File Server Delay

[Gongalong]

Hi folks,

 

I've noticed a curious issue when saving files onto our 2008 R2 file server (which runs as a VM on Hyper-V).

 

Case in point today was saving files from a laptop onto a share on this file server. The laptop was side-by-side with a desktop, and a staff member then wanted to access the files from this share... except they didn't show. I refreshed Explorer, still no files. Several minutes later they appeared, but I was surprised there was such a lag.

 

Anyone know why this is?

 

TIA

[cscott]

have you got offline files enabled on the laptop? if the laptop thought it wasn;t connected to the network it would have saved the file in its local cache and would sync it to the server when it was reconnected to the network

[Gongalong]

No, it's not enabled. Next time this happens I'll check the server as quickly as I can, to see if that shows the files. It's almost as if a refresh on the second computer isn't forcing a refresh and is checking a cache instead.