Configuration
>>
>> Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : dcserver
>> Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : adkdomain.local
>> Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
>> IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
>> WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
>> DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : adkdomain.local
>>
>> Ethernet adapter LAN Team:
>>
>> Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
>> Description . . . . . . . . . . . : LAN Team
>> Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-18-FE-FD-04-B9
>> DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
>> IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.11
>> Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
>> Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.15
>> DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.16
>> 192.168.1.17
>> Primary WINS Server . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.16
>> Secondary WINS Server . . . . . . : 192.168.1.17
>
> Ok, that looks good so far. I also wanted to see one from the workstation.
>
> How about where that client is? Is in on the same subnet as the DC or on a
> different one? If different, are there any servers over there?
>
> Ace
>

According to the hostname it implies that this is a Domain
Controller,...however in the TCP/IP specs it is not pointing to itself as it
should be in the first DNS entry.

That is all I see with what's infront on me right now.

--
Phillip Windell
www.wandtv.com

The views expressed, are my own and not those of my employer, or Microsoft,
or anyone else associated with me, including my cats.
-----------------------------------------------------

"msnews.microsoft.com" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> No there is only one subnet. All PCs are geting the IP information from
> DHCP server based on the below IP info.
>
>
>
>
> "Ace Fekay [MVP]" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:%23t9%(E-Mail Removed)...
>> In news:(E-Mail Removed),
>> msnews.microsoft.com <(E-Mail Removed)> typed:
>>> The problem initialy was discovered from many workstations but it
>>> turned out that it is happening on the server console too.
>>>
>>> There are no event log errors on the server. Everything looks fine
>>> and thats the problem because I can not find anything to start from.
>>>
>>> The AD DNS domain name is ADKDOMAIN.local
>>>
>>> Ipconfig /all :
>>>
>>> Windows IP Configuration
>>>
>>> Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : dcserver
>>> Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : adkdomain.local
>>> Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
>>> IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
>>> WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
>>> DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : adkdomain.local
>>>
>>> Ethernet adapter LAN Team:
>>>
>>> Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
>>> Description . . . . . . . . . . . : LAN Team
>>> Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-18-FE-FD-04-B9
>>> DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
>>> IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.11
>>> Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
>>> Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.15
>>> DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.16
>>> 192.168.1.17
>>> Primary WINS Server . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.16
>>> Secondary WINS Server . . . . . . : 192.168.1.17
>>
>> Ok, that looks good so far. I also wanted to see one from the
>> workstation.
>>
>> How about where that client is? Is in on the same subnet as the DC or on
>> a different one? If different, are there any servers over there?
>>
>> Ace
>>
>
>