Server Performance

[faza]

Hello,

 

I have a Windows 2003 server and I have a big problem. It performs file management for the curriculum domain. But before anybody comes to school 7.30am the hard drive light is on constant I look at the performance in control panel and the paging file and memory is at 100%. The processor goes up and down but never reaches 100%.

 

I have tried to look in the event viewer but there is nothing to suggest a problem.

 

So this error occurs first thing in the morning and during the day, the hard drive light is on constant and the paging file and memory maxed out!!

 

There should not be a lot happening on the server at any time it is only transferriung small files.

 

I have tried everything but cannot resolve the issue

 

Can anyone please help

 

 

Steve

[DMcCoy]

Do you have volume shadow copies enabled? Its default run times are 7am and 12pm. Are there any other scheduled processes in task scheduler?

[steve]

Have you checked that the anti-virus isn't performing a scheduled full scan?

[faza]

What is shadow copying?

 

I have backups being scheduled at 8.00pm every night but nothing is scheduled during the day because pupils are using the server.

[ChrisH]

Faza can you put your posts in one section only please.

[faza]

I have just checked and i have not got shadow copying selected

[plexer]

Has your backup finished by 7:30am?

 

Ben

[faza]

My backup starts around 8.00pm daily

[Geoff]

Using filemon might gives some clues

 

http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilities/Filemon.html

[ChrisH]

Try process explorer also from sysinternals it will give you alot more information than task manager and it also tells you what files and reg keys are open as it has integrated filemon and regmon to some degree.

[faza]

I cant really see much activity using these programs i just cant think what else it could be.

 

It weird

[Geoff]

Maybe the server has run out of ram and it's thrashing its page file?

[faza]

The paging file is 1.47 Gb and the server has 1Gb of memory.

[Geoff]

ok, whats the commit cache and peak?

[faza]

I have attached a screenshot of the performace of my server

[Geoff]

Looks fine from that.

[john]

Try turning Sophos On-Access scanning off (as advised by Sophos on Servers) as that can be memory hungry

[faza]

I have have turned the On-Access scanning to see if that makes any difference today.

 

Thanks

 

John