[SVN-2128] svnserve slows down / stops file sharing on Win2003

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Blocker
• Resolution: Cannot Reproduce
• Affects Version/s: 1.1.x
• Component/s: svnserve

Environment

Windows 2000

• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Subversion Importer
• Created: 15/Nov/04 23:40
• Updated: 27/Oct/18 16:28
• Resolved: 05/May/16 18:44

Description

This is filed under Windows 2000 because there was no option for 2003 Server.

I've had SVN installed for about a week, and have been running svnserve as a service (damon) process on Win2k3. 3 times now the server has basically slowed all file sharing connections to a hault; no explaination as to why. The first two times I fixed it with a server reboot; this last time on a hunch I tried unloading svnserve and immediately the server started responding well again. I was using the default svnserve port, and there is not anything special with the network setup – two NICs, one public, one private with NAT routing and VPN access enabled.

Normally QuickBooks can load data off the file share in a matter of 10 seconds, when this issue appears, it takes well over 10 minutes to load the same data. Likewise, our outlook PST files are stored on the file share; and normally changing between emails in outlook is instantaneous. When this slowdown occurs, Outlook either locks up or takes 30+ seconds just to show the newly selected email.

I've seen something similar with Snom server software for VoIP systems. Both on one of our XP test machines and a client Windows 2000 server, the file sharing was knocked offline intermittantly. We never found what the solution for it was; however the software was also designed for unix enviroments first and then ported to Windows. Maybe there is something small being missed on the operation of sockets under windows?

Original issue reported by dguisinger