Windows 8 as a NAS - having occasional dropouts

[Makhaira]

I've got a little ITX system that is the server for my house, and that I stream films etc from. Recently I moved to Windows 8 on that box for a variety of reasons, and broadly I've been very pleased. There is one issue though.

If I'm streaming a film, now and again I'll get a pause for a few seconds, long enough for the receiving computer to think the connection has been lost. If I then access the file again, it immediately starts playing.

I've tried all the things I can think of without success, so any views on how to configure Win 8 as a headless box for streaming files would be appreciated!

I'm using wired connections not wireless.
I've tried switching default priorities between Running Programs and Background Services without success.

I'm a bit baffled!

 

[Confused]

Possibly the disk spinning down due to "inactivity"

 

[bledd]

Possibly the disk spinning down due to "inactivity"

It won't do this if you're accessing a file from it, it counts as activity.

Tried updating all your network drivers?

Does eventviewer show anything at the times you get these 'pauses' ?

 

[Makhaira]

Good shout on eventviewer - there's nothing in there I can spot, but I'll make a note when it next does it and trawl all events around that time.

Cheers bledd.

 

[bledd]

Who makes your network adaptors? Get the latest drivers from the network chip manufacturer and not the motherboard site, they'll be newer..

Could also be a hard time drive problem on either machine, worth checking event viewer on both machines