In the IP Chimney thread there was a link to an article that alluded to
more general issues with Broadcom drivers in Win2k3.
I'm seeing some issues with a Dell PE2950 that we recently put into
service as a web server. I first set the sysetem up using Windows Server
2003 x64 and had serious network throughput problems. Even on the local
network (100 Mbps switch) I was seeing no better than about 130 kbps
throughput. This was (and still is) without the TOE enabled. I farked
around with it, trying different drivers until I finally gave up and
installed Win2k3 32-bit. Much better network speeds.
But what I'm seeing is now is an occasional hiccup where a web page
appears to take several seconds to load. This is actually a little
reminiscent of the original problem, as it would appear that the network
would experience varying speeds, with short periods of a couple seconds
that were extremely slow.
Looking at the page generation speeds, it's not the web or application
server, as the pages take just a fraction of a second to generate.
Everything points to continued networking problems. Web sites from other
servers in the same web farm don't display this behavior, so it would seem
to be something with the PE2950 and not the network itself. Anyone else
seeing something similar? Suggestions for either a fix, or where to begin
troubleshooting would be appreciated.
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