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i'm not happy with the windows 7 setup with a shared drive. It seems slow and windows is slow. Would changing to Windows Home Server or another media server reduce the resources?
hi guys,
i don't know where everyone's got to, but i need your help!
i'm not happy with the windows 7 setup with a shared drive. It seems slow and windows is slow. Would changing to Windows Home Server or another media server reduce the resources?
all depends what you are sharing, what the spec of the "server" is and how the network is setup.
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Could do with a bit more information to help visualise both your setup and what issues your having.
Main PC: Asus Rampage IV Extreme / 3960X@4.5GHz / Antec H1200 Pro / 32GB DDR3-1866 Quad Channel / Sapphire Fury X / Areca 1680 / 850W EVGA SuperNOVA Gold 2 / Corsair 600T / 2x Dell 3007 / 4 x 250GB SSD + 2 x 80GB SSD / 4 x 1TB HDD (RAID 10) / Windows 10 Pro, Yosemite & Ubuntu
HTPC: AsRock Z77 Pro 4 / 3770K@4.2GHz / 24GB / GTX 1080 / SST-LC20 / Antec TP-550 / Hisense 65k5510 4K TV / HTC Vive / 2 x 240GB SSD + 12TB HDD Space / Race Seat / Logitech G29 / Win 10 Pro
HTPC2: Asus AM1I-A / 5150 / 4GB / Corsair Force 3 240GB / Silverstone SST-ML05B + ST30SF / Samsung UE60H6200 TV / Windows 10 Pro
Spare/Loaner: Gigabyte EX58-UD5 / i950 / 12GB / HD7870 / Corsair 300R / Silverpower 700W modular
NAS 1: HP N40L / 12GB ECC RAM / 2 x 3TB Arrays || NAS 2: Dell PowerEdge T110 II / 24GB ECC RAM / 2 x 3TB Hybrid arrays || Network:Buffalo WZR-1166DHP w/DD-WRT + HP ProCurve 1800-24G
Laptop: Dell Precision 5510 Printer: HP CP1515n || Phone: Huawei P30 || Other: Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 Pro 10.1 CM14 / Playstation 4 + G29 + 2TB Hybrid drive
Sorry guys...here they are:-
Hardware:
AMD Athlon II X2 240e 2.8GHz Socket AM3 2MB Cache Energy Efficient Processor
Gigabyte GA-MA785GMT-UD2H 785G
Kingston 2gb Ddr3 1333mhz Hyperx Memory Cl7(7-7-7-20)
Samsung S223 DVDRW Drive
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB HDD
Software:
Windows 7 Ultimate
XBMC
When you say shared drive, is the drive currently in the PC or accessed across a network?
What is else is accessing this shared drive?
Maybe a bit more RAM and a better graphics card for decoding video would help.
@ Chaos - its a drive on the pc which i have shared on the network for others to access.
@ Cat - it doesn't have any issues with decoding movies...its mainly the share folder thats slow to access.
How is the drive accessed over the network? (wired/wireless/hobbits)
everything is wired over gigabit lan
what kind of switch is it?
there isnt any switch....its a virgin media superhub
Try copy a large file across the network. Tell us what the transfer rate is. Win7 copy should give you some details.
Is there an Antivirus scanning the network share form the other PCs?
already did that and its approx 500mbps
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