The client is having some lag problems with Remote access to a application 
Server 2003 R2.  When clients log in and in some cases when printing, the 
other users either slow way down or become totally unresponsive.

I bought a Mushkin 128gb SSD drive and want to install it in the backup 
server as a test to see if the faster drive access makes any difference. At 
the same time they would upgrade to Server 2008.

The drive would have the OS, a Firebird database server and the program 
files they use.  Client count is probably < 10.

Has anyone tried this out yet?  I can't find Server 2008 compatibility 
hardware for SATA II controllers, so I am at a loss to select one.  Right 
now I have an AMCC 3Ware 7000/8000 Series ATA RAID controller and the link 
that discusses Vista/Server 2008 compatibility is broken.

Any experience here?

Thanks,

Rick

 

Rick wrote:
> The client is having some lag problems with Remote access to a
> application Server 2003 R2.  When clients log in and in some cases
> when printing, the other users either slow way down or become totally
> unresponsive.
> I bought a Mushkin 128gb SSD drive and want to install it in the
> backup server as a test to see if the faster drive access makes any
> difference. At the same time they would upgrade to Server 2008.
>
> The drive would have the OS, a Firebird database server and the
> program files they use.  Client count is probably < 10.
>
> Has anyone tried this out yet?  I can't find Server 2008 compatibility
> hardware for SATA II controllers, so I am at a loss to select one. Right 
> now I have an AMCC 3Ware 7000/8000 Series ATA RAID controller
> and the link that discusses Vista/Server 2008 compatibility is broken.
>
> Any experience here?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Rick

If anything about this question had to do with Small Business Server then it 
would be barely on topic. The only reference I see is about the scale (10 
users) but not necessarily about the product.

Suggest you post in the relevant Server OS web forum.


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On Jun 14, 2:27=A0pm, "Rick" <R...@LakeValleySeed.com> wrote:
> The client is having some lag problems with Remote access to a applicatio=
n
> Server 2003 R2. =A0When clients log in and in some cases when printing, t=
he
> other users either slow way down or become totally unresponsive.
>
> I bought a Mushkin 128gb SSD drive and want to install it in the backup
> server as a test to see if the faster drive access makes any difference. =
At
> the same time they would upgrade to Server 2008.
>
> The drive would have the OS, a Firebird database server and the program
> files they use. =A0Client count is probably < 10.
>
> Has anyone tried this out yet? =A0I can't find Server 2008 compatibility
> hardware for SATA II controllers, so I am at a loss to select one. =A0Rig=
ht
> now I have an AMCC 3Ware 7000/8000 Series ATA RAID controller and the lin=
k
> that discusses Vista/Server 2008 compatibility is broken.
>
> Any experience here?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Rick

Tried Kingston and Corsairs in SBS2008. Reads are very fast. Writes
tend to slow things down. Overall poor performer as a server drive.
This on a SuperMicro X7DVL-E motherboard with 1 quad-core Intel Xeon
and 8 gigs of RAM, using both the onboard chipset and an PCIx RAID
controller.

sorry, I overlooked the SBS part.  will post to correct forum.

Rick

"kj [SBS MVP]" <KevinJ.SBS@SPAMFREE.gmail.com> wrote in message 
news:#xVp3O$CLHA.3880@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> Rick wrote:
>> The client is having some lag problems with Remote access to a
>> application Server 2003 R2.  When clients log in and in some cases
>> when printing, the other users either slow way down or become totally
>> unresponsive.
>> I bought a Mushkin 128gb SSD drive and want to install it in the
>> backup server as a test to see if the faster drive access makes any
>> difference. At the same time they would upgrade to Server 2008.
>>
>> The drive would have the OS, a Firebird database server and the
>> program files they use.  Client count is probably < 10.
>>
>> Has anyone tried this out yet?  I can't find Server 2008 compatibility
>> hardware for SATA II controllers, so I am at a loss to select one. Right 
>> now I have an AMCC 3Ware 7000/8000 Series ATA RAID controller
>> and the link that discusses Vista/Server 2008 compatibility is broken.
>>
>> Any experience here?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Rick
>
> If anything about this question had to do with Small Business Server then 
> it would be barely on topic. The only reference I see is about the scale 
> (10 users) but not necessarily about the product.
>
> Suggest you post in the relevant Server OS web forum.
>
>
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>
> --
> Please visit Microsoft SBS Technet Forum;
> http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/smallbusinessserver/threads--/kj--/kj
> 

Dave the Clueless wrote:

> Tried Kingston and Corsairs in SBS2008. Reads are very fast. Writes
> tend to slow things down. Overall poor performer as a server drive.
> This on a SuperMicro X7DVL-E motherboard with 1 quad-core Intel Xeon
> and 8 gigs of RAM, using both the onboard chipset and an PCIx RAID
> controller.

IOW, they should only be used for storing stuff that doesn't change
much, but is read frequently.

So, ideal for the OS drive (after moving temporary files, profile
folders, page file, logs, etc elsewhere), and static content, not so
good for general storage, and awful for logs (SQL, Exchange, system).

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