Not maxed out? They don't need to be maxed out to be a problem for what it's worth. Also, you should monitor disk utilization metrics to see what the disk is doing. It's a common problem to have I/O bottlenecks cause performance issues. -----Original Message----- From: Ohl, Julie [mailto:J.OHL@xxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2004 11:05 AM To: [ExchangeList] Subject: [exchangelist] RE: Exchange 2000 Performance Issues http://www.MSExchange.org/ We are in the process of watching network utilization & network connections. Memory & CPU on the Exchange server are not maxed out, I will check on the other items mentioned. Thanks. -----Original Message----- From: John Tolmachoff (Lists) [mailto:johnlist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Monday, January 05, 2004 5:04 PM To: [ExchangeList] Subject: [exchangelist] RE: Exchange 2000 Performance Issues http://www.MSExchange.org/ Have you tried check basic performance items, like partition fragmentation, disk I/O, memory, CPU, page file, free space, network connections, network utilization? John Tolmachoff Engineer/Consultant/Owner eServices For You > -----Original Message----- > From: Ohl, Julie [mailto:J.OHL@xxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Monday, January 05, 2004 2:58 PM > To: [ExchangeList] > Subject: [exchangelist] Exchange 2000 Performance Issues > > http://www.MSExchange.org/ > > We are receiving numerous complaints from users that their email is > terribly slow. They are reporting slowness in switching from one message > to another, opening messages, sending messages, etc. > > The server does not appear to be running at capacity, users are > limited to 50MB mailbox size. Server is Exchange 2000 SP3, clients > are OL2000 (CW). I have emptied the badmail directory (only 4500 entries there), did not > make any difference. Users that report slowness are located both locally > (same bldg as the server) and remotely (across T1). Server is holding app > 780 mailboxes (4 databases) plus public store; Total Info Store size > is approx. 40GB. > > Has anyone else experienced this? Are there any suggestions of what to > try or where to start looking for bottlenecks? > > Thanks! > > > Julie M. 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