[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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