I just built a file server that's connected to my network via gigabit ethernet. My main PC is also gigabit connected and the other PCs on the network are either wireless or plain 10/100. The wired PCs are going through a gigabit switch as well.
The problem Im having is that I have 2 of the drives mounted on my main PC as virtual drives but the performance is pretty crappy. Now granted the machine is not a powerhouse (Celeron 667 with 256MB of RAM running Windows XP) but the machine has no processes running whatsoever so I'd think the PC would be adequate.
The storage in the server is a 500GB RAID 0 partition through an Adaptec 1200A RAID card and a single 250GB drive connected through a Maxtor add in IDE card. The problems mainly appear to be on the RAID drive. It takes forever to open it across the network but it opens relatively quickly via remote desktop. The RAID has 2 folders on it that has approximately 1500 sub folders each. I guess I could split it up some more but it seems like if it opens quickly via remote desktop it should open just as quick over the network as a virtual drive.
Anyone got any suggestions?
The problem Im having is that I have 2 of the drives mounted on my main PC as virtual drives but the performance is pretty crappy. Now granted the machine is not a powerhouse (Celeron 667 with 256MB of RAM running Windows XP) but the machine has no processes running whatsoever so I'd think the PC would be adequate.
The storage in the server is a 500GB RAID 0 partition through an Adaptec 1200A RAID card and a single 250GB drive connected through a Maxtor add in IDE card. The problems mainly appear to be on the RAID drive. It takes forever to open it across the network but it opens relatively quickly via remote desktop. The RAID has 2 folders on it that has approximately 1500 sub folders each. I guess I could split it up some more but it seems like if it opens quickly via remote desktop it should open just as quick over the network as a virtual drive.
Anyone got any suggestions?