[Samba] Is Samba Slow?

[Brian Whitehead]

Yes you can use multiple nic's with Samba.  If I remember, by default it
will use all available cards, unless it bound to specific addresses in
smb.conf using 'bind interfaces only'.

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Brian

----- Original Message -----
From: "Pablo Alcaraz" <pabloa at mbasystems.com.ar>
To: "Wade Winright" <Wwinrigh at thecreek.com>
Cc: <samba at lists.samba.org>; "Pablo Alcaraz" <pabloa at laotraesquina.com.ar>
Sent: Friday, March 22, 2002 3:23 PM
Subject: Re: [Samba] Is Samba Slow?


> I ran it:
>
> #] mii-tool
> eth0: negotiated 100baseTX-FD, link ok
> eth1: no link
>
> eth1 is ok because I do not use it.
> By the way, a fool question: Could I use eth1 and eth0, with the *same*
> samba server?
>
>
> Wade Winright wrote:
>
> >RH 7.2 with certain 3com cards seem to have to be modified, or have the
> >correct driver installed and then hard coded to 100full. I would run a
> >"mii-tool" as root to see what your card is running at.
> >Just a suggestion...
> >Wade
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Pablo Alcaraz [mailto:pabloa at mbasystems.com.ar]
> >Sent: Friday, March 22, 2002 10:11 AM
> >To: samba at lists.samba.org; Pablo Alcaraz
> >Subject: [Samba] Is Samba Slow?
> >Importance: High
> >
> >I installed samba 2.2 cvs version in a file server. The configuration is:
> >- AMD k7 1.2Ghz
> >- Asus kt133
> >- 3 IBM 7200 IDE HD 80 gb with LVM and Ext2/3 volumenes
> >- 1gb RAM
> >- Redhat 7.2 + kernel 2.4.16 + acl patch
> >- 2 Ethernet Card 10/100 3com (but I only use one. Can I use the 2
> >cards? How?)
> >
> >
> >The problem is: Samba is slow (4,5mb/s) compared with Novell (6mb/s),
> >Windows (5.5mb/s) or ftp (8mb/s).
> >The network benchmark test (netio) that I ran gave me 11.4mb/s
> >The disk benchmark (hdbench 0.14.1) gave me 30mb/s read and 27mb/s write
> >
> >With the samba test I used smbclient and smbmount from another linux box
> >identical to the server. The volumen was and lvm/ext2 volumen.
> >
> >I know that samba always is compared with ftp transfers so Why do I get
> >only 4.5mb/s if ftp give me 8mb/s?
> >The current speed (4.5mb) is not acceptable for us because Novell gave
> >us better perfomance with less hardware (pentium II 266mhz).
> >
> >I have a lot of pressure to upgrade the novell server to the new
> >hardware (I wish to replace 2 W2k file servers and 1 Novell server with
> >this linux box :-)
> >
> >If I can not speed up samba at least to 6mb/s (Novell time) I'll have to
> >return to the novell server. And I don't want to do this :-((
> >
> >Please help!
> >
> >I send my smb.conf file.
> >If you need more information please tell me!
> >
> >Pablo
> >
> >
> >[global]
> >    workgroup = MBA
> >    netbios name = ASGARD
> >    server string = Samba Server
> >    security = DOMAIN
> >    encrypt passwords = Yes
> >    password server = ntmba
> >    log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
> >    log level = 0
> >    max log size = 2000
> >    # # socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192
> >    # socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=16384 SO_SNDBUF=16384
> >    socket options = TCP_NODELAY IPTOS_LOWDELAY SO_RCVBUF=16384
> >SO_SNDBUF=16384
> >    # socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=32768 SO_SNDBUF=32768
> >    dns proxy = No
> >    wins server = 192.168.1.70
> >    name resolve order = wins host bcast lmhosts
> >    invalid users = root bin daemon adm sync \
> >                    shutdown halt mail news uucp operator gopher
> >    printer admin = @mba_administradores
> >    show add printer wizard = No
> >    code page directory = /etc/codepages
> >    time server = Yes
> >    deadtime = 30
> >    read size = 32768
> >
> >[mail]
> >    available = No
> >
> >[homes]
> >    comment = Directorio Personal
> >    read only = No
> >    browseable = Yes
> >
> >[printers]
> >    comment = Todas las Impresoras
> >    path = /var/spool/samba
> >    printable = Yes
> >    printer admin = @mba_administradores
> >    browseable = No
> >    # available = No
> >
> >[print$]
> >    path = /usr/local/samba/printers/
> >    guest ok = No
> >    browseable = Yes
> >    read only = Yes
> >    admin users = @mba_administradores
> >    write list = @mba_administradores
> >
> >[pro_sfm]
> >    comment = \\odin\sfm
> >    path = /mnt/mba/produ/produ
> >    valid users = @mba_produ_sfm @mba_sana @mba_desa @mba_admi
> >@mba_administradores
> >    # oplocks = No
> >    veto oplock files = /*.nfo/*.NFO/*.dbf/*.DBF/*.cdx/*.CDX/*.fpt/*.FPT
> >    read only = No
> >    create mask = 0666
> >    directory mask = 0777
> >    force group = mba_public
> >    # write cache size = 1048576
> >
> >    # available = No
> >    # guest account = mba_produ_sfm
> >    # guest ok = Yes
> >    # guest only = Yes
> >
> >    posix locking = No
> >    wide links = No
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
>
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