[Samba] Foxpro Test

[lrnobs]

I have one final data intensive test to run but I think I have it stable.

See
http://www.drouillard.ca/Tips&Tricks/Samba/Oplocks.htm for some tips.

Also, turn off opportunistic locking on all windows workstations.

Larry Nobs

----- Original Message -----
From: "Richmond Dyes" <rdyes at monroehosp.org>
To: "lrnobs" <lrnobs at firstclasssolutions.net>
Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2003 10:19 AM
Subject: Re: [Samba] Foxpro Test


> Have you solved this problem?
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> lrnobs wrote:
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> >I want to put a Samba server online under RedHat 7.3 to replace an old
Novell server.
> >
> >Oplocks is turned off.
> >
> >I ran a test last night with Visual FoxPro code like this:
> >
> >**************************************************
> >do while not flock()   && request a file lock
> >&& try again
> >endo
> >
> >get the date and time
> >insert a record into a shared table
> >unlock
> >
> >start over again
> >***************************************************
> >
> >I ran this on seven windows pcs simultaneously.
> >
> >1. The record insertions would allow one pc to insert multiple records,
for example 10 in a row before another computer had a chance to do an
insertion.  The same test on the Novell server would allow one or two
records before it gave another computer a chance for an insertion.
> >
> >2. After several thousand insertions I had only one pc consuming the time
viewable with the top command.  I killed that process but the other pcs
still were not doing insertions.  I killed the process on a second pc and
then the rest were free to insert records.
> >
> >How can I make the Samba server distribute time more evenly.  I suspect
that allowing one pc so much record insertion time to the exclusion of
others created my lock up.
> >
> >Thanks,
> >
> >Larry Nobs
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