file sharing painfully slow

[Robert Cerny]

Does disabling preview of icons on the client change anything?

HTH
Robert

On 20.3.2007, at 3:29, Chris Murphy wrote:

> 900 items in a folder, all JPEGs, no custom icons on an G5 XServe,  
> 2GB RAM, 4TB XRAID dual fiber channel on dedicated T1. Client is  
> accessing the folder via AFP over a 1.5Mbps DSL connection.  
> Routinely this takes 4.5 minutes, (during which time the finder is  
> beachballing, of course), for the client Finder to not only be  
> available but display the contents of the folder.
>
> ftp of a 70MB file confirms bandwidth is fine.
>
> So what's the explanation for this lunacy, and more importantly,  
> what's the workaround? This is a crazy amount of time to have to  
> wait for remotely accessing a folder over a reasonable connection.  
> It's actually faster to use ARD and an ftp program to manage these  
> files, but that's cumbersome for other reasons. It's almost like  
> the Finder is asking for the icon status for every single JPEG, but  
> I'm not sure what the deal is.
>
> Suggestions?
>
>
> Chris Murphy
> Color Remedies (TM)
> New York, NY
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