Actually that is along the lines of my next step - hitting up Dell to see if there are BIOS updates for this series of servers. I didn't think initially that BIOS issues would be the culprit here since I have 3 other identical servers (hardware wise) running Windows 2003 that did not have this issue. Who knows though...stranger things have happened! :)
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mulnick, Al Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2004 1:05 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] OT: Windows 2003 Clean Install results in high di sk space utlization Here's a few things to check that may be of interest here: 1) Check your disk controller bios. Verify it's properly setup. 2) check your disk spindle bios. Verify it's properly setup. 3) check your block sizes. Make sure you have the proper disk block sizes. I've seen some screwiness when you use the wrong block sizes and as a theory, that could be involved in your problem. 4) If I didn't mention it before, check all the bios' disk, array controller, server, etc. 5) If this is not a clean CD install (you have other apps on there) you may want to check this with an out of the box version. If it is clean, check the bios for the disk, array controller, server etc. I think that should be helpful. Al List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/
