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> SCSCI (RAID 5) > SCSI 15k rpm (3x36 Gb RAID5) It is a fairly fast hardware. About temp location I see others have already given the right advices. > 4) Is Windows set for "file sharing" or "application server"? > > "background services" => File server Look in the network connections , right click the connection and select "File and printer sharing for Microsoft Networks" -> Properties. You will find a setting that enables to select how Windows allocates memory for applications and file cache, see here: http://windows.about.com/od/customizingwindows/l/aa001008a.htm > 100 Mbits Switched You should check if the server NIC(s) can handle all the incoming data, or if its network interface gets overloaded. It should not, but tuning the NIC could help too. Also, heavily disk fragmentation could decrease performance - you could try to defragment your disks. -- Luigi D. Sandon cp at sandon.it