Questions on "level2 oplocks"

[William Jojo]

We are successfully using Level 2 oplocks. We've seen an average increase in
performance of about 20-30% depending on the application being served from the
read only share.


Bill

Jeremy Allison wrote:
> 
> Steve Snyder wrote:
> >
> > Mind if I ask a few questions about the Samba (v2.0.6) "level2
> > oplocks" parameter?  I am running Samba on a Linux (v2.2.14) box.
> >
> > 1. The online doc suggests that this feature, new in v2.0.5 and
> > disabled by default, could use some testing.  Any opinions on the
> > stability of "level2 oplocks" in v2.0.6?
> 
> We fixed a logic bug in this for 2.0.6. I know of at least
> one site using this successfully with 2.0.6
> 
> Regards,
> 
>         Jeremy Allison,
>         Samba Team.
> 
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