I would try turning off the "Strict sync" option. I would also test it with the oplock options disabled as well.
On Mon, 7 Jun 2004 08:59:34 -0600, Brian Merrell wrote: >This is from 1998: > >"We've had serious performance problems loading AutoCAD R14 .dwg files from >a >VAResearch VArServer 3000 (dual 400MHz PII, Red Hat 5.0, SAMBA 1.9.17p4, >256MB RAM, 36GB RAID5). The problem is that on first access, trying to read >the .dwg file is very, very slow" > >This is from 1999: > >"A friend of mine just had a big problem with Samba, which we eventually >solved. The problem was that NT clients did well on a copy in a command >prompt, but were terribly slow when opening the same file in Autocad. > >(Compared to serving the file from an NT server). > >The solution was well hidden in dejanews and the Samba documentation >somewhere; we had to set >socket options = SO_SNDBUF=4096 SO_RCVBUF=4096" > >I have found a couple of other people complaining about performance with >AutoCad. I have tried the above fix, and I did not notice any difference >whatsoever. I have also tried generic speed fixes like this: >http://www.dd.iij4u.or.jp/~okuyamak/Documents/tuning.english.html to no >avail. > >This is very important to our company, and I may be forced to use a windows >server if I cannot resolve this problem. We had our files on a Windows XP >machine (with worse hardware than we are using now) and it was running quite >a bit faster than the Samba server we have now. The speed problem, however, >only seems to be with AutoCad. > >Here are some smb.conf's I have tried: >(I have tried SO_SNDBUF=8192, and 4096) > >[global] > >workgroup = TRISTATE >security = USER >netbios name = SERVER >encrypt passwords = Yes >smb passwd file = /etc/samba/private/smbpasswd > > >oplocks = true >ole locking compatibility = no >read prediction = true >strict sync = yes > >socket options = IPTOS_LOWDELAY TCP_NODELAY SO_SNDBUF=2920 > >hosts allow = 127.0.0.1 10.0.0.0/24 >hosts deny = 0.0.0.0/0 > > > >[Drawings] > >path = /fileservice/drawings >writeable = Yes >browseable = Yes >read only = No >guest ok = No >comment = autocad related files and misc files >valid users = drafter > >[Topowork] > >path = /fileservice/topowork >writeable = Yes >browseable = Yes >read only = No >guest ok = No >comment = adobe related files >valid users = drafter > >AND: > >[global] > >workgroup = TRISTATE >security = USER >netbios name = SERVER >encrypt passwords = Yes >smb passwd file = /etc/samba/private/smbpasswd > >[Drawings] > >path = /fileservice/drawings >writeable = Yes >browseable = Yes >read only = No >guest ok = No >comment = autocad related files and misc files >valid users = drafter > >[Topowork] > >path = /fileservice/topowork >writeable = Yes >browseable = Yes >read only = No >guest ok = No >comment = adobe related files >valid users = drafter > > > >Any help would be greatly appreciated. > >Brian Merrell > >-- >To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the >instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba