[Samba] Slow response from new Athlon 1.4Ghz machine?

Darryl Harvey darryl at harvey.net.au
Fri Jun 14 04:52:02 GMT 2002


HI, I am trying to find out why an old slower machineis faster than a new 
faster machine.


I have a RedHat 6.2 server installation, it runs samba and I have been very 
happy with it.

Filesystem is:-
[darryl at keg darryl]$ df -h
Filesystem            Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/hda6             1.2G  735M  387M  66% /
/dev/hda1              40M  3.0M   35M   8% /boot
/dev/hdc1             6.2G  351M  5.6G   6% /home
/dev/hdd1              12G  3.3G  8.0G  29% /opt
/dev/hdc5             5.7G  2.2G  3.2G  40% /usr/local/backup

CPU, Celeron 433Mhz, 1Gb RAM, RH 6.2
Samba Version 2.0.7
/usr/local/backup is shared as a samba share which I have mounted as V:...


I now have a second server, it is an Athlon 1.6Ghz CPU, 512Mb Ram with SCSI 
drive as main drive, IDE as aux and storage running RedHat 7.3 installation,

Filesystem is:-
[darryl at cascade darryl]$ df -h
Filesystem            Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda6             372M   91M  262M  26% /
/dev/sda1              45M  8.9M   34M  21% /boot
/dev/sda5             703M  222M  445M  34% /home
none                  251M     0  251M   0% /dev/shm
/dev/sda2             1.9G  1.7G  125M  94% /usr
/dev/sda7             251M  116M  122M  49% /var
/dev/hda1              19G  2.2G   16G  12% /usr/local/backup
/dev/hda2              17G  4.3G   12G  26% /opt/archive

CPU Athlon 1.4Ghz, 512Mb RAM, RH7.3
Samba V2.2.3a
/usr/local/backup is shared as a samba share which I have mounted as Z:...



Both machines run off a 100Mbps network and switch..  so I doubt the 
network is a problem. (infact if it is the network it is the network CARD 
as the network is only these three machines)

The 6.2 machine runs fine, quick response. the 7.3 machine is 
slow,  seconds delay when clicking on folders via Windows to open them.  My 
desktop is a Win2k machine.

Why would the newer machine be slower ??  I am at a loss.  I suspect the 
SCSI drive, but cannot explain why..   Anyone got any methods or ways I can 
find out what is slowing it down?

I wish to replace the Celeron machine, but as of now, i see no reason why 
as it is faster!?!?

Thanks
Darryl





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