AppleShare: Slow Startups with CD-ROMs on Network



I have a CD-ROM as a volume on my AppleShare network. I normally shut down
the server on Friday afternoons and restart it on Monday morning, leaving
it on all week. When I first turn on the server and get the message:
"Checking volume 'CD-ROM 4.0' this may take a few minutes", it normally
takes anywhere from 15 to 30 minutes for the server to come up. Lately I
have seen that message for over two hours and have had to give up and
restart the server without the CD-ROM. All the time the message is on the
screen, the CD-ROM is being accessed, so the Server isn't locking up.

The newest version of CD-ROM drivers (3.0.2) speed up access to CD-ROM
drives from AppleShare File Servers. Actually, the newer drivers don't let
AppleShare do all of the prepping beforehand, and will provide that
information on demand at a later time.



Published Date: Feb 18, 2012