I have a dual 1.3 GHz G4 xServe running AFP and nothing else. The volume that is being shared is striped across 3 disks.
I am receiving complaints and have confirmed myself that the AFP service becomes unresponsive for up to 20-30 seconds on every transaction. That is mounting the share, descending into directories, copying files, etc.
When this takes place I have about 8-10 users actively using AFP and another 20 or so that are idle. The AFP process is using 98% or more of the CPUs. Data transfer rates over the network never get above 175 K per sec.
The system is otherwise reasonably responsive with this load on AFP. Other services respond ok. Apps launch fine and are usable.
This is becoming a major problem and I really need to find a solution.
Any help greatly appreciated!
Josh