Saving files through a site-to-site VPN slowness?

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I have a user who when they go to save files (Word/Excel) files over the vpn
connection it takes somewhere between 20-30 seconds to save. Is this normal?
What is a good workaround so they dont take so long to save.
 
RE: Saving files through a site-to-site VPN slowness?

"WetBehindEars", that's a very general statement huh?

Famous consultant statement "IT DEPENDS", on your link speed, your server
i/o, etc.

It would be better if the users saved the documents on a server in the local
net or you ought have a better link, if this is the case.

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NetAdmin <São Paulo, BR>
"Das ist nicht mein bier... arschloch."
 
RE: Saving files through a site-to-site VPN slowness?

Is the link too busy, overloaded?

The best option would be to save in a server in the local net or upgrade
your link speed (port speed, hardware), if this is the case.

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NetAdmin <São Paulo, BR>
"Das ist nicht mein bier... arschloch.".
 
RE: Saving files through a site-to-site VPN slowness?

That's the price we pay for not maintaining servers at remote sites or for
allowing users to roam to remote sites & still have "realtime" access to
their files.

I have a client that has a corporate office of about 35 users with two
remote sites, each of about 5 users, but everyone stores their files on the
server at the corporate office via a hardware VPN. Corporate office has a T-1
and the remote sites have DSL at about 1 MB.

Save times are similar to what you experience, but in this case, the
slowness is justified because many files are shared between users at the
corporate office & remote users, and users often need to roam between the
corporate office & both the remote offices, opening files from the same
folder regardless of their physical location.

If the user needs to save often, then have the user work from a copy on the
desktop but NOT forget to copy it back to the server at the end of the day.
Not a good habit, but workable on occasion.

If you can't live with the delay, take net_admin's advice & either increase
the bandwidth or provide a local file server at the remote location.

"WetBehindEars" wrote:

> I have a user who when they go to save files (Word/Excel) files over the vpn
> connection it takes somewhere between 20-30 seconds to save. Is this normal?
> What is a good workaround so they dont take so long to save.
 
Re: Saving files through a site-to-site VPN slowness?

Could "Offline Files" be configured in some way to make this copying back
automatic?

"Brian" <Brian@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:A9E7D0E1-F18E-4276-8463-1421D3F43758@microsoft.com...
> That's the price we pay for not maintaining servers at remote sites or for
> allowing users to roam to remote sites & still have "realtime" access to
> their files.
>
> I have a client that has a corporate office of about 35 users with two
> remote sites, each of about 5 users, but everyone stores their files on
the
> server at the corporate office via a hardware VPN. Corporate office has a
T-1
> and the remote sites have DSL at about 1 MB.
>
> Save times are similar to what you experience, but in this case, the
> slowness is justified because many files are shared between users at the
> corporate office & remote users, and users often need to roam between the
> corporate office & both the remote offices, opening files from the same
> folder regardless of their physical location.
>
> If the user needs to save often, then have the user work from a copy on
the
> desktop but NOT forget to copy it back to the server at the end of the
day.
> Not a good habit, but workable on occasion.
>
> If you can't live with the delay, take net_admin's advice & either
increase
> the bandwidth or provide a local file server at the remote location.
>
> "WetBehindEars" wrote:
>
> > I have a user who when they go to save files (Word/Excel) files over the
vpn
> > connection it takes somewhere between 20-30 seconds to save. Is this
normal?
> > What is a good workaround so they dont take so long to save.
 
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