On Thu, 10 Nov 2005 10:31:03 +0000 Joao Barros <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 11/10/05, Robert Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Wed, 9 Nov 2005, Mike Jakubik wrote: > > > > > I have done many tests to try to determine the poor performance on my > > > systems (FreeBSD-current connected directly to Windows XP via identical > > > Intel Pro 1000 cards) and my only conclusion is that Samba on FreeBSD > > > when talking to a Windows box is simply fubared. Im willing to bet thats > > > not the case on Linux. I can get great speeds (~30MB/s) using ftp > > > between the machines, but when i use Samba, i get a maximum of 11MB/s. I > > > have tried playing with mtu size, samba options, polling, but there does > > > not seem to be any visible bottlenecks, its just simply slow. It would > > > be great if someone could get to the bottom of this, its quite > > > frustrating. > > > > There are a number of TCP related configuration frobs on FreeBSD. It > > would be quite interesting to know how modifying each of the following > > settings affects Samba performance: > > > > net.inet.tcp.delayed_ack > > net.inet.tcp.sack.enable > > net.inet.tcp.inflight.enable > > > > There has been recent evidence that the inflight bandwidth calculation is > > having problems generating stable performance at high bandwidth and low > > latency, so I might try that one first. > > > > Robert N M Watson > > I just tested on my home machine and delayed_ack and sack.enable have > little or no effect on the results. > inflight.enable on the other hand had a huge impact! With the file > cached I've gone from flat 5.5MB/s up to also flat 7.2MB/s > It's an improvement but there is still a difference up to those > theoretical 12.5MB/s on a 100mbit link Please try if http://leaf.dragonflybsd.org/mailarchive/kernel/2005-07/msg00036.html applies to FreeBSD and test it with inflight enabled. Bye, Alexander. -- Yes, I've heard of "decaf." What's your point? http://www.Leidinger.net Alexander @ Leidinger.net GPG fingerprint = C518 BC70 E67F 143F BE91 3365 79E2 9C60 B006 3FE7 _______________________________________________ freebsd-performance@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-performance To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
