Benchmark results

[Jeremy Allison]

David Collier-Brown wrote:
> 
> 
>   Methinks this benchmark allows lots of server-side caching (;-))
> Anyone care to comment on the method(ology)?
> 

No - it's actually client side caching (the oplocks, see).

What NetBench actually measures in a large part is the
speed of the client memory cache :-) :-) :-).

This is why we beat up ZDNet at the last CIFS conference.

NetApp's proposed CIFSbench isn't any better as it's a
proprietary Win32 based app.

The only reasonable benchmark would be one based on
open code that generated the CIFS calls via direct
socket calls - not going through a Windows redirector
(which is broken in *so many* subtle and not-so-subtle
ways :-). The smbtorture code would be a good start
here.

It still doesn't stop me trumpeting the Samba Netbench
figures when I get good ones though - that's called
"marketing" :-) :-) :-).

Cheers,

	Jeremy.

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