Slowness redirecting Documents and Desktops to ONTAP after Windows restart
Applies to
- ONTAP 9
- Windows desktops
- VDI such as Citrix, VMware Horizon or other VMs
- Folder redirection for Desktop and Documents folders stored on a CIFS share in ONTAP, mapped as a drive
Issue
- Slowness loading a share after Windows is rebooted or logging in
- Windows loads, but Windows Explorer and the desktop freeze
- Login times may be a few minutes to 10 or 15 minutes
- ONTAP has low latency in 1 ms range