jesseplace

Just deployed a new server on my home network for storage, DHCP, DNS running Server 2008 Std. Been very disappointed with the transfer speeds I'm getting copying files to and from the server. Over wireless (g) I'm lucky if I get 1 Mbps. Wired with gb controllers and gb switch I get about 18 Mbps. Drive to drive copies on the server itself fly (around 300 Mbps). If on the server console itself I browse to "\\localhost\Share" I still get a slow speed (around 28 Mbps). This led me to believe it's a problem with the server configuration, TCP/IP or something. Any advice or ways to better troubleshoot to narrow it down?

I can't see what it would have to do with the internet connection. I've even tried disconnecting my router from the network complete (so have a completely local network) and I get the same performance. Tried FTP and it works a little better (6-10 MB/sec) but still not too good.

Setting up a small home network and just installed Server 2008 on a Dell GX280, P4 2.8 Ghz, 3 GB RAM. I have 2 harddrives, both 2 TB WD20EARS, relatively new and newly formatted. I know this isn't the typical hardware for a server, but I'm basically just looking for it to manage a domain, do my DNS and DHCP, and act as a file server. Working directly on the server goes ok, but trying to copy to/from it over the network is extremely slow. (All my clients are running windows 7) I'm only getting transfer rates of 1-2 MB/s. I can download files from the internet faster, in some cases. I'm not quite sure what to start looking at to troubleshoot. I realize with this hardware I'm not going to get the best server performance, but certainly better than this. Any ideas on where to start to look?