System slowdown, DOS version of FP

[Robert Haussmann]

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> The problem manifests as some, and only some, PC's begin to 
> "print slow".  What seems to be happening is that, when 
> printing and invoice (or whatever), it takes forever (for 
> some PC's) to sequence thru the records to "co-alese the 
> vapor" and send the print job out.  One can see the "records 
> scanned" number sequence very slowly  on the problem PC's, 
> but quite smartly on the ones that are OK.  Once the last 
> record is found (???), and the print job is submitted, it 
> prints normally.  It seems to take a couple of days for this 
> slowness to to begin again.
> 

Joe--can you provide some details:

1) what version of Netware (including service pack)
2) Novell Client32 or Microsoft client (if client32,
what version)
3) are oplocks enabled on the server?

Finally...is there any chance this server has a gigabit
ethernet card in it (if so, what manufacturer and what
is the driver version).  I ask only because the symptoms
you describe sound like a very obscure problem that exists 
under a certain gigabit ethernet card chipset/driver 
combination.

Bob Haussmann
Tabor Children's Services, Inc.