Thanks for the response, John. I had two smb.confs listed. The first (the one you're refering too had some "fixes" that I had found through google). But my original smb.conf was listed below. I will also post it here:
>[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 ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Mazza" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, June 07, 2004 9:05 AM Subject: Re: [Samba] Samba just Slow with AutoCad? > 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 > -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba