I'd appreciate being included in any responses to this.  We are experiencing
the same problem.

Thank you,
Scott


On 1/15/08 10:44 AM, "Al Lilianstrom" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> We're running LISTSERV(R) for Windows version 14.5 on a Windows 2003 system.
> We're getting to the point where the web interface can be unusable during part
> of the business day as it becomes very slow. We have ~3000 lists on the box at
> this time. The physical server (single to dual proc and double the RAM) and
> the storage (DAS to SAN - doubled the IO) that listserv uses have been
> upgraded and we have seen improvements (at least till the number of lists grew
> again).
>
> The server itself isn't running out of resources. Disk queues occasionally get
> above 2 but average around .02 for both read and write. Disk read and writes
> max out around 4 to 5 MB/sec but average much less. To me it seems like a
> classic case of too many files to parse in the listserv\main directory as
> being responsible for the slow response.
>
> Is there any listserv tuning that can be done? Any suggestions would be
> appreciated.
>
>         al
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>
> Al Lilianstrom
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