After getting approval for a new test server after my 2003 server became inadequate towards our goals, I have been given a new server in which to use Server 2008! I don't have it all put together yet, but I am sure I will have some questions once I start using it. I am creating this thread as a starting point, and perhaps some of you will be interested in seeing the development of this project as well. In this thread you can comment on the ideas we have or the hardware we are going to be using, or ask the usual questions I get such as "why would you do such a thing"...

Anyways, here is the hardware we have lined up:

OS: Server 2008 64bit
MB: Intel SE7520BD23
CPU: 2x Xeon 2.80GHz dualies
RAM: 2x 2GB (4GB) Crucial C35DR260
Intel Pro/1000 MT DUAL PORT nic

RAID: 3Ware 9550SXU-4LP + 2x WD 80GB SATA for mirrored system volume.
RAID5: 3Ware 9550DX-8LP + 6x WD 400GB SATA for storage

We'll see how this server board turns out. Our big problem might be that Intel has no plans to qualify this hardware for 2008. Let me know what you think of this setup, or possible issues I may run into, besides the obvious motherboard drivers problem.



This post has been edited by Tripredacus: May 15 2008, 10:00 AM

I've seen the same problem too, I'm guessing that the RWMs used by the WDS are still using the previous (6.0.6000) version of the wimgapi internally. Capturing manually with latest ImageX doesn't cause this problem, or at least not to the extent you're describing.

AFAIK, when Mr. Bangalore Guruprakash (brGuru) first implemented the WIM algorithms they were not designed to handle UNC paths so there's some ugly hack involved that does the dirty work of remapping something into something else digestible by the WDS data-in operation.

Try to do a capture manually to see what speeds.