MAC to Windows Server2008 share renaming files leaving 0 byte original

Hi all
We are experiencing a weird issue on our Design studio MACS that are connected to a Windows Server 2008 R2 file server.
When renaming files, it is leaving behind the original file at 0 bytes, these are generally image files PSDs, Jpgs etc
It is also intermittently taking a long time when typing the characters and trying to save the change back to the server.
Has anybody experienced something like this or knows where to start in finding solution?
We have 1 Mac Pro and 4x 27" IMacs
Thanks in advance

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