Finder refresh in OS 9 clients

Hi All:
I saw this problem mentioned elsewhere ("mac os 8.6 and 9 support (strange behaviour)" and "OS 9 Clients and Tiger AFP"), but both topics have been archived, so I thought I'd start another.
We upgraded our file server (a 2.0 GHz Dual Core G5 PowerMac) from 10.3.9 to 10.4.8 last week. We still have about a dozen users on OS 9.2.2 (mainly to run QuarkXPress 4.11), and they're complaining about the Finder constantly refreshing the contents of the server's shared volumes.
Was there ever a resolution to this problem? Any tips to reduce the frequency?
Andrew Penner

For the "AFP takes 100% of CPU problem" - check the filesystems of the volumes on which your share points are stored. This may seem trivial, but AFP is extremely picky about the state of any filesystems that it uses. Here are some suggestions:
1. Stop all file services using the volumes on which your share points are stored and use Disk Utility to repair the volume structure (not repair permissions) by clicking the Repair button. (Or use diskutil repairVolume /Volumes/disk-name, replacing disk-name with the name of the volume in question.)
2. Ensure that all of your volumes' filesystems are HFS+: Mac OS Extended (Journaled) is preferred; Mac OS Extended will do. Mac OS Extended (Journaled, Case-sensitive) - sometimes called HFSX - will work, but with limited compatibility. For now, unless you need case-sensitivity, don't use it.
3. Avoid using USB 2.0 and FireWire drives as devices that house share points. USB 2.0, FireWire 400, and FireWire 800 are often not fast enough for server needs. FireWire bus protocols fill up some of the bandwidth used when sending read and write commands to these devices, so you never get the full 50MB/s or 100MB/s. USB 2.0 devices exhibit the same problem. While less of a concern for FireWire 800 devices, keep in mind that these buses are really meant for client systems, not server systems, and that you'll get poor performance when housing share points on these devices.
If you need external storage, consider External Serial ATA (eSATA), SCSI-3, or Fibre Channel.
--Gerrit

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