Rocky Smolin
rockysmolin at bchacc.com
Mon Sep 16 17:32:41 CDT 2013
Odd. I'd ask about hardware differences between the two boxes but you say the server box used to be fast and is now slow. So I'm assuming no hardware changes on the server. Next thing I'd try to determine is if this slowness is unique to this app or if other apps are experiencing the same slowdown. R -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Brad Marks Sent: Monday, September 16, 2013 1:23 PM To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving Subject: Re: [AccessD] Job Duration Puzzler - Access 2007 Report Rocky, Thanks for your help. I have watched the Task Manager a few times and not seen anything else using a lot of the cycles. This past weekend, I ran a number of tests, both on the Server and on the Stand-alone PC. I am quite sure that nothing else was running on either of these two boxes during my tests. The strange thing is that the stand-alone PC is able to generate the report in less than half the time that it takes the Server to create the report. It almost feels like the connection between the Server and the database is somehow different than the connection between the PC and the database. Both machines are using the exact same .accdr file and both are pulling the same data from the same SQL-Server tables. Thanks again, Brad -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Rocky Smolin Sent: Monday, September 16, 2013 2:33 PM To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving' Subject: Re: [AccessD] Job Duration Puzzler - Access 2007 Report WAGS: Other jobs running at the same time now that weren't running before taking machine cycles? Change in priority of your job? Can you monitor the Task Manager for the server while your job is running to see what else might be going on? R -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Brad Marks Sent: Monday, September 16, 2013 12:25 PM To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving Subject: Re: [AccessD] Job Duration Puzzler - Access 2007 Report Rocky, Yes, it is running entirely on the server, pulling data from a local SQL-Server database. Brad -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Rocky Smolin Sent: Monday, September 16, 2013 2:21 PM To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving' Subject: Re: [AccessD] Job Duration Puzzler - Access 2007 Report Is it running entirely on the server with nothing coming across the wire? r -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Brad Marks Sent: Monday, September 16, 2013 12:15 PM To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving Subject: [AccessD] Job Duration Puzzler - Access 2007 Report All, We have a high level Access 2007 Report that is generated every night. The data for this report is pulled from a number of SQL-Server database tables. This report is automatically generated nightly on a server with these specs - MS Window Server 2003 R2 Enterprise Edition SP2 2.50 Ghz 12 GB Ram About a month ago, I noticed that the "run time" for generating this report went from 8 minutes to 20 minutes. Everything works fine, except that the run time has more than doubled. I can also run this same report on a stand-alone PC with these specs - Windows XP SP3 2.50 Ghz 3.25 GB Ram When the same report is generated on this PC, the job runs for about 8 minutes. Over the weekend, when nothing else was running, I conducted a number of tests to confirm what I was seeing. The results were consistent. The generation of this report takes more than twice as long on the Server as compared to the PC. I am very puzzled and not sure where to look. I don't know why the run times went up dramatically on the Server. I don't understand why the run times vary between the two boxes. Any insights or advice would be most appreciated. 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