On 100mbit networks I regularly get speeds of 9.1MBps (Samba or FTP have equal speeds which is good). This is common even when using low end network cards like the Realtek 8139. Comparably with the same hardware and WinXP involved on at least one side of the link I get 5.4MBps.
Last year I had the opportunity to do some real world throughput testing using some fairly high end gear. Both machines were connected with Intel Pro1000 network cards through a 3com switch. Using a P4 workstation running Windows 2000 and a Xeon server running Samba 3.0a I achieved a throughput of 440MBps, the theoretical maximum of the hardware (3ware Escalade raid controller). Using the same server and workstation I could only push 200MBps. This speed was achieved under the Airbox TV broadcast software sucking down multiple MPEG2 streams off the RAID array. I also ran Netbench to verify the throughput speeds. If you are experiencing lower throughput than this the first place to look is cabling. Also be wary of the Davicom and Macronix network cards as I often found specimens that were sub standard and could only push 5MBps. Also the switch is a contributing factor so try crossing over and comparing speeds. Tom -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Josh Skains Sent: Thursday, 10 June 2004 7:48 a.m. To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Samba] Reasonable Throughput One thing that it seems hard to define is what a reasonable expectation of throughput on a 100Mbps Ethernet that a samba server should be running at. Currently, I seem to be getting about 4.8Mbps for a single client (NetBench). There is a switch between the server and the client I was testing with. Thoughts? Thanks, JMS -- 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
