Excessive disk activity

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We have a server running Server2K3 that has excessive disk activity. Disk
drive is so busy that normal browsing on the serve itself is slow. It is a
3Gig Pentium processor with 2Gig RAM and 160 Gig HDD. We have an email app
and WSUS-2 running. Neither of these apps are very active and even if they
are disabled the disk activity does not cease.
When we run "DiskMon" it shows continual write activity, but I cannot
determine file names to try trace what is happening.

Any suggestions as to how i can resolve this. I am considering reformatting
and re-installing Server 2K3 and the apps.

Thanks in advance ....
 
Re: Excessive disk activity

Hello,

have a look in the task manager. How much memory is being used ?
Is it also a Domain controler ?

What is you disk subsystem ? Raid ? scsi / sata ?

any antivirus installed?


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Cordialement,
Mathieu CHATEAU
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"Gerald" <Gerald@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> We have a server running Server2K3 that has excessive disk activity. Disk
> drive is so busy that normal browsing on the serve itself is slow. It is a
> 3Gig Pentium processor with 2Gig RAM and 160 Gig HDD. We have an email app
> and WSUS-2 running. Neither of these apps are very active and even if they
> are disabled the disk activity does not cease.
> When we run "DiskMon" it shows continual write activity, but I cannot
> determine file names to try trace what is happening.
>
> Any suggestions as to how i can resolve this. I am considering
> reformatting
> and re-installing Server 2K3 and the apps.
>
> Thanks in advance ....
 
Re: Excessive disk activity

Memory 2Gig - about 1Gig free
Disk - Sata
Antivir - Bit Defender Server Edition - Disabled still no difference
2nd DC on our domain. I just demoted it as well - No Difference

DiskMon indicates lots of write activity -



"Mathieu CHATEAU" wrote:

> Hello,
>
> have a look in the task manager. How much memory is being used ?
> Is it also a Domain controler ?
>
> What is you disk subsystem ? Raid ? scsi / sata ?
>
> any antivirus installed?
>
>
> --
> Cordialement,
> Mathieu CHATEAU
> http://lordoftheping.blogspot.com
>
>
> "Gerald" <Gerald@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:76DF1EDB-76AE-4076-95DD-35A4B150B5C1@microsoft.com...
> > We have a server running Server2K3 that has excessive disk activity. Disk
> > drive is so busy that normal browsing on the serve itself is slow. It is a
> > 3Gig Pentium processor with 2Gig RAM and 160 Gig HDD. We have an email app
> > and WSUS-2 running. Neither of these apps are very active and even if they
> > are disabled the disk activity does not cease.
> > When we run "DiskMon" it shows continual write activity, but I cannot
> > determine file names to try trace what is happening.
> >
> > Any suggestions as to how i can resolve this. I am considering
> > reformatting
> > and re-installing Server 2K3 and the apps.
> >
> > Thanks in advance ....
>
>
 
Re: Excessive disk activity

Can you run process monitor to track down the writter ?
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/utilities/processmonitor.mspx



--
Cordialement,
Mathieu CHATEAU
http://lordoftheping.blogspot.com


"Gerald" <Gerald@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:C5CC785E-EBBD-408F-AE03-4DE089BDFB79@microsoft.com...
> Memory 2Gig - about 1Gig free
> Disk - Sata
> Antivir - Bit Defender Server Edition - Disabled still no difference
> 2nd DC on our domain. I just demoted it as well - No Difference
>
> DiskMon indicates lots of write activity -
>
>
>
> "Mathieu CHATEAU" wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> have a look in the task manager. How much memory is being used ?
>> Is it also a Domain controler ?
>>
>> What is you disk subsystem ? Raid ? scsi / sata ?
>>
>> any antivirus installed?
>>
>>
>> --
>> Cordialement,
>> Mathieu CHATEAU
>> http://lordoftheping.blogspot.com
>>
>>
>> "Gerald" <Gerald@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:76DF1EDB-76AE-4076-95DD-35A4B150B5C1@microsoft.com...
>> > We have a server running Server2K3 that has excessive disk activity.
>> > Disk
>> > drive is so busy that normal browsing on the serve itself is slow. It
>> > is a
>> > 3Gig Pentium processor with 2Gig RAM and 160 Gig HDD. We have an email
>> > app
>> > and WSUS-2 running. Neither of these apps are very active and even if
>> > they
>> > are disabled the disk activity does not cease.
>> > When we run "DiskMon" it shows continual write activity, but I cannot
>> > determine file names to try trace what is happening.
>> >
>> > Any suggestions as to how i can resolve this. I am considering
>> > reformatting
>> > and re-installing Server 2K3 and the apps.
>> >
>> > Thanks in advance ....
>>
>>
 
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