[Samba] Samba + Quantum StorNext FS (SNFS)

[Michael Gasch]

ok,

so i´ll try do this kind of art in the next couple of weeks... :)

thx again!
micha

Volker Lendecke wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 01, 2007 at 04:52:54PM +0100, Michael Gasch wrote:
>> to speed up performance do you think it´s a good idea to use jumbo
>> frames between the samba server and windows xp clients, which have a
>> dedicated network link (point-to-point, no switch, many NICs) to the
>> samba server each?
> 
> Not sure. I'd have to look at a trace. But it might indeed
> help.
> 
>> Shared Filesystem->Samba Server 1->Share 1
>> 				     |-> Client1 172.16.0.1/16
>> 				     |-> Client2 172.16.1.1/16
>>
>> if all machines are connected via 1GBE and we transport large files, i
>> would expect 80% saturation of the network link with jumbo frames even
>> when talking cifs?!?!
> 
> Should be possible. But everything needs to be very well
> tuned. And network tuning is more an art than a science :-)
> 
> Volker

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