Rampage beachball

[Stiv]

Ours are all on dedicated boxes. I can't imagine that Rampage set-up your RIP, etc. all on the same server. Yikes, no wonder you are having issues. I haven't dealt with server issues in quite some time and will defer that advice to others.

Make sure that no pages or jobs are running, turn off any process, RPD, RIP etc. and under Utilities is Rebuild Pagelist (or something like that). If you have any un-deleted files from deleted jobs - this will allow you to remove them from the list. Will you be faster? I doubt it but your list will be spotless. I add around 10k pages per month and am constantly archiving and removing old jobs. I want my page list to be perfect.

[TF019]

Our Rampage RIP is a XEON 3.2Ghz with 1.5GB of RAM.
The RIP handles all RIP, FPO and PROOFS.
The file server which is separate hosts the Pathway archives and all mac volumes.
This means the file server is getting hit at the same time with large mac files as well as all RIP traffic.

Other than upgrading to a Quad or Six core box I don't see any options to increase network traffic. This seems like a flawed workflow design as the Pathway forces all traffic to one location where RIP and mac files are stored.

Anyone know of another option than upgrading our Rampage box to hold everything let me know.

[kart97]

One of the things that tended to slow the system down was having a ton of Font or image lists... to check if this is the problem... from the client go to the edit menu and check for either of these sets of lists... if there are any there from old jobs that are no longer in the system... delete them and the system will usually speed up.

[bruceprint]

Mac server and never look back. We also managed to get multiple rampage boxes with one being a dedicated shooter, and two others being rip and trap stations. Fast. really fast.

[connie@walkerprinting.com]

I've been reading through this for a couple of days, and you really need to upgrade your rip box, and your Rampage version. ExtremeZ-IP is worth every penny as well. You are operating with software and hardware that is probably five or six years old. How old is that server?

We are running the latest version 12 on a fire core quad box, with another box for ffps, and a separate shooter. We seldom rebuild our page list, and have over 13,000 pages in it. We have 5 simultaneous operators. Rampage cost of ownership is low, but you still need to upgrade it like everything else. We try to upgrade hardware and software at least every three years. Upgrades are necessary to support new software versions, and maximize productivity.

[Bob888]

I had a similar problem to the one you described. Our system started to slow down after a couple of years of use. We are running Version 11 and our Rampage Volume resides on an Apple XServe. Talked to Rampage and they were not able to diagnose the problem. Digging around on the Rampage volume I happened to notice that Pathways was not removing the profiles when jobs were archived. Once I copied and then deleted all the unneeded Profiles off of the server, the server returned to its original speed. When archiving and restoring jobs moving the profile folder is done manually. If I had to guess, I don't think the XServe can handle thousands of tiny files.