Excessive disk activity

[Guest Gerald]

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 ....

[Guest Mathieu CHATEAU]

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?

 

 

--

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 ....

[Guest Gerald]

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 ....

>

>

[Guest Mathieu CHATEAU]

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 ....

>>

>>