Server 2003 freezes

[amagri]

We have Server 2003 running on an Pentium 4 D Cpu 3Ghz and 3 clients accessing a Visual Foxpro database from a client-server setup using a shared folder for the various tables.

I was noticing the other day that when someone tries to access data through the shared folder from the application, one of the cpu cores goes up to 100% for a few seconds and the server stops responding.

I have disabled all other services such as Coldfusion, anti-virus, web services - anything that I thought could interfere with the system.

I also disabled Raid and ran 2003 on a normal Sata drive thinking that the cheap raid controller was to blame, but the problem persists.

Whenever I try to copy a large directory from the server onto a client or vice-versa, the cpu core graph from task manager goes up slightly but never 'freezes'. It's only when the Visual Foxpro database is accessed that this happens.

We also re-indexed all tables but to no avail.

If anyone can recommend a solution I would be grateful.

 

[markdmac]

Does this sound like what is happening:

http://fox.wikis.com/wc.dll?Wiki~FoxProAndWinXp~VFP

(search for CPU on that page)

I hope you find this post helpful.

Regards,

Mark

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[amagri]

I moved all the files to an XP machine, shared the directory and the problem disappeared. Can't believe Server03 can't share Visual Foxpro files - there's no logical reason why the machine should freeze.

 

[PatricktheAnalyst]

Since you switched to xp its probably to late, but I would try disabling Oppportunistic Locking on the server.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/296264

Patrick

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