performance

[Johnfli]

I have Terminal Server running on my W2k3 box. When connected to it, the
session freezes for a little bit, then continues just fine. I have never
had more than 20 people connected at one time. The server has dual xeon
3gig cpu's and 4 gigs of ram. CPU usage has never been above 20%, and Ram
has never been more than 50%.
WHy would it just crawl at times, then other times work perfectly fine??

Over the weekend I connected from home, checked and I was the only one
connected, and every so ofthen, I would have to wait till I could move the
mouse again.

I am thinking about maybe trying Citrix, but if there is somethign I can do
to Terminal services, that would be better.

[Vera Noest [MVP]]

Are you running SP1?
If not, have you considered installing it (test it first on a non-
production server).

SP1 contains a number of hotfixes for this type of problem:

821467 - Windows Server 2003 Terminal Server Stops Responding
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=821467

826139 - Windows Server 2003-Based Computer Becomes Unresponsive
to RDP Sessions
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=826139

828662 - Terminal Server stops responding when idle sessions are
being ended
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=828662

832971 - Terminal Services stops responding on your Windows Server
2003 server
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=832971

886675 - You cannot establish new Terminal Services connections to
a Windows Server 2003-based terminal server
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=886675

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Vera Noest
MCSE, CCEA, Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server
TS troubleshooting: http://ts.veranoest.net
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Post by Johnfli
I have Terminal Server running on my W2k3 box. When connected
to it, the session freezes for a little bit, then continues just
fine. I have never had more than 20 people connected at one
time. The server has dual xeon 3gig cpu's and 4 gigs of ram.
CPU usage has never been above 20%, and Ram has never been more
than 50%. WHy would it just crawl at times, then other times
work perfectly fine??
Over the weekend I connected from home, checked and I was the
only one connected, and every so ofthen, I would have to wait
till I could move the mouse again.
I am thinking about maybe trying Citrix, but if there is
somethign I can do to Terminal services, that would be better.