Samba

Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk roy at karlsbakk.net
Tue Feb 9 10:56:24 GMT 1999


On Mon, 8 Feb 1999, Jim Suber wrote:

> I've been trying to use Samba to replace my Novell 3.2 server.
>  I'm using a Paradox Database. Everthing seems to work but alas
>  VERY SLOWLY. Any database operation (i.e. queries) takes forever and
>  is unusable. My users and my boss are accustomed to a certain level
>  of performance that I have been unable to achieve with Samba using
>  better/faster hardware.
> 
>  Can Samba be configured to operate as fast as
>  N3.2 for database operations?

I really don't think so.
I have tested netware 4.11 and samba 2.0 and netware beats the s..t out of
samba. 
 
> I amm using Linux 5.2 and I assume Samba 2.0

eh.. redhat 5.2?
Samba 2.0 is not preinstalled in any current distribution.

Roy



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