Re: Slow Solidworks 2007 Saves

On Dec 18, 5:23 am, ckoehler <ckoeh...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
We currently are having issues saving to local and network storage.
Our CAD computers have no hardware bottlenecks as CPU only reaches 50%
+/- when saving; however, sits there for about a minute, freezing the
program then you finally see the actual saving outgoing bandwidth
spike and the program finally unfreezes thirty seconds later. Any
ideas?

Thanks in advance.

Lets start by cleaning up the computer. This can help, trust me.
Temp directories need to be purged of all data that you can.
Typically I sort by date and delete all not from today.
Internet explorer temp files. Open a IE window and from the tools
pulldown select internet options. On the general tab there is
temporary internet section. Select the delete file button, sometimes
this can take 10 or more minutes to complete. Close IE.
Empty recycle bin.
Check defrag states. Has this been done lately. I do mine on a
schedule for once a week.
Check your save time, is it still a long wait?
Try a reboot and check your save time, is it still a long wait?
These are basic items that should be done regularly.

If this is not the problem it may be network traffic. Check with IT
on phone and have them monitor network for packets from your
computer. These should be fairly quick to pass and identify. Is
there any delay algorithms running that would slow transmissions? Are
you tied to a network switch that has way too much traveling thru it?
I have seen local switches with 10 users on them tied to another
switch full of switches from other locations, tied to a full switch
that goes to a server. There were 300+ computers running thru one
switch to one server. Another item is network architecture. I have
seen a delay on a network that was stated to be a 1GB. On inspection
I found CAT5 cables on the computers. CAT5 is only capable of 100MB
even though it may state more in task manager. The server did have
proper cabling between the server and first switch. The imbalance on
the network caused slowdowns and sometimes a failed to save which I
get a CDT eventually.

Another item to watch is how do you start SWx. The proper way is to
start SWx before opening any files, this puts the journal file in the
start in location for your SWx start. If you double click on a file
from network to start SWx, it is leaving the journal file in this
location, which can cause this issue.

If this is not the issue then give us more information, what version
of SWx, what version of server OS, ... iQ
.

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