Exchange / Outlook sands of time

[Bottle]

Hello,

We are a very small operation consisting of 4 clients and an SBS 2003
server. We just got the new system up after migrating from server 2000
/ exchange 5.5. We are experiencing quite a bit of performance
problems concerning exchange. Outlook clients frequently experience
what has been termed "sands of time" which periodically lock up
outlooks for minutes at a time. The Oulook icon in the taskbar will
proudly display that it is "requesting data from the exchange server".
Completely frustrating. Does anyone have suggestions for a newbie of
places I can start trying to track down this problem. Thanks in
advance.

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

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Hello,

We are a very small operation consisting of 4 clients and an SBS 2003
server. We just got the new system up after migrating from server
2000 / exchange 5.5. We are experiencing quite a bit of performance
problems concerning exchange. Outlook clients frequently experience
what has been termed "sands of time" which periodically lock up
outlooks for minutes at a time. The Oulook icon in the taskbar will
proudly display that it is "requesting data from the exchange server".
Completely frustrating. Does anyone have suggestions for a newbie of
places I can start trying to track down this problem. Thanks in
advance.

If you use Outlook 2003, enable cached mode.

 

[Ben M. Schorr - MVP]

What version of Outlook are you using? You should double-check your DNS
settings on your network. What you're describing would typically mean
network problems; can you tell us more about your network? 100Mbit switches
to the desktops?

Also tell us about your server, how much RAM. How much free disk space?

Aloha,

-Ben-
Ben M. Schorr, OneNote-MVP
Roland Schorr & Tower
http://www.rolandschorr.com
Microsoft Outlook FAQ: http://www.factplace.com/outlook.htm

**I apologize but I am unable to respond to direct requests for assistance.
Please post questions and replies here in the newsgroup. Mahalo!

 

[Bottle]

Thanks for the replys. We certainly apprecaite it.

I am hoping it is that easy. I have included some information about
our network and computer. We basically have our server setup with two
nic cards. One internal (plugged into a router) one external (plugged
into a DSL modem). The server is also being used as a firewall (along
with the router). All clients are using Outlook 03 with cached mode
enabled. Any help you can offer would be appreciated.

A little about our network:
SBS 03 SP1
Athlon xp 3000+
2.00 GB of Ram
10g free space on c:
135g free space on d:

Here is a copy of our ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : boonesbs
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : EBDOMAIN03.LOCAL
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : Yes
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : Yes
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : EBDOMAIN03.LOCAL

Ethernet adapter Internal Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : NVIDIA nForce MCP Networking
Controller
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-11-2F-C5-83-56
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.2
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.2

Ethernet adapter External Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Marvell Yukon 88E8001/8003/8010
PCI Gigab
it Ethernet Controller
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-11-2F-C8-72-7B
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 66.87.153.246
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 66.87.153.245
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.2
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

Lanwench - We are using outlook 03, and do have cached mode enabled.
Have tried it both ways with no difference.

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

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Thanks for the replys. We certainly apprecaite it.

I suggest you post in microsoft.public.windows.server.sbs. And you don't
mention whether you're using ISA, but if you aren't, I suggest you install a
good hardware firewall appliance in use between your router & network. I
personally don't like relying on the firewall in the server.

 

[Bottle]

I have, but have still not found an asnwer. Thanks for your
suggestions.