Slow Network Performance with Windows Server 2008 SP1
- by Axeva
I recently installed Service Pack 1 for Windows Server 2008. Since that time, network performance has been awful. Both Windows 7 and Mac Snow Leopard clients have seen miserable speeds when trying to read or write to the server.
This is the exact update:
Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 x64 Edition (KB976932)
It's a very simple file server setup. No Domain or Active Directory. Essentially just shared folders. It's Windows Web Server that I'm running.
Are there any settings I can tweak? Should I roll back the update (doesn't seem wise)?
Update:
I've turned off the Power Management for the Network Adapter. That may help. If it doesn't have to be powered on at the start of a request, it should speed things up. Or so I would assume.