[Samba] Laggy and faulty Samba server

[Gerald (Jerry) Carter]

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On Sat, 14 Dec 2002, Håkon Nilsen wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I've installed Samba a few times, and I always have the same problem -
> except now I really want to get rid of it.
> 
> My Samba server is very, very, very slow on occations (not always), and
> some times it's really annoying.
> 
> What happens is that it doesn't seem to be online for a period of 5-10
> seconds once every minute! If I'm copying huge files, it's working
> great, but when copying smaller files or doing directory listings, it
> screws up by being slow and very laggy.

Check for DNS timeouts or for mimatched duplex settings on your NIC, 
etc...




cheers, jerry
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