Hi Margaret,

Would you also suggest checking what other software might have been installed or updated recently since the problem started? In the past I've encountered anti-virus software scanning large SAS tables and other I/O intensive software causing problems for SAS installations.

I'm looking forward to reading part 2 on monitoring tools. I'd also be interested in hearing whether you suggest or use load testing & simulation tools. A while back I used Apache JMeter to load test a SAS Stored Process server and would be keen to hear about any other such tools that you have used or recommend.

Cheers
Paul