Exchange is quite capable of handling the load you're giving it. I have run similar loads on similar (or lesser) hardware without the issues you're describing.
Based on the description of the symptoms you're seeing, I strongly suggest you revisit the switch/NIC settings - maybe even force both to 100/Half. ------------------------------------------------------ Roger D. Seielstad - MCSE MCT Senior Systems Administrator Peregrine Systems Atlanta, GA http://www.peregrine.com > -----Original Message----- > From: Leblanc, Shawn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2001 9:40 PM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: Exchange Server - Outlook Client Slowdown > > > My tendency is to agree with you - however my users are quite > heavy. It > might not be a hardware issue but how about some tweaking on > how exchange > itself handles message delivery and threads? > > Regards, > Shawn > > -----Original Message----- > From: Roger Seielstad [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2001 3:58 AM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: Exchange Server - Outlook Client Slowdown > > > Yep. I can state with quite a bit of certainty that you're > wrong - many have > run more users and data on less hardware without these > performance issues. > > ------------------------------------------------------ > Roger D. Seielstad - MCSE MCT > Senior Systems Administrator > Peregrine Systems > Atlanta, GA > http://www.peregrine.com > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Leblanc, Shawn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2001 6:04 PM > > To: Exchange Discussions > > Subject: RE: Exchange Server - Outlook Client Slowdown > > > > > > There have been absolutely no changes to any software, > > services or network > > configs. The only thing that I can think of is we have run > > into some kind > > of performance barrier based on the abilities of our > > hardware, size of our > > databases and server usage. Can anyone confirm these theories? > > > > Thanks > > Shawn > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2001 2:12 PM > > To: Exchange Discussions > > Subject: RE: Exchange Server - Outlook Client Slowdown > > > > > > Any changes to virus software that you can trace this to? > > Any new services > > introduced into your Exchange environment? > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Leblanc, Shawn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2001 3:11 PM > > To: Exchange Discussions > > Subject: Exchange Server - Outlook Client Slowdown > > > > > > I am hoping someone out there is having some of the same > > issues as we are > > having and have come up with some solutions. Any suggestions > > would be very > > much appreciated. > > > > Our current setup is; > > > > - Single Server Exchange Server Enterprise 5.5 Sp4 running OWA > > - Compaq Server Dual PII 450 Xeon Processors > > - 5 hard drives - 3 10,000rpm 36.4 GB drives in RAID 5 (Databases) > > - 2 10,000rpm 9.1 GB drives in RAID 1 > > (Transaction > > Logs) > > - Server is running at 100mbps full duplex. > > - Pub.edb = 150mb > > - Priv.edb 18.5 GB (approx 40GB of free space) > > - Circular Logging Turned off - Differential Arcserve Backup enabled > > - 200 - 230 Users and 300 mailboxes > > > > Description > > > > For the past couple of weeks we have notice a perceptible > > slowdown in client > > side response times on our exchange server. The slowdown > > mainly happens at > > peak times,(9-10am and 2-3pm) however we have noticed it with > > attachments > > and at other times as well. It sometimes can take 5-8 > > seconds to open an > > e-mail with an attachment where we have been getting > > immediate response > > before. For scrolling through messages in Outlook we have > > also noticed a > > slow down. Also - when copying an attachment from an e-mail > > to your local > > machine,(right click and copy, then paste to desktop) this > > response time has > > decrease dramatically. Although these slowdowns do not stop > > us from working > > on a daily basis we would like to get on top of this issue > > and do what we > > need to do to keep our Exchange server speedy. > > > > Any ideas or recommendations are appreciated. > > > > Regards, > > > > _________________ > > > > Shawn M. Leblanc, Network Technician > > BULL, HOUSSER & TUPPER > > Vancouver, Canada > > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.bht.com > > Tel: (604) 687-6575 or Direct # 641-4919 > > Fax: (604) 641-4949 or Direct # 646-2500 > > > > Pager: (604) 650-4155 > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
