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TITLE: Improving Server Performance
DOCUMENT ID#: FYI.P.6033
DATE: October 29, 1991
PRODUCT: NetWare Lite
PRODUCT VERSION: All versions
SUPERSEDES: NA
SYMPTOM: NA
ISSUE/PROBLEM
Improving Server Performance
It has been found that fragmented files on the hard disk drive of a server can adversely affect performance. It is suggested that you periodically unfragment the files on the hard disk drive of each server. This can be done using any of a number of disk optimizing or disk compression tools available in the market place. MAKE SURE THE SERVER IS NOT RUNNING WHEN THIS TYPE OF OPERATION IS DONE!!!
NEVER run any low-level disk repair utilities on the hard disk drive of the server while the SERVER is loaded. This can cause corruption of data stored on the hard disk drive. This includes CHKDSK /F, disk doctor utilities, and disk optimizing utilities. Low-level utilities can only be run directly on the server machine. You cannot run them from clients that have a drive mapped to the server.