On Wednesday 11 January 2012 21:55:58 Jeremy Allison wrote: > On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 05:28:59PM +0000, luxInteg wrote: > > Greetings, > > > > I have a samba server deployed. > > The machine has these: > > cpu: amd64 -4 cores > > motherboard :GA-990XA-UD3 with 6 sata ports and > > StarTech 2 Port SATA 6Gbps PCIe SATA Card > > memory: 16GBytes > > disks: raid 10 (6 disks) > > os: cblfs/linux kernel-3.1.5 pure 64bit and samba-3.6.0 > > > > The machine in deployed as a data-storage-device for windows7-based > > machines doing 3d graphics rendering using > > 3d-StudioMax. There are 8 client machines with plans to expand this to > > ~20. The rendering machins do frequent writes and reads to the samba > > server which also runs linux software raid (RAID10). The smb.conf > > has these: > > > > > > > > > > [global] > > > > workgroup = WORKGROUP > > netbios name = WHATEVER > > server string = Samba %v on (%L) > > > > encrypt passwords = True > > security = user > > smb passwd file = /etc/smbpasswd > > log file = /var/log/sambaUSER-log.%m > > socket options = IPTOS_LOWDELAY TCP_NODELAY > > > > hosts allow = 192.168.0. 127. > > host deny = 0.0.0.0/0 > > > > interfaces = eth* lo > > bind interfaces only = yes > > > > dos charset = cp850 > > unix charset = ISO-8859-1 > > load printers = yes > > max log size = 50 > > local master = yes > > printing = cups > > guest account = guest > > os level = 99 > > dns proxy = no > > wins support = yes > > > > #[ipc$] > > # hosts allow = 192.168.0.0/24 127.0.0.1 > > # hosts deny = 0.0.0.0/0 > > > > [homes] > > > > comment = Home Directories > > valid users = %S > > read only = no > > browseable = no > > > > [printers] > > > > comment = All Printers > > path = /var/spool/samba > > browseable = yes > > guest ok = yes > > printable = yes > > browseable = yes > > writable = no > > create mask = 0700 > > public = yes > > > > there is no firewall yet > > > > It is a new setup and the server is crashing daily. We do not know the > > cause > > > of the crashes but here are some unusual ways the server us currently used: > When you say "the server is crashing daily" do you mean kernel > panics/freezes ? > > Jeremy.
I only received useful info and after some tests. Thr test I did under heavy writes all passed. I am unsure if it is kernel panics as I have not been on site when the reported crashes happen to verify. The reports are that it crashes under heavy reads. (i.e. up to 20 rendering computers are fetching files of up to 10 Gbytes each simultandeously ) But it does not crash under writes. Suggestions welcomed -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba