Network Output Queue Length

Good Evening All,
Last week, I ran perfmon on one of my Compaq Proliant file servers to see its performance. One counter in particular really caught my attention. It’s the Network Output Queue Length. It consistently showed greater than four. According to Microsoft explanation, normal queue length sould be less than two. I’ve tried several things, with no success, to resolve the problem. I’m now turning to you for advice.
Things I’ve tried: Changed NIC + updated driver, new Compaq Spack,new MB Bios, added more RAM, turned of unused services.
I’m not sure what cuased the queue length so big. Any help is greatly appreciated.

Melvin Chao
chaom@earthlink.net