>>> 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... >> >> Try "downloading" the file from another LINUX machine using smbclient. >> How fast is that? That will take the Windows mystery variable out of >> the equation. Odds are that the smbclient download will be very fast. > ----- > > No difference! Using the smbclient on another Linux machine (Fedora Core 3) > on the same subnet, same switch at GigE --- about 4MB copied in 5 minutes. > > Copying the file via NFS from this Linux machine to my Windows machine, I > was gettingh right about 67Mbit with 7% port utilization according to the > stats on my Foundry switch. Using smb:// for the same file, same machine, I > was seeing 2Mbit with .2% port utilization. This with Windows and > smbclient. > -----
With the NICs unbonded trying both eth0 and eht1 (separately) there is no change. Even whil I'm waint from the Linux box using smbclient to copy this file I can go to a Windows machine and NFS the file in minutes... When I do so, the port usage jumps to around 7% during the NFS copy then drops back down to around 0.15% wile the smb:// copy continues. -brian -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
