Win2K and multiple Samba servers and Samba 2.07

[James Nord]

G+D Computing Pty Ltd wrote:

> Hello to all,
> 
> This is my first ever use of a mailing list so bear with my ramblings 
> and illiterate prose.
> 
> I have been using samba from 2.03 to 2.07 for over a year now. We run 
> DHCP, WINS on the samba (acting as domain) box running Mandrake 6.0. 
> Windows machines are running everything from Win95 up to Win2K. With 
> Win2K I have problems with slow read/write, particularly for one 
> application which reads byte by byte. 

I assume you have tried to see if the application has any updates?

> This program stores its data files on the server. Both ftp and Windows 
> explorer file speed is very similar, so I don't like to point the 
> finger at Samba. But this application reading byte by byte is 
> painfully slow. I note the 2nd read of the same file is much faster, 
> but I assume this is Win2K caching the file. If I turn off oplocks, 
> then always the same file read is slow.
> 
> It's got to the point where I have removed Win2K and gone back to 
> NT4.0 sp6. NT4.0 has no speed file read problems. Is there something 
> nasty in Win2K that you guys may know ?
> 
> It seems like there is an overhead for calling a byte read which is 
> inefficient, but surely the operating system (Win2K) can compensate 
> for this ?
> 
> I think the general network is okay, and since NT4.0 and other windows 
> boxes have no problem, what's Win2K doing special ?
> 
> SP1 is installed on win2k computers (well it was when I was running it)
> 
> I've found samba to be very reliable and stable. I've recently added a 
> 2nd Samba server running Redhat 6.2. I wanted the share authentication 
> to be done via the first samba's smb password list, 

look at
  security = server
  password server = <name-of-server>

/James

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