Re: [Samba] Performance of samba in linux vs windows

2004-10-01 Thread eric roseme
Hi Tim, Just as a sanity check. I did some testing earlier this year to characterize performance differences btw 2.2.8a and 3.0.2a. I tested simple copies of one .5 GB file, and also a directory with 5000 files (with very long names including upper and lower case). As long as I was testing

RE: [Samba] Performance of samba in linux vs windows

2004-10-01 Thread Tim Harvey
> -Original Message- > From: Holger Krull [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, September 30, 2004 11:56 PM > To: Tim Harvey > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [Samba] Performance of samba in linux vs windows > > > > For windows I'm low-te

Re: [Samba] Performance of samba in linux vs windows

2004-09-30 Thread Holger Krull
For windows I'm low-tech: stopwatch plus drag-n-drop of a large file (any recommendations on a 'simple' windows program that will tell you how long it took to copy a file, or even calc the BW for you?) timethis from the windows resource kit - why would I be getting half the performance via nfs

[Samba] Performance of samba in linux vs windows

2004-09-30 Thread Tim Harvey
I'm doing some performance tests on a samba NAS server and I've found some interesting statistics: I'm doing my performance tests in linux using: # time dd if=somelargefileovershare of=/dev/null bs=1M count=100 Then calculating the bandwidth For windows I'm low-tech: stopwatch plus drag-n-drop