very slow login times

Warren Togami wtogami at redhat.com
Wed Nov 5 23:19:54 UTC 2008


rmcdaniel at indata.us wrote:
> This is interesting.  I am using a HP Proliant server with Dual Quad
> Core cpu's, 4 GB memory, and about 210GB of storage.  I am also seeing
> very slow bootup and login times.  I am suspecting that it has something
> to do with my network.  When I run the resource monitor on the server,
> nothing looks like it is getting close to maxing out.  I am running the
> 32 bit version of the OS and my clients are HP T5530 with 128 MB of mem.
>  Tomorrow I am going to look at my network and see if I have any
> problems.
> 
> 
> Ron McDaniel
> rmcdaniel at indata.us
> 

Have you tried to plug a thin client directly into the 1GB ethernet 
interface on the server instead of going through switches?  I've often 
seen bad switches or cables cause slow bootup and slow login.

Warren




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