Pro/E is very slow to open assemblies thru the network
Here is the case:
Large assembly (more than 5000 components).
Many component and libraries have family tables.
All files for the project and libraries are on the Dell Network Server, nothing is local.
The Network has a high speed switch and NIC's are Fast Ethernet 100Mbps.
Dell Precision 420 workstations work on this project.
Many, many search_path and they are all valid. Have checked them all (not that I like to have many search_path, but that is the way it's now)
Trail file is written locally to each workstation.
Pro/E takes about 55 minutes to open the assembly and CPU usage is only 2-3 percent.
Here is part of my troubleshooting:
I ran a Pro backup of this large assembly to a local folder on a workstation.
Created a new config.pro without the search_path and search.pro. Now everything is local.
Pro/E took 3 minutes to open the complete 5000-part assembly and CPU was
at 90 to 100 % while opening the assembly.
If I move a large number of files thru the Network it runs fast. This tells me that Pro/E is causing the slowness.
I connected a network cable from one workstation directly to the Server (to by-pass the Switch) that has all the files and still Pro/E is slow.
The mystery is why Pro/E is slow thru the Network and fast locally.
Why the CPU of the workstation runs at 2-3 % while retrieving the assembly thru the Network?
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