2009/2/11 Rob Richardson <Rob.Richardson@rad-con.com>:
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> In order to test without disturbing the customer's production, I created a
> copy of their production database on the production server. I often create
> test databases, and I've never seen the CREATE DATABASE command take longer
> than five seconds. On the customer's production machine, the command took
> 167 seconds.
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> The customer's machines run Windows Server 2003. My machine runs Windows XP
> Professional. The application is written in C++.
Now I'm not a windows-expert by any stretch of the imagination,
but could there be some anti-virus products involved at the customer
site?
> Rob Richardson
> Product Engineer Software
Cheers,
Andrej