Dreamweaver with network homes kills the server

1. Dreamweaver is very slow to open on both our laptops and
desktops. The start page menu pops up, but the color-wheel cursor
continues to spin for between one and two minutes before the user
is able to start working in Dreamweaver. If one disables the start
screen, it doesn't happen, but it definitely feels like a bug.
2. Dreamweaver also keeps slowing down our entire server.
We've discovered that Dreamweaver is writing temp files to the
server under ... Library/Application Support/Adobe/Dreamweaver
9/Configuration/temp. This happens when multiple
users have Dreamweaver open, and slows down logins and such
for everyone, even users who do not have Dreamweaver open.
I tried redirecting the temp folder locally, but it did not
improve performance.

"jdobbie" <[email protected]> wrote in
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> 1. Dreamweaver is very slow to open on both our laptops
and desktops. The
> start page menu pops up, but the color-wheel cursor
continues to spin for
> between one and two minutes before the user is able to
start working in
> Dreamweaver. If one disables the start screen, it
doesn't happen, but it
> definitely feels like a bug.
>
> 2. Dreamweaver also keeps slowing down our entire
server. We've
> discovered
> that Dreamweaver is writing temp files to the server
under ...
> Library/Application Support/Adobe/Dreamweaver
9/Configuration/temp. This
> happens when multiple
> users have Dreamweaver open, and slows down logins and
such for everyone,
> even
> users who do not have Dreamweaver open.
>
> I tried redirecting the temp folder locally, but it did
not improve
> performance.
Hi jdobbie,
I'm just starting to use dreamweaver on the mac, however your
analysis
puzzles me.
Temp files shouldn't have much negative effect on logins, why
do you think
this is causing the slowdowns?
Are your users logging on to the server via Remote Desktop or
VNC or have
you redirected a local folder to a network location?
One thing that may impact network performance is dreamweaver
refreshing the
remote site, or the local site when it's root is on the
network.
Joris

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