Re: [Samba] Re: Samba running slow

2007-02-01 Thread Aaron Kincer

In pure mathematical terms, the maximum throughput on 100MB ethernet is:

100Mb / 8  = 12.5 MegaBytes per second.

That assumes, of course, a perfect world with a 100% efficient protocol. 
Of course, this doesn't exist. So in network design, if you have one 
100MB link from the switch your server is plugged into serving multiple 
clients, then best case throughput is:


12.5 / N

Where N is the number of clients pulling data from the Samba server at 
any moment in time. Gigabit is a bit better of course:


1000Mb / 8 = 125 MegaBytes per second

Assuming your server's hardware can sustain that throughput or more, 
100MB switches with gigabit ports to cascade from the server backbone 
are the most desirable. If your server can definitely sustain better 
than the 125 MBps threshold (and you have load balanced NICs installed), 
it would be beneficial to either place your heaviest users directly on 
your server backbone or to have multiple cascaded switches.


Sherwood Botsford wrote:

Salman Moghal wrote:


I should have kept reading through the samba archive online.  There 
was a similar, very recent, reported problem:


http://groups.google.com/group/linux.samba/browse_frm/thread/8bf6e9791ae9b3cd/0a038c363be7ba2a#0a038c363be7ba2a 



After adding these lines in smb.conf, copying a file over samba share 
was lightening fast (just as fast as over FTP/HTTP connection):


socket options = TCP_NODELAY
oplocks = no
level2 oplocks = no

My eventual goal is to be able to play mp3 and movies over LAN.  And 
I've run into the same problem with streaming a file across (as 
mentioned in the thread) -- streaming a file is very choppy.


Any ideas?




IP generally is choppy.  If you want to do this right, I think you 
need switches that understand quality of service flags -- and then you 
have to set those on the appropriate packets from your samba server.


However in many cases the MP3 / Video players have an adjustment for 
how large a buffer cache to run ahead before starting to play.  Having 
a buffer  that is sized to be 10-30 seconds of playing time will help 
a lot for this.


Also look at your bandwidth.

Run iostat on your server.  A 100 mbit (fast ethernet) connection 
typically will get you 3-7 Mbytes per second.  If you're well under 
this, then the ethernet isn't the bottleneck.  You don't mention if 
you have gigabit everywhere, and have the ethernet infrastructure to 
support it.  If you have gigabit to the switch, and fast ethernet to 
the desktop, you should be able to make streaming video work well.


You may want to look for specific software to handle streaming -- If 
you do it as multicast, then multiple users who want the same stream 
don't tie up your server nearly as much.


Of course I could be wrong about all this.  Your milage may varry.


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Re: [Samba] Re: Samba running slow

2007-02-01 Thread Sherwood Botsford

Salman Moghal wrote:


I should have kept reading through the samba archive online.  There 
was a similar, very recent, reported problem:


http://groups.google.com/group/linux.samba/browse_frm/thread/8bf6e9791ae9b3cd/0a038c363be7ba2a#0a038c363be7ba2a 



After adding these lines in smb.conf, copying a file over samba share 
was lightening fast (just as fast as over FTP/HTTP connection):


socket options = TCP_NODELAY
oplocks = no
level2 oplocks = no

My eventual goal is to be able to play mp3 and movies over LAN.  And 
I've run into the same problem with streaming a file across (as 
mentioned in the thread) -- streaming a file is very choppy.


Any ideas?




IP generally is choppy.  If you want to do this right, I think you need 
switches that understand quality of service flags -- and then you have 
to set those on the appropriate packets from your samba server.


However in many cases the MP3 / Video players have an adjustment for how 
large a buffer cache to run ahead before starting to play.  Having a 
buffer  that is sized to be 10-30 seconds of playing time will help a 
lot for this.


Also look at your bandwidth.

Run iostat on your server.  A 100 mbit (fast ethernet) connection 
typically will get you 3-7 Mbytes per second.  If you're well under 
this, then the ethernet isn't the bottleneck.  You don't mention if you 
have gigabit everywhere, and have the ethernet infrastructure to support 
it.  If you have gigabit to the switch, and fast ethernet to the 
desktop, you should be able to make streaming video work well.


You may want to look for specific software to handle streaming -- If you 
do it as multicast, then multiple users who want the same stream don't 
tie up your server nearly as much.


Of course I could be wrong about all this.  Your milage may varry.
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[Samba] RE: Samba running slow

2007-01-30 Thread Tom Van den Eynde
Thanks for the feedback. I will try to install another NIC this week and see
if I have the same results.

My guess still is the kernel driver. The only strange thing is that it only
effects Samba. All other network protocols are running fine. 

I have seen that Realtek also provides a driver on their website:
http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/downloadsView.aspx?Langid=1&PNid=5&PFid=
5&Level=5&Conn=4&DownTypeID=3&GetDown=false

Unfortunately this driver causes my kernel to panic.

I have googled some more and found the following kernel bug report:
http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=7555

The status is closed for the moment there however. 

-Original Message-
From: Salman Moghal [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: zondag 28 januari 2007 21:55
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: samba@lists.samba.org
Subject: RE: Samba running slow

To get around this slowness issue -- a combination of asus mobo, its onboard

"Realtek RTL8111/8168B gigabit controller" and perhaps even the new kernel 
2.6.19-1 -- I was suggested two things:

1- use "ethtool" to turn off "auto-negociation" feature
2- disable the on-board realtek card and use a standard PC100 10/100 network

card.

I tried to fiddle around with ethtool but couldn't disable auto-negociation.

Finally I disabled the onboard card and replaced it with an old LinkSys NIC.

The problem went away.  I am now using Linksys card that uses "tulip" kernel

drivers (I was using before the upgrade and never had any problems).   Also,

I have removed all the tweaks for oplocks from smb.conf.. and I'm not seeing

this problem.  I'm still not sure what is the root cause:

- kernel 2.6.19-1 driver "r8169" for Realtek RTL8111/8168B gigabit 
controller cards, or
- samba not being able to work with the network driver?

For now, I'm going to run with my current config until someone in the samba 
dev community would be kind enough to test out this config and come up with 
a fix.  It would be ideal to get the Realtek RTL8111/8168B controller 
working.

- Original Message - 
From: "Tom Van den Eynde" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "'Salman Moghal'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, January 27, 2007 8:28 AM
Subject: [Bulk] RE: Samba running slow


> Hello,
>
> I just read your thread in the mailing-list and I do experience exactly 
> the
> same problem.
> I have the exact same hardware (Asus P5B, Core 2 Duo) and the same version
> of kernel and samba.
> Unfortunately, I have not been able to solve it just yet and I too would
> very much like to tackle this issue.
>
> Now I am not a samba/kernel hacker but my gut feeling tells me that it is 
> a
> combination of the latest kernel 2.6.19-1 with samba. Thanks to the 
> cutting
> edge hardware, I cannot downgrade to an earlier kernel version to test as
> these do not support all features of the mobo.
>
> Today, I am planning on compiling the 2.6.19-2 kernel and see if that 
> helps.
> 2.6.20 is also coming out soon but I don't see anything in the change log
> what could lead to solving this issue.
> Another approach might be to change the NIC to a standard PCI 100 Mbit 
> card
> which is well supported by the kernel for years, but I would very much 
> like
> to get it working in the current setup.
>
> I will keep you posted if I find anything. I would really appreciate it if
> you let me know when you are making progress too.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Tom
>
> PS: I will reply to the list as well, as every extra info might be useful
> for the samba community.
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Salman Moghal [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: zaterdag 27 januari 2007 9:51
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Samba running slow
> Importance: High
>
> Hello:
>
> I was browsing through samba archives and noticed that you also ran into 
> the
>
> exact same problem as I have recently encountered with samba shares and 
> file
>
> streaming.  Recently, I also upgraded to a new hardware (Asus p5b board 
> with
>
> on-board Realtek controller and dual-core processor) -- I use Fedora Core 
> 6
> & samba version 3.0.23.  Since the upgrade, samba hasn't worked the same..
> and it's painful since I have a lot of services that depend on samba 
> shares.
>
> I would really appreciate any input / feedback / tips / work-arounds on 
> this
>
> streaming issue..
>
> Regards
> Salman Moghal
>
> - Original Message - 
> From: "Salman Moghal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: 
> Sent: Saturday, January 27, 2007 3:43 AM
> Subject: Re: Samba running slow
>
>
>>
>> I should have kept reading through the samba archive online.  There was a
>> similar, very recent, reported problem:
>>
>>
>
http://groups.google.com/group/linux.samba/browse_frm/thread/8bf6e9791ae9b3c
> d/0a038c363be7ba2a#0a038c363be7ba2a
>>
>> After adding these lines in smb.conf, copying a file over samba share was
>> lightening fast (just as fast as over FTP/HTTP connection):
>>
>> socket options = TCP_NODELAY
>> oplocks = no
>> level2 oplocks = no
>>
>> My eventual goal is to be able to play

Re: [Samba] RE: Samba running slow

2007-01-28 Thread simo
On Sun, 2007-01-28 at 15:55 -0500, Salman Moghal wrote:

> I tried to fiddle around with ethtool but couldn't disable auto-negociation. 
> Finally I disabled the onboard card and replaced it with an old LinkSys NIC. 
> The problem went away.  I am now using Linksys card that uses "tulip" kernel 
> drivers (I was using before the upgrade and never had any problems).   Also, 
> I have removed all the tweaks for oplocks from smb.conf.. and I'm not seeing 
> this problem.  I'm still not sure what is the root cause:
> 
> - kernel 2.6.19-1 driver "r8169" for Realtek RTL8111/8168B gigabit 
> controller cards, or
> - samba not being able to work with the network driver?

Samba has no knowledge of drivers, it just uses the kernel interfaces.
If a network card does not work properly it is either an hardware
problem or a kernel driver problem.

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Samba Team GPL Compliance Officer
email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://samba.org

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[Samba] RE: Samba running slow

2007-01-28 Thread Salman Moghal
To get around this slowness issue -- a combination of asus mobo, its onboard 
"Realtek RTL8111/8168B gigabit controller" and perhaps even the new kernel 
2.6.19-1 -- I was suggested two things:


1- use "ethtool" to turn off "auto-negociation" feature
2- disable the on-board realtek card and use a standard PC100 10/100 network 
card.


I tried to fiddle around with ethtool but couldn't disable auto-negociation. 
Finally I disabled the onboard card and replaced it with an old LinkSys NIC. 
The problem went away.  I am now using Linksys card that uses "tulip" kernel 
drivers (I was using before the upgrade and never had any problems).   Also, 
I have removed all the tweaks for oplocks from smb.conf.. and I'm not seeing 
this problem.  I'm still not sure what is the root cause:


- kernel 2.6.19-1 driver "r8169" for Realtek RTL8111/8168B gigabit 
controller cards, or

- samba not being able to work with the network driver?

For now, I'm going to run with my current config until someone in the samba 
dev community would be kind enough to test out this config and come up with 
a fix.  It would be ideal to get the Realtek RTL8111/8168B controller 
working.


- Original Message - 
From: "Tom Van den Eynde" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

To: "'Salman Moghal'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, January 27, 2007 8:28 AM
Subject: [Bulk] RE: Samba running slow



Hello,

I just read your thread in the mailing-list and I do experience exactly 
the

same problem.
I have the exact same hardware (Asus P5B, Core 2 Duo) and the same version
of kernel and samba.
Unfortunately, I have not been able to solve it just yet and I too would
very much like to tackle this issue.

Now I am not a samba/kernel hacker but my gut feeling tells me that it is 
a
combination of the latest kernel 2.6.19-1 with samba. Thanks to the 
cutting

edge hardware, I cannot downgrade to an earlier kernel version to test as
these do not support all features of the mobo.

Today, I am planning on compiling the 2.6.19-2 kernel and see if that 
helps.

2.6.20 is also coming out soon but I don't see anything in the change log
what could lead to solving this issue.
Another approach might be to change the NIC to a standard PCI 100 Mbit 
card
which is well supported by the kernel for years, but I would very much 
like

to get it working in the current setup.

I will keep you posted if I find anything. I would really appreciate it if
you let me know when you are making progress too.

Kind regards,

Tom

PS: I will reply to the list as well, as every extra info might be useful
for the samba community.


-Original Message-
From: Salman Moghal [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: zaterdag 27 januari 2007 9:51
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Samba running slow
Importance: High

Hello:

I was browsing through samba archives and noticed that you also ran into 
the


exact same problem as I have recently encountered with samba shares and 
file


streaming.  Recently, I also upgraded to a new hardware (Asus p5b board 
with


on-board Realtek controller and dual-core processor) -- I use Fedora Core 
6

& samba version 3.0.23.  Since the upgrade, samba hasn't worked the same..
and it's painful since I have a lot of services that depend on samba 
shares.


I would really appreciate any input / feedback / tips / work-arounds on 
this


streaming issue..

Regards
Salman Moghal

- Original Message - 
From: "Salman Moghal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

To: 
Sent: Saturday, January 27, 2007 3:43 AM
Subject: Re: Samba running slow




I should have kept reading through the samba archive online.  There was a
similar, very recent, reported problem:



http://groups.google.com/group/linux.samba/browse_frm/thread/8bf6e9791ae9b3c
d/0a038c363be7ba2a#0a038c363be7ba2a


After adding these lines in smb.conf, copying a file over samba share was
lightening fast (just as fast as over FTP/HTTP connection):

socket options = TCP_NODELAY
oplocks = no
level2 oplocks = no

My eventual goal is to be able to play mp3 and movies over LAN.  And I've
run into the same problem with streaming a file across (as mentioned in
the thread) -- streaming a file is very choppy.

Any ideas?


- Original Message - 
From: "Salman Moghal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

To: 
Sent: Saturday, January 27, 2007 2:48 AM
Subject: Re: Samba running slow



Here's my samba version in FC6:

samba-common-3.0.23c-2
samba-3.0.23c-2
samba-client-3.0.23c-2


- Original Message - 
From: "Salman Moghal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

To: 
Sent: Saturday, January 27, 2007 2:45 AM
Subject: Samba running slow



Hello everyone:

Over the past few years I have been a happy samba user, running samba 
on



Redhat / FC platforms.  Recently I upgraded hardware, and Samba hasn't
been performing well at all.. which makes me sad :-(

The new hardware is Asus P5B board with a dual-core intel processor.
This board has an onboard  Realtek RTL8111/8168B gigabit ethernet
controller, which was a hassle to setup.  FC6 default kernel 2.6.18-x
doesn

RE: [Samba] Re: Samba running slow

2007-01-27 Thread Tom Van den Eynde
Just a quick update : 2.6.19.2 kernel gives the same issues

-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tom
Van den Eynde
Sent: zaterdag 27 januari 2007 14:32
To: samba@lists.samba.org
Subject: RE: [Samba] Re: Samba running slow

Hello,

I just read your thread in the mailing-list and I do experience exactly the
same problem. 
I have the exact same hardware (Asus P5B, Core 2 Duo) and the same version
of kernel and samba. Actually I have tried the 'd' revision of samba but
that doesn't work either.
Unfortunately, I have not been able to solve it just yet and I too would
very much like to tackle this issue.

Now I am not a samba/kernel hacker but my gut feeling tells me that it is a
combination of the latest kernel 2.6.19-1 with samba. Thanks to the cutting
edge hardware, I cannot downgrade to an earlier kernel version to test as
this do not support all features of the mobo.

Today, I am planning on compiling the 2.6.19-2 kernel and see if that helps.
2.6.20 is also coming out soon but I don't see anything in the change log
what could lead to solving this issue.
Another approach might be to change the NIC to a standard PCI 100 Mbit card
which is well supported by the kernel for years, but I would very much like
to get it working in the current setup.

I will keep you posted if I find anything. I would really appreciate it if
you let me know when you are making progress too.

If someone else has ideas, I am also open for suggestions.

Kind regards,

Tom

-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
Salman Moghal
Sent: zaterdag 27 januari 2007 9:44
To: samba@lists.samba.org
Subject: [Samba] Re: Samba running slow


I should have kept reading through the samba archive online.  There was a 
similar, very recent, reported problem:

http://groups.google.com/group/linux.samba/browse_frm/thread/8bf6e9791ae9b3c
d/0a038c363be7ba2a#0a038c363be7ba2a

After adding these lines in smb.conf, copying a file over samba share was 
lightening fast (just as fast as over FTP/HTTP connection):

socket options = TCP_NODELAY
oplocks = no
level2 oplocks = no

My eventual goal is to be able to play mp3 and movies over LAN.  And I've 
run into the same problem with streaming a file across (as mentioned in the 
thread) -- streaming a file is very choppy.

Any ideas?


- Original Message - 
From: "Salman Moghal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: 
Sent: Saturday, January 27, 2007 2:48 AM
Subject: Re: Samba running slow


> Here's my samba version in FC6:
>
> samba-common-3.0.23c-2
> samba-3.0.23c-2
> samba-client-3.0.23c-2
>
>
> - Original Message - 
> From: "Salman Moghal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: 
> Sent: Saturday, January 27, 2007 2:45 AM
> Subject: Samba running slow
>
>
>> Hello everyone:
>>
>> Over the past few years I have been a happy samba user, running samba on 
>> Redhat / FC platforms.  Recently I upgraded hardware, and Samba hasn't 
>> been performing well at all.. which makes me sad :-(
>>
>> The new hardware is Asus P5B board with a dual-core intel processor. 
>> This board has an onboard  Realtek RTL8111/8168B gigabit ethernet 
>> controller, which was a hassle to setup.  FC6 default kernel 2.6.18-x 
>> doesn't have drivers for it.  Upgrading to the latest kernel 2.6.19-1 
>> fixed that. Since then I have verified that both web and ftp servers are 
>> functioning normally. I use apache 2.2.3-5 and vsftpd 2.0.5-8. 
>> Downloading a 90MB file through apache and vsftp takes less than 1.5 
>> minutes on my local LAN (LinkSys WRTGL router).  However, if I mount a 
>> drive in XP and try to copy the same file over samba.. it takes over 
>> 20-25 minutes---weird!  I looked through several online archives and 
>> suggestions.. however none seemed to work.  So I decided to ask for help 
>> here.. Please help!
>>
>>
>> Here are some details:
>>
>> Samba Server:
>>Platform: Fedora Core 6 - kernel 2.6.19-1.2895.fc6
>>Hardware: Asus P5B motherboard with on-board Realtek RTL8111/8168B 
>> gigabit ethernet controller
>> Samba Client:
>>Windows XP Pro (SP2)
>> Router:
>>LinkSys WRTGL
>>
>> Note: FC6 kernel 2.6.19-x uses r8169 kernel modules for this realtek 
>> ethernet controller..
>>
>> Samba config:
>> [global]
>>   netbios name = JUPITER
>>   workgroup = HOME.NET
>>   server string = Linux Samba Server
>>   security = share
>>   encrypt passwords = yes
>>   smb passwd file = /etc/samba/smbpasswd
>>   hosts allow = 192.168.1. 127.
>>   guest account = samba
>>   log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log
>>   max log size = 50
>>   interfaces

RE: [Samba] Re: Samba running slow

2007-01-27 Thread Tom Van den Eynde
Hello,

I just read your thread in the mailing-list and I do experience exactly the
same problem. 
I have the exact same hardware (Asus P5B, Core 2 Duo) and the same version
of kernel and samba. Actually I have tried the 'd' revision of samba but
that doesn't work either.
Unfortunately, I have not been able to solve it just yet and I too would
very much like to tackle this issue.

Now I am not a samba/kernel hacker but my gut feeling tells me that it is a
combination of the latest kernel 2.6.19-1 with samba. Thanks to the cutting
edge hardware, I cannot downgrade to an earlier kernel version to test as
this do not support all features of the mobo.

Today, I am planning on compiling the 2.6.19-2 kernel and see if that helps.
2.6.20 is also coming out soon but I don't see anything in the change log
what could lead to solving this issue.
Another approach might be to change the NIC to a standard PCI 100 Mbit card
which is well supported by the kernel for years, but I would very much like
to get it working in the current setup.

I will keep you posted if I find anything. I would really appreciate it if
you let me know when you are making progress too.

If someone else has ideas, I am also open for suggestions.

Kind regards,

Tom

-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
Salman Moghal
Sent: zaterdag 27 januari 2007 9:44
To: samba@lists.samba.org
Subject: [Samba] Re: Samba running slow


I should have kept reading through the samba archive online.  There was a 
similar, very recent, reported problem:

http://groups.google.com/group/linux.samba/browse_frm/thread/8bf6e9791ae9b3c
d/0a038c363be7ba2a#0a038c363be7ba2a

After adding these lines in smb.conf, copying a file over samba share was 
lightening fast (just as fast as over FTP/HTTP connection):

socket options = TCP_NODELAY
oplocks = no
level2 oplocks = no

My eventual goal is to be able to play mp3 and movies over LAN.  And I've 
run into the same problem with streaming a file across (as mentioned in the 
thread) -- streaming a file is very choppy.

Any ideas?


- Original Message - 
From: "Salman Moghal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: 
Sent: Saturday, January 27, 2007 2:48 AM
Subject: Re: Samba running slow


> Here's my samba version in FC6:
>
> samba-common-3.0.23c-2
> samba-3.0.23c-2
> samba-client-3.0.23c-2
>
>
> - Original Message - 
> From: "Salman Moghal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: 
> Sent: Saturday, January 27, 2007 2:45 AM
> Subject: Samba running slow
>
>
>> Hello everyone:
>>
>> Over the past few years I have been a happy samba user, running samba on 
>> Redhat / FC platforms.  Recently I upgraded hardware, and Samba hasn't 
>> been performing well at all.. which makes me sad :-(
>>
>> The new hardware is Asus P5B board with a dual-core intel processor. 
>> This board has an onboard  Realtek RTL8111/8168B gigabit ethernet 
>> controller, which was a hassle to setup.  FC6 default kernel 2.6.18-x 
>> doesn't have drivers for it.  Upgrading to the latest kernel 2.6.19-1 
>> fixed that. Since then I have verified that both web and ftp servers are 
>> functioning normally. I use apache 2.2.3-5 and vsftpd 2.0.5-8. 
>> Downloading a 90MB file through apache and vsftp takes less than 1.5 
>> minutes on my local LAN (LinkSys WRTGL router).  However, if I mount a 
>> drive in XP and try to copy the same file over samba.. it takes over 
>> 20-25 minutes---weird!  I looked through several online archives and 
>> suggestions.. however none seemed to work.  So I decided to ask for help 
>> here.. Please help!
>>
>>
>> Here are some details:
>>
>> Samba Server:
>>Platform: Fedora Core 6 - kernel 2.6.19-1.2895.fc6
>>Hardware: Asus P5B motherboard with on-board Realtek RTL8111/8168B 
>> gigabit ethernet controller
>> Samba Client:
>>Windows XP Pro (SP2)
>> Router:
>>LinkSys WRTGL
>>
>> Note: FC6 kernel 2.6.19-x uses r8169 kernel modules for this realtek 
>> ethernet controller..
>>
>> Samba config:
>> [global]
>>   netbios name = JUPITER
>>   workgroup = HOME.NET
>>   server string = Linux Samba Server
>>   security = share
>>   encrypt passwords = yes
>>   smb passwd file = /etc/samba/smbpasswd
>>   hosts allow = 192.168.1. 127.
>>   guest account = samba
>>   log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log
>>   max log size = 50
>>   interfaces = 192.168.1.1/255.255.255.0
>>   local master = yes
>>   dns proxy = no
>>
>>   # disable printing
>>   load printers = no
>>   printing = bsd
>>   printcap name = /dev/null
>>   disable spoolss = yes
>>
>>

[Samba] Re: Samba running slow

2007-01-27 Thread Salman Moghal


I should have kept reading through the samba archive online.  There was a 
similar, very recent, reported problem:


http://groups.google.com/group/linux.samba/browse_frm/thread/8bf6e9791ae9b3cd/0a038c363be7ba2a#0a038c363be7ba2a

After adding these lines in smb.conf, copying a file over samba share was 
lightening fast (just as fast as over FTP/HTTP connection):


socket options = TCP_NODELAY
oplocks = no
level2 oplocks = no

My eventual goal is to be able to play mp3 and movies over LAN.  And I've 
run into the same problem with streaming a file across (as mentioned in the 
thread) -- streaming a file is very choppy.


Any ideas?


- Original Message - 
From: "Salman Moghal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

To: 
Sent: Saturday, January 27, 2007 2:48 AM
Subject: Re: Samba running slow



Here's my samba version in FC6:

samba-common-3.0.23c-2
samba-3.0.23c-2
samba-client-3.0.23c-2


- Original Message - 
From: "Salman Moghal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

To: 
Sent: Saturday, January 27, 2007 2:45 AM
Subject: Samba running slow



Hello everyone:

Over the past few years I have been a happy samba user, running samba on 
Redhat / FC platforms.  Recently I upgraded hardware, and Samba hasn't 
been performing well at all.. which makes me sad :-(


The new hardware is Asus P5B board with a dual-core intel processor. 
This board has an onboard  Realtek RTL8111/8168B gigabit ethernet 
controller, which was a hassle to setup.  FC6 default kernel 2.6.18-x 
doesn't have drivers for it.  Upgrading to the latest kernel 2.6.19-1 
fixed that. Since then I have verified that both web and ftp servers are 
functioning normally. I use apache 2.2.3-5 and vsftpd 2.0.5-8. 
Downloading a 90MB file through apache and vsftp takes less than 1.5 
minutes on my local LAN (LinkSys WRTGL router).  However, if I mount a 
drive in XP and try to copy the same file over samba.. it takes over 
20-25 minutes---weird!  I looked through several online archives and 
suggestions.. however none seemed to work.  So I decided to ask for help 
here.. Please help!



Here are some details:

Samba Server:
   Platform: Fedora Core 6 - kernel 2.6.19-1.2895.fc6
   Hardware: Asus P5B motherboard with on-board Realtek RTL8111/8168B 
gigabit ethernet controller

Samba Client:
   Windows XP Pro (SP2)
Router:
   LinkSys WRTGL

Note: FC6 kernel 2.6.19-x uses r8169 kernel modules for this realtek 
ethernet controller..


Samba config:
[global]
  netbios name = JUPITER
  workgroup = HOME.NET
  server string = Linux Samba Server
  security = share
  encrypt passwords = yes
  smb passwd file = /etc/samba/smbpasswd
  hosts allow = 192.168.1. 127.
  guest account = samba
  log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log
  max log size = 50
  interfaces = 192.168.1.1/255.255.255.0
  local master = yes
  dns proxy = no

  # disable printing
  load printers = no
  printing = bsd
  printcap name = /dev/null
  disable spoolss = yes

[scratch]
  comment = Scratch Directory
  path = /opt/scratch
  read only = no
  public = yes
  writable = yes
  guest ok = yes
  group = samba
  create mask = 0664
  directory mask = 0775
  ##write list = @root

[web]
  comment = Web Root
  path = /var/www/html
  read only = no
  ##public = yes
  writable = yes
  group = samba
  create mask = 0664
  directory mask = 0775
  ##guest ok = yes


ethtool info:
Settings for eth0:
   Supported ports: [ TP ]
   Supported link modes:   10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full
   100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full
   1000baseT/Full
   Supports auto-negotiation: Yes
   Advertised link modes:  10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full
   100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full
   1000baseT/Full
   Advertised auto-negotiation: Yes
   Speed: 100Mb/s
   Duplex: Full
   Port: Twisted Pair
   PHYAD: 0
   Transceiver: internal
   Auto-negotiation: on
   Supports Wake-on: pumbg
   Wake-on: g
   Current message level: 0x0033 (51)
   Link detected: yes









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[Samba] Re: Samba running slow

2007-01-26 Thread Salman Moghal

Here's my samba version in FC6:

samba-common-3.0.23c-2
samba-3.0.23c-2
samba-client-3.0.23c-2


- Original Message - 
From: "Salman Moghal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

To: 
Sent: Saturday, January 27, 2007 2:45 AM
Subject: Samba running slow



Hello everyone:

Over the past few years I have been a happy samba user, running samba on 
Redhat / FC platforms.  Recently I upgraded hardware, and Samba hasn't 
been performing well at all.. which makes me sad :-(


The new hardware is Asus P5B board with a dual-core intel processor.  This 
board has an onboard  Realtek RTL8111/8168B gigabit ethernet controller, 
which was a hassle to setup.  FC6 default kernel 2.6.18-x doesn't have 
drivers for it.  Upgrading to the latest kernel 2.6.19-1 fixed that. 
Since then I have verified that both web and ftp servers are functioning 
normally. I use apache 2.2.3-5 and vsftpd 2.0.5-8.  Downloading a 90MB 
file through apache and vsftp takes less than 1.5 minutes on my local LAN 
(LinkSys WRTGL router).  However, if I mount a drive in XP and try to copy 
the same file over samba.. it takes over 20-25 minutes---weird!  I looked 
through several online archives and suggestions.. however none seemed to 
work.  So I decided to ask for help here.. Please help!



Here are some details:

Samba Server:
   Platform: Fedora Core 6 - kernel 2.6.19-1.2895.fc6
   Hardware: Asus P5B motherboard with on-board Realtek RTL8111/8168B 
gigabit ethernet controller

Samba Client:
   Windows XP Pro (SP2)
Router:
   LinkSys WRTGL

Note: FC6 kernel 2.6.19-x uses r8169 kernel modules for this realtek 
ethernet controller..


Samba config:
[global]
  netbios name = JUPITER
  workgroup = HOME.NET
  server string = Linux Samba Server
  security = share
  encrypt passwords = yes
  smb passwd file = /etc/samba/smbpasswd
  hosts allow = 192.168.1. 127.
  guest account = samba
  log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log
  max log size = 50
  interfaces = 192.168.1.1/255.255.255.0
  local master = yes
  dns proxy = no

  # disable printing
  load printers = no
  printing = bsd
  printcap name = /dev/null
  disable spoolss = yes

[scratch]
  comment = Scratch Directory
  path = /opt/scratch
  read only = no
  public = yes
  writable = yes
  guest ok = yes
  group = samba
  create mask = 0664
  directory mask = 0775
  ##write list = @root

[web]
  comment = Web Root
  path = /var/www/html
  read only = no
  ##public = yes
  writable = yes
  group = samba
  create mask = 0664
  directory mask = 0775
  ##guest ok = yes


ethtool info:
Settings for eth0:
   Supported ports: [ TP ]
   Supported link modes:   10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full
   100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full
   1000baseT/Full
   Supports auto-negotiation: Yes
   Advertised link modes:  10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full
   100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full
   1000baseT/Full
   Advertised auto-negotiation: Yes
   Speed: 100Mb/s
   Duplex: Full
   Port: Twisted Pair
   PHYAD: 0
   Transceiver: internal
   Auto-negotiation: on
   Supports Wake-on: pumbg
   Wake-on: g
   Current message level: 0x0033 (51)
   Link detected: yes







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