[Samba] Samba very, VERY slow ...

[John H Terpstra]

On Mon, 20 Oct 2003, Eric Maisonobe wrote:

> > > Eric,
> > >
> > > Suggest you replace the ethernet card and/or the network cable.
> > > Sounds like a hardware issue.
> >
> > Mismatched duplex settings (full vs. half) can also do this.  Not all
> > hubs/switches auto-detect the ethernet card's setting properly.
> [...]
>
> Thanks for your help !
> I've found a solution to my problem :
> I've added the option :
>
> socket options = TCP_NODELAY IPTOS_LOWDELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192

What is your platform and kernel version? It will help to know that so I
can document this.

- John T.

>
> instead of only :
>
> socket options = TCP_NODELAY
>
> Now, the clients open the appli under 4 seconds !!! (instead of 40 before!).
> And moreover : i think they open under 4 seconds because they are slow and
> they have to analyse the data sended by samba. Samba should bring them the
> data under a much more short delay !!!
>
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>   Eric MAISONOBE
>   eric at maiso.net
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John H Terpstra
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