On Fri, 2008-08-29 at 10:49 -0400, Gerald Drouillard wrote: > Brian McGrew wrote: > > System info: > > Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 5 (Tikanga) > > Kerlen 2.6.18-8.el5 SMP x86_64 > > Samba version 3.0.23c-2 > > Eth0 && Eht1 bonded to bond0, 2Gbps.
Try unbonding the NICs and just running over one NIC. > > /etc/samba/smb.conf attached below... > > I¹m seeing very slow transfers from Samba.... I¹m not sure how else to > > describe it. If I try and copy a 4GB DVD image from the server to any > > Windows box (XP, 2003, 2008, MacOS) it estimates more than 4 hours to copy. > > However, if I FTP to the server from any given client I can move the whole > > file in less than 2 minutes... > > I¹m not a Samba expert, so anything is helpful at this point!!! > Have you tried looking into some of the NIC jumbo frames, flow control > and checksum settings? > Look at the window client settings for: > -Tx/Rx Checksum Offload Disabled > -Flow Control Enabled > -Jumbo Frames Enabled > -Large Send Offload Disabled > Your results will very depending on your switches and network cards. Agree, every time I've seen "slow Samba" it isn't because of Samba but the result of some underlying issue. -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
