performance
Sometimes things slow down - this usually happens gradually but can sometimes be quite dramatic.
Core services such as those provided by servers and the network can often start to slow as the volume of data they manage gradually increases. This places more and more demand on both the network and the machine, with file-serving, email, network access and backup procedures often taking increasing lengths of time to complete.
This degradation of performance tends to be barely noticeable at first, but becomes increasingly obvious as time progresses. This is typically due to the 'non-linear' way that increasing volumes of data affect performance - once a threshold starts to be exceeded performance degrades at an ever increasing rate.
We can help identify the true source of a performance problem (which are often subtle), then recommend the most cost-effective and low-impact solutions, whether that be a simple increase in memory or disk space, through to the restructuring of your network.