Network problems

[Anonymous]

We are having problems accessing files through our network.

3 different CAD pcs are trying to access a teamwork file that is 150 mb on the SERVER pc

We are having problems connecting to the SERVER pc. This is our network: CAT5E Gigabyte

What do you suggest we change either on the CAD pcs or the SERVER pc or the network?

SERVER PC
System:
Microsoft Windows XP 32bit
Professional
Version 2002
Service Pack 2
Intel(R)
Pentium (R) 4 CPU 2.80GHz
2.79 GHz. 504 MB of RAM

Disk Drive
ST3200822AS IDE 40 pin

Display adapters
Intel (R) 82945G Express Chipset Family
Intel (R) 82945G Express Chipset Family

Network adapter
Broadcom NetXtreme 57xx Gigabit Controller

Processors
Intel (R) Pentium (R) 4 CPU 2.80GHz
Intel (R) Pentium (R) 4 CPU 2.80GHz



CAD PC
System:
Microsoft Windows XP 32bit
Professional
Version 2002
Service Pack 2
Intel (R)
Xeon (TM) CPU 3.40GHz
3.39 GHz 3.00 GB of RAM

Disk Drives
ADAPTEC RAID 0 SCSI Disk Device

Display adapters
NVIDIA Quadro FX 3450/4000SDI

Network adapters
Intel (R) PRO/1000 MTW Network Connection

Processors
Intel (R) Xeon (TM) CPU 3.40GHz
Intel (R) Xeon (TM) CPU 3.40GHz

SCSI and RAID controllers
Adaptec Embedded SCSI HostRAID Controller

Regards.

[Anonymous]

~/archiben wrote:
RAM will surely help, but to me it sounds like your switch/hub isn't up to the job . . .

what speed is your network? 100? 1000? do you run everything through a switch or just a dumb hub? what speed is the switch/hub?

~/archiben

This is our network: CAT5E Gigabyte Switch (I'm not sure if this is how you describe it

Regards.

[__archiben]

Gyarfas wrote:
This is our network: CAT5E Gigabyte Switch (I'm not sure if this is how you describe it

well that ought to do the job! back to the RAM i guess . . .

cheers
~/archiben

[owen]

Gyarfas wrote:

~/archiben wrote:
RAM will surely help, but to me it sounds like your switch/hub isn't up to the job . . .

what speed is your network? 100? 1000? do you run everything through a switch or just a dumb hub? what speed is the switch/hub?

~/archiben

This is our network: CAT5E Gigabyte Switch (I'm not sure if this is how you describe it

Regards.

Its very unlikely a network issue IMHO - look at the server

Is the server itself really slow? I imagine is wouldn't run very well on its own with that spec, let alone having to deal with multiple users accessing it for various services.

Bumping up the RAM should really help (2GB min, more if you can) but access to the HD could also be an issue, although unlikely with only 4 people.

Still I would recommend saving your Teamwork Drafts to local machines to reduce the frequency of access to the server HD.

What else do you access the server for .. is it just file sharing or do you run other services like email, a database, etc?

[TomWaltz]

~/archiben wrote:

Gyarfas wrote:
This is our network: CAT5E Gigabyte Switch (I'm not sure if this is how you describe it

well that ought to do the job! back to the RAM i guess . . .

cheers
~/archiben

That will do the job, but only as long as all the machines (and especially the server) have gigabit ethernet cards

[Anonymous]

TomWaltz wrote:

~/archiben wrote:

Gyarfas wrote:
This is our network: CAT5E Gigabyte Switch (I'm not sure if this is how you describe it

well that ought to do the job! back to the RAM i guess . . .

cheers
~/archiben

That will do the job, but only as long as all the machines (and especially the server) have gigabit ethernet cards

SERVER PC
Network adapter
Broadcom NetXtreme 57xx Gigabit Controller

CAD PC
Network adapters
Intel (R) PRO/1000 MTW Network Connection

[Anonymous]

Update:
(We put this in a CAD machine that is not being used)
It is now the new server
Hard Drive,500G,S2,7.2K,16M Unleaded,Seagate-GL (PY927)

Thanks!