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Re: Computer boot up times
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Brian Gibson)
Mon May 16 19:53:13 2011
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Hi William.
I would suggest taking two computers that are identical and have one in
the domain and one outside of the domain (I am assuming you use Active
Directory). If the login times are very different with a domain machine
I'd look at what user and computer group policies are being applied and
whether or not the proper SRV are in DNS for the domain (are there
missing entries, are there ghost entries for old DCs that no longer
exist?). I assume you are not using roaming profiles correct? Having
your profile sync and follow you are around can be a killer.
Just my two cents :-)
On 5/16/2011 5:36 PM, William Thieke wrote:
>
> Colleagues,
>
> Our IT staff have often heard the complaints from our Faculty and
> Staff that our computers are “slow” and take forever to boot up…..We
> have addressed with them the usual suspects that impact performance
> and startup time:
>
> ·Security Software- Anti-Virus and related security software that take
> up available resources and can slow boot time with initial scans.
>
> ·System Age- we maintain roughly a four-year computer replacement
> cycle, but software installations, upgrades, security patches, and
> general daily use accumulate can degrade performance over time.
>
> ·New software - tends to make more demands on memory and computer
> speed than old software.
>
> ·Management Tools- used for remote access, software distribution and
> other IT related functions.
>
> ·Viruses and Other Malware- can drastically impact performance
>
> While we know that system performance can vary drastically, depending
> on OS, memory and processor speed (our oldest systems are currently
> Optiplex 210L’s-P4 3Ghz with 1-2 GB of RAM), Le Moyne College is
> looking to determine what your institution might consider a “typical”
> boot up time for your standard campus configuration computers…If you
> could answer the following it would be greatly appreciated!!
>
> 1)Size of your campus
>
> 2)Campus computing replacement cycle duration
>
> 3) “Standard” campus computer configuration
>
> 4)Approximate average boot time in minutes (from power on to usable
> desktop)
>
> We would like to find out where out computers stand compared to other
> institutions and be able to tell our employees how ours stack up to
> other institutions norms….
>
> Thanks in advance….
>
> Bill Thieke
>
> *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
> William S. Thieke, Ph.D.
> Director of Technology Support
> Information Technology
> Le Moyne College
> 1419 SaltSprings Rd.
> Syracuse, NY 13214
> 315-445-4599
>
> 315-445-4642 (FAX)
> thiekews@lemoyne.edu <mailto:thiekews@lemoyne.edu>
> *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
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Hi William.<br>
<br>
I would suggest taking two computers that are identical and have one
in the domain and one outside of the domain (I am assuming you use
Active Directory). If the login times are very different with a
domain machine I'd look at what user and computer group policies are
being applied and whether or not the proper SRV are in DNS for the
domain (are there missing entries, are there ghost entries for old
DCs that no longer exist?). I assume you are not using roaming
profiles correct? Having your profile sync and follow you are around
can be a killer.<br>
<br>
Just my two cents :-)<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
On 5/16/2011 5:36 PM, William Thieke wrote:
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<p class="MsoNormal">Colleagues,</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Our IT staff have often heard the
complaints from our Faculty and Staff that our computers are
“slow” and take forever to boot up…..We have addressed with
them the usual suspects that impact performance and startup
time:</p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span
style="font-family: Symbol;"><span style="">·<span
style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>Security Software- Anti-Virus and
related security software that take up available resources and
can slow boot time with initial scans. </p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span
style="font-family: Symbol;"><span style="">·<span
style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>System Age- we maintain roughly a
four-year computer replacement cycle, but software
installations, upgrades, security patches, and general daily
use accumulate can degrade performance over time. </p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span
style="font-family: Symbol;"><span style="">·<span
style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>New software - tends to make more
demands on memory and computer speed than old software. </p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span
style="font-family: Symbol;"><span style="">·<span
style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>Management Tools- used for remote
access, software distribution and other IT related
functions. </p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span
style="font-family: Symbol;"><span style="">·<span
style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span>Viruses and Other Malware- can
drastically impact performance</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">While we know that system performance can
vary drastically, depending on OS, memory and processor speed
(our oldest systems are currently Optiplex 210L’s-P4 3Ghz with
1-2 GB of RAM), Le Moyne College is looking to determine what
your institution might consider a “typical” boot up time for
your standard campus configuration computers…If you could
answer the following it would be greatly appreciated!!</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span
style="">1)<span style="font: 7pt "Times New
Roman";"> </span></span>Size of your campus</p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span
style="">2)<span style="font: 7pt "Times New
Roman";"> </span></span>Campus computing
replacement cycle duration</p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span
style="">3)<span style="font: 7pt "Times New
Roman";"> </span></span> “Standard” campus
computer configuration</p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span
style="">4)<span style="font: 7pt "Times New
Roman";"> </span></span>Approximate average
boot time in minutes (from power on to usable desktop)</p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">We would like to find out where out
computers stand compared to other institutions and be able to
tell our employees how ours stack up to other institutions
norms….</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks in advance….</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Bill Thieke</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*<br>
William S. Thieke, Ph.D.<br>
Director of Technology Support<br>
Information Technology <br>
Le Moyne College<br>
1419 SaltSprings Rd.<br>
Syracuse, NY 13214<br>
315-445-4599</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">315-445-4642
(FAX)<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:thiekews@lemoyne.edu"
target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">thiekews@lemoyne.edu</span></a><br>
*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*</span></p>
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