Problems copying large number of files over local network

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Thomas Huber

Hy,

I have an Application that produces a new file (about
10kb) every 0.5 second. When 1000 files are produced,
they are transfered over the 100MBit local network to
another win2000 server using xcopy.exe. After that, the
local files are deleted.
After about 2 days working (transfering about 100000
files) the system producing the files crashes completely.
I found out that the problems seems to result from the
network file transfer. I tried 2 machines with different
network adapters.
On is with Windows 2000 Server. In the event- log I get
Error 2020 (paged memory pool full).
The second is running Win 2k prof. When the copy-
Operation starts, i get "not enough resources", but no
entry in the event- log.

Both systems are in german version, servicepack 3,
several hotfixes.

Only making a hard- reset gets the system back to work! I
analyzed the file- producing software. It is definately
memory-leak-free.

I hope somebody has an idea. Thank in advance!

Tom
 
Thomas:
I assume that you've shut down all un-necessary services. Are these two
machines dedicated exclusively to this process, or are they also running
something else, like DNS or DHCP?

Have you looked at using FTP instead of xcopy? Another idea would be to
install a separate NIC in each machine, running through a separate switch,
creating a backbone exclusively for this purpose.

HTH,
Kara
(Coffee hasn't kicked in yet - sorry if this is a little incoherent.)
 
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