svn commit: samba r22142 - in branches/SAMBA_3_0_RELEASE: .

[jerry at samba.org]

Author: jerry
Date: 2007-04-09 17:37:20 +0000 (Mon, 09 Apr 2007)
New Revision: 22142

WebSVN: http://websvn.samba.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi?view=rev&root=samba&rev=22142

Log:
add mention of the Vista performance fixes
Modified:
   branches/SAMBA_3_0_RELEASE/WHATSNEW.txt


Changeset:
Modified: branches/SAMBA_3_0_RELEASE/WHATSNEW.txt
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--- branches/SAMBA_3_0_RELEASE/WHATSNEW.txt	2007-04-09 17:08:02 UTC (rev 22141)
+++ branches/SAMBA_3_0_RELEASE/WHATSNEW.txt	2007-04-09 17:37:20 UTC (rev 22142)
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@
   o Support for passing Windows security descriptors to a VFS 
     plug-in allowing for multiple Unix ACL implements to running side 
     by side on the Same server.
-  o Improved compatibility with Windows Vista clients.
+  o Improved compatibility with Windows Vista clients including 
+    improved read performance with Linux servers.
   o Man pages for VFS plug-ins.
 
 
@@ -70,6 +71,27 @@
 on the same server including NFSv4 and GPFS ACLs.
 
 
+VFS ReadAhead Plugin
+====================
+
+Windows Vista introduces pipe-lined read support for improved 
+performance when transferring files.  The new vfs_readahead plugin
+allows Linux file servers to utilize additional Kernel buffers
+for caching files in order to avoid Disk I/O wait time when serving
+Vista clients.  If you experience poor read performance between 
+Linux servers and Vista clients, please test the vfs_readahead
+module by adding the following lines to the share definition
+in smb.conf:
+
+[file_share]
+	vfs objects = readahead
+	readahead:length = 1M
+
+Note that this plugin will result in additional RAM requirements
+due to the increased amount of kernel buffer caches used by smbd.
+Please refer to vfs_readahead(8) for more information.
+
+
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