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Server 2003 containing 400 users profiles and mydocuments in a school.<br />
At times when everone logs on together the access times slow up.<br />
Memory and processor look fine, network around 3%, Avg disk quota peaks at 200<br />
DNS I beleive OK.<br />
It is raid 5 SCSCI (5 disks ) with my docs and profiles on different drives.<br />
Have defragged.<br />
I assume its disk access times??<br />
Would switching off disk quotas or shadow copy help?<br />
Any other thoughts on improving disk throughput, what is the most important disk performance counter to watch ?<br />
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Server 2003 containing 400 users profiles and mydocuments in a school.
At times when everone logs on together the access times slow up.
Memory and processor look fine, network around 3%, Avg disk quota peaks at 200
DNS I beleive OK.
It is raid 5 SCSCI (5 disks ) with my docs and profiles on different drives.
Have defragged.
I assume its disk access times??
Would switching off disk quotas or shadow copy help?
Any other thoughts on improving disk throughput, what is the most important disk performance counter to watch ?



Server 2003 user access slow, disk quota ?

Windows Server 2003 was based on Windows XP and was released in four editions: Web, Standard, Enterprise and Datacenter. It also had derivative versions for clusters, storage and Microsoft’s Small Business Server. Important upgrades included integrating Internet Information Services (IIS), improvements to Active Directory (AD) and Group Policy (GP), and the migration to Automated System Recovery (ASR).

Windows Server 2003

Servers are computing devices that are similar to desktop computers in that they have the same basic components, but are significantly different in size, configuration and purpose. Servers are usually accessed over a network, and many run unattended, without a computer monitor, input device, audio hardware or USB interfaces. Many servers do not have a graphical user interface (GUI), and are configured and managed remotely. Servers typically include hardware redundancy such as dual power supplies, RAID disk systems, and ECC memory, along with extensive pre-boot memory testing and verification. Critical components might be hot swappable, and to guard against overheating, servers might have more powerful fans or use water cooling.