Samba consumes a lot of resources
Claude Marinier
claude.marinier at drdc-rddc.gc.ca
Fri Jan 17 16:21:58 GMT 2003
Hi,
I am testing on loriot: VMS 7.3, Samba 2.2.7a, and MultiNet V4.4 Rev A
on DEC 3000 Model 600 with 384 MB memory. After solving the "Flags =
UCX_SERVER" problem and the authentication problem, I am now actively
testing.
I am testing from MS Windows 2000 Pro with SP3. From Windows Explorer
through My Network Places / Entire Network / Microsoft Windows Network /
DREO / loriot, I went into the marinier share (from homes) and tried to
edit a file with GVIM (right click ans Send To). The system is sluggish
(slow to respond). Doing MONITOR SYSTEM produces.
Node: LORIOT 17-JAN-2003 10:54:21
Statistic: CURRENT SYSTEM STATISTICS
CPU Busy (79)
Cur Top: SMBD_ANTIOCH-SP (11)
Page Fault Rate (972)
Cur Top: SMBD_ANTIOCH-SP (1)
Free List Size (25497)
Mod List Size (1587)
Direct I/O Rate (247)
Cur Top: SMBD_ANTIOCH-SP (23)
Buffered I/O Rate (1856)
Cur Top: SMBD_ANTIOCH-SP (859)
When I logged out from the PC and stopped the SMBD_ANTIOCH-SP process,
things settled down to a normal state (it took several seconds).
Generally, things are a bit slow, opening a directory (clicking the plus
sign) in particular; there is a noticeable delay when opening a file but
it is only a few seconds (3 or 4).
Notepad seems OK.
>From previous messages, it may be that we must be careful which Windows
applications we use to access files on the VMS system. It this true? Is
there a list of recommended applications?
Thanks.
--
Claude Marinier, Information Technology
Defence Research & Development Canada (Ottawa)
claude.marinier at drdc-rddc.gc.ca
http://www.ottawa.drdc-rddc.gc.ca
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; Configuration file for smbd.
; Template for VMS
; ============================================================================
;
; Things you need to check:
; --------------------------
;
; 1: Make sure that the user specified in "guest account" exists. Typically
; this will be a user that cannot log in and has minimal privileges.
; Often the "nobody" account doesn't work (very system dependant).
;
; 2: You should consider the "security =" option. See a full description
; in the main documentation and the smb.conf(5) manual page
;
; 3: Look at the "hosts allow" option, unless you want everyone on the internet
; to be able to access your files.
;
[global]
workgroup = DREO
netbios name = LORIOT
server string = Samba Server on loriot
interfaces = 131.136.32.171/24
; make sure this server is unobtrusive
local master = no
domain master = no
preferred master = no
os level = 0
debug level = 2
dead time = 10
map archive = no
default service = default
create mode = 0777
guest account = PCFS$ACCOUNT
max connections = 15
hosts allow = 131.136.32. 131.136.35.2 131.136.35.4
security = server
password server = ewsrv-ew vimy-dreo walcheren-dreo
wins server = 131.136.32.6 131.136.35.249 131.136.35.248
; This next option sets a separate log file for each client. Remove
; it if you want a combined log file.
log file = /samba_root/var/log.%m
max log size = 50
; read raw = no
socket options = TCP_NODELAY
; socket options = SO_REUSEADDR
; You will need a world readable lock directory and "share modes=yes"
; if you want to support the file sharing modes for multiple users
; of the same files
; lock directory = /samba_root/var/locks
share modes = no
[homes]
comment = Home Directories
browseable = no
read only = no
create mode = 0750
[all]
comment = SYS$USERS
path = /sys$users/000000
browseable = yes
read only = no
create mode = 0750
[emp]
comment = SYS$EMP_USERS
path = /sys$emp_users/000000
browseable = yes
read only = no
create mode = 0750
[mac]
comment = SYS$MAC_USERS
path = /sys$mac_users/000000
browseable = yes
read only = no
create mode = 0750
; you might also want this one
;[tmp]
; comment = Temporary file space
; path = /tmp
; read only = no
; public = yes
;
; Other examples.
;
; A publicly accessible directory, but read only, except for people in
; the staff group
;[public]
; comment = Public Stuff
; path = /usr/somewhere/public
; public = yes
; writable = no
; printable = no
; write list = @staff
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