Guest WetBehindEars Posted September 4, 2007 Posted September 4, 2007 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 Posted September 4, 2007 Posted September 4, 2007 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. -- NetAdmin <São Paulo, BR> "Das ist nicht mein bier... arschloch."
Guest net_admin Posted September 4, 2007 Posted September 4, 2007 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. -- NetAdmin <São Paulo, BR> "Das ist nicht mein bier... arschloch.".
Guest Brian Posted September 5, 2007 Posted September 5, 2007 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 Posted September 5, 2007 Posted September 5, 2007 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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