[OpenAFS] Windows 7, 1.7.2, 64 bit, sloooow boot up. Anyone else?

[Kim Kimball]

Time to the beginning of the blue "Welcome" screen with the blue circle
is consistent.

I'm measuring from the appearance of "Welcome" to the appearance of the
desktop.  (As soon as "Welcome" disappears and the first glimmer of the
desktop shows up.)



On 11/30/2011 10:58 AM, Jeffrey Altman wrote:
> On 11/30/2011 12:43 PM, Kim Kimball wrote:
>> I'm experiencing an increase of several minutes in startup time when the
>> 1.7.2 OpenAFS service [RDR interface] is enabled, relative to startup
>> time when the service is disabled and then started manually.
>>
>> If I start the service after boot up has completed, it starts very
>> quickly (seconds.)
>>
>> I've disabled cache validation, which, in any case, does not appear to
>> contribute to longer startup times, since starting with no cache [delete
>> before restart] shows no significant differences.
>>
>> Event logs show AFS starting quickly -- so am thinking I am looking at
>> some sort of conflict with another service.
>>
>> I'm still looking into this and will report back with anything I find,
>> but am curious if anyone else is having similar experiences, and if
>> anyone may have suggestions.
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Kim
> How are you measuring boot time?
>
> Time to logon screen?
>
> Time to desktop?
>
>