> Can anyone tell me if the default installation of samba 2.2.8a (on Mandrake > 9.2) will give me the optimum throughput over my Gigabit Network? > I realize that there are many things that affect throughput on a network > (like the TCP/IP Receive Window, for instance -- or using a standard MTU of 1500 > versus jumbo frames). But I also want to know if there is anything I can set in > the smb.conf file that will help me get the best throughput possible.
Tweak settings and test with smbtorture. ftp://ftp.kalamazoolinux.org/pub/pdf/PerfTune2001.pdf > My scenario is as follows. I have 6 users on Windows XP machines all running > a video editing program. All users need to access the same video files on my > Linux Machine (the files are stored on a fast raid array). I think the underlying filesystem could make a big difference. Most modern filesystems have a fair amount of tweakability themselves. If the files are large use a big block size. -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
