10.8 Server file sharing problem

We have a new Mac mini with 10.8 and OS X Server app. The mini has direct attached storage and will be used mainly for File Sharing. There is a repeatable problem/bug with case sensitive folder names and file sharing. For example a folder named "Editorial" is inacessible via "Connect to Server" from a client on the LAN. The same folder with the same permissions, same everthing, except it is named "editorial" works perfectly. Change the uppercase E to a lowercase e and it works. The drive is formatted with normal HFS+. It is Not HFS+ case-sensitive. I have Xserves running 10.4, 10.5, and 10.6 for file sharing and none have this problem.
Has anyone else experieced this? Is there a fix? Other than making everything lowercase.

Simon Slavin United Kingdom
If you have a problem please start a thread of your own. Don't get us confused between solving two different problems.
Simon,
The subject of this thread is dealing with:
"Server 10.8 file sharing problem"
Specifically for direct attached storage file sharing permissions issue.
Client computers having issues with folder permissions
These are exactly my issues as well. I was hoping to try a solution here or maybe proffer a solution if found elsewhere. I did not realize each problem should be opened as a separate discussion....
Sulking back into the shadow...

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* I switched "Speed" to 100baseTX (my LAN is 100baseT)
* I switched "Duplex" to "full duplex" without "flow-control"
Since this switch, it seems things are much better as I am getting file transfer speeds of 11.0MB/s. I am not sure if this is a complete fix as I have only had it implemented for the last 20 minutes and I have noticed this problem is intermittent, but it seems to be holding. I suspect the problem is with MacOS 10.5.2's attempts to automatically control the flow of network traffic, since all I did was disable that. I'll post later if this doesn't hold up (and if my brain remembers to post). I will follow this thread for a bit as well.

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