have you examined the slow files to see if they have links (DDE/OLE ?) to other files across the wan. you may be loading a file that is loading other files, just a thought
On Wed, Jun 27, 2012 at 2:07 AM, Shawn Everett <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi All, > > I have a Windows 2008R2 file server at the far end of a WAN link. There > is a 20ms ping time between the workstations and the server. This is > pretty constant. > > The file server contains a lot of Excel files. Different versions, some > with macros some without. Some files are quite old, some are newer. > > Opening some of these files over the WAN link can take upwards of a minute > for a 1MB file. Other similarly sized files will open in 6 seconds. > > At this point I'm looking for a few thoughts on where I can start my > investigations. > > Thx > > Shawn > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.**com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/<http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> > **> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.** > com/read/my_forums/ <http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/> > or send an email to > listmanager@lyris.**sunbeltsoftware.com<[email protected]> > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
