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

[Guest WetBehindEars]

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.

[Guest net_admin]

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>

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[Guest net_admin]

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>

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[Guest Brian]

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.

[Guest Jay]

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.