On Mon, Oct 04, 2010 at 01:21:39PM +0800, Shane Arnold wrote: > First off my apologies if this is the wrong place to be asking. > > I seem to have a problem where the smbd process is using a massive > amount of CPU for network transfers. It averages about 70-90% usage > on both cores of a dual-core machine when transferring between disks > (or over the network) using samba/cifs shares. > > Along with this I also notice the transfers going from a steady > 30-40mb/sec to anywhere from 1-4MB/sec. It seems to resolve itself > then re-occur multiple times during a transfer. I have tried > tweaking buffer settings and the like with no success. > > iostat shows corresponding transfer rates that match what Windows is > reporting for transfer speeds. > > Any ideas where I can start looking? I've done a fair bit of > looking, but I'm not quite ready to say it's a hardware problem just > yet.
strace'ing the smbd might be a start... Volker -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba