Merv
Wed Sep 15 06:53:14 CDT 2004
Larry, SG... I'll give your suugestions a try.
Replace server... These were the first words out of my mouth when I took
over this client a few weeks ago. Not a great setup. Server is basically
workstation components in a cheap server case. Fairly light use but they
have only 512MB and are running a couple of small SQL databases. They've
been using Yahoo for email and now they want POP3 via Exchange and external
access to mailboxes via OWA. The company who set it up (recently gone out
of business) had AV software scanning the M: drive and other problematic
areas. Backup device is a tired Travan tape drive. Tapes haven't been
replaced in 18 months.
As usual, no money in budget for new hardware... could be a challenge. :-)
--
Merv Porter [SBS MVP]
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"SuperGumby [SBS MVP]" <not@your.nellie> wrote in message
news:uh8rZ$wmEHA.3684@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> I did nigh think o that, good idea.
>
> other thing I'd try is to stop ALL unnecessary services manually then
> shutdown, does it again rebuild on restart? (I'm wondering if something
> isn't being allowed to complete it's shutdown so therefore is marking the
> disk as 'dirty')
>
> REALLY, I'd be looking at replacing your crummy IDE software RAID with a
HDD
> subsystem which is suitable for a server (READ SCSI, hardware RAID).
>
> "Larrycoe" <Larrycoe@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:481C4533-6288-4285-AFCA-68D3FCB0A4C6@microsoft.com...
> > Try removing Write Behind Cache from the hardware profile.
> > Go to Device Manager>>Disk Drive>> Properties>>Drive Properties
> > uncheck write behind cache for BOTH drives
> >
> > "Merv Porter [SBS-MVP]" wrote:
> >
> >> Hmmm... This one doesn't seem to be going away. :-(
> >>
> >> Thanks for the input Neil.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Merv Porter [SBS MVP]
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> >> "Neil" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:10b801c49ad4$a180e5e0$a601280a@phx.gbl...
> >> > Ive had that happen a few times - but I remember it
> >> > stopping after about 3 reboots (and resynchs)
> >> >
> >> > It did go away eventually
> >> >
> >> > Neil
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > >-----Original Message-----
> >> > >SBS 2000, SP4 installed
> >> > >2 identical IDE drives (on same IDE channel) with MS
> >> > software RAID1
> >> > >implemented.
> >> > >The mirrored drives resynch every time the server is
> >> > rebooted.
> >> > >No errors in the event logs.
> >> > >
> >> > >Anyone have any ideas?
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> > >--
> >> > >Merv Porter [SBS-MVP]
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> > >.
> >> > >
> >>
> >>
> >>
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