Speed of shared app issue

BrianG · Guest

I recently set up a server running Server 2003 (it's a DC, AD is
installed) and transferred our accounting app from a Netware server to
the 2003 server. Users access the app from both a Win98 and a XP Pro
machine. The program runs much quicker on the Win98 PC (PIII-550,
512MB) vs. the XP PC (P4-1.8, 768MB). Both have 100mps connections.
I've worked at both PC's and confirm a noticeable but not crippling
difference in speed. I would have expected the XP machine to be the
faster of the two but that is definitely not the case. The antivirus
protection was the only app running in the background. When the
accounting app was on the Netware server performance was similar on the
two machines. Anyone have a clue why the performance difference now
that it's on the 2003 server?

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BrianG

IntelliAdmin · Guest

I would focus in on the virus protection. What happens when you disable
it? You may need to make some changes to the way it handles its "On
Access" policies if your application does lots of reads and writes.

Steve

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