[Samba] Very Slow!

[Gregory Carter]

Oh, and BY THE WAY.

I do not want to be a total cynic, but you are expecting samba to 
replace a software product that the SuSE corporation directly receives 
MILLIONS in contributions from, said vendor of product it is replacing.  
(Microsoft.)

SuSe would be the absolute LAST linux distro I would use for any sort of 
samba integration.

If I did use it for that purpose, it would be compile from source or I 
would audit the samba source code first.

Who KNOWS what those millions have provided in those "special extra 
features" Microsoft would like to see in the SuSe customer distro that 
right now could be giving you a lot of headaches.

It is only a matter of time before Microsoft starts influencing the 
packaging decisions for SuSE.

-gc


Gregory Carter wrote:
> I am going to go with a bad samba build.
>
> Won't be the first time.
>
> Try different rpm versions from Red.
> Update or Backrev
>
> If that still doesn't work, try putting both the client and the server 
> on a unmanaged gigabit switch and try the test again.
>
> -gc
>
>
> Brian McGrew wrote:
>> System info:
>>     Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 5 (Tikanga)
>>     Kerlen 2.6.18-8.el5 SMP x86_64
>>     Samba version 3.0.23c-2
>>     Eth0 && Eht1 bonded to bond0, 2Gbps.
>>
>>     /etc/samba/smb.conf attached below...
>>
>> I¹m seeing very slow transfers from Samba....  I¹m not sure how else to
>> describe it.  If I try and copy a 4GB DVD image from the server to any
>> Windows box (XP, 2003, 2008, MacOS) it estimates more than 4 hours to 
>> copy.
>> However, if I FTP to the server from any given client I can move the 
>> whole
>> file in less than 2 minutes...
>>
>> I¹m not a Samba expert, so anything is helpful at this point!!!
>>
>> -brian
>>
>> [global]
>>     netbios name = mvppvt125
>>     realm = MACHINEVISIONPRODUCTS.COM
>>     security = ads
>>     preferred master = no
>>     encrypt passwords = yes
>>     wins server = 10.0.0.119
>>     workgroup = MVP
>>     password server = *
>>     server string = Dell PowerVault Server
>>     log level = 3
>>     log file = /var/log/samba/smbd.log
>>     max log size = 50
>>     winbind use default domain = yes
>>     winbind nested groups = yes
>>     winbind separator = +
>>     client ntlmv2 auth = yes
>>     socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192
>>     username map = /etc/samba/smbusers
>>     template shell = /bin/bash
>>
>> [filevault]
>>     comment = File Vault
>>     path = /filevault
>>     browseable = yes
>>     writable = yes
>>     create mode = 0777
>>     force create mode = 0777
>>     force directory mode = 0777
>>
>> [data]
>>     comment = MVP Data
>>     path = /data
>>     browseable = yes
>>     writable = yes
>>     create mode = 0777
>>     force create mode = 0777
>>     force directory mode = 0777
>>
>>   
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