"Steve Kass" wrote:

> Jon,
>
> This is a SQL Server (database) newsgroup, not a Windows Server
> (operating system) newsgroup.
>
> Steve Kass
> Drew University
>
> JonR wrote:
>
> >I posted the following email to another Win2k Server Networking newsgroup
> >last week but got no response. Perhaps someone monitoring this one can
> >answer my question. If you have a remote office across a very slow WAN link,
> >is there a way to tweak a Win2k server to send SMB traffic optimized with
> >those users in mind? Will this improve their effective performance?
> >Printing reports from our Accounting DB (MAS) can take up to 30 minutes
> >sometimes.
> >Jon
> >--------------
> >Good morning,
> >I have a central office and two remote offices connected via Frame Relay.
> >The port speed at the central office is 512k and at the remotes, 256k. The
> >CIR is 32k at the remotes with bursting to 384k. Our remote offices do not
> >seem to get anywhere near the burst speed and queries to the Exchange and SQL
> >servers at the central office often timeout. Effective bandwith appears to
> >hover near the CIR with occational bursts to 120k. It has been suggested
> >that I reconfigure the Win2k servers to run SMB in raw versus block mode.
> >All I've been able to uncover in the KB are references to WindowsNT regarding
> >this issue.
> >Any pointers to KB articles describing how to configure Windows 2000 servers
> >for optimal WAN traffic communication would be greatly appreciated.
> >The carrier, ATT, analyzed sniffer traces and determined that the PVCs
> >appear configured correctly.
> >If you look at this scenario and have another idea of what might be going
> >on, I'd certainly like to hear what you have to say.
> >Thanks in advance for any ideas!
> >Jon : )
> >
> >