[Samba] Windows 2K outperform Linux/Samba very much?

[fire-eyes]

Here, I have seen sub 700MHz P3 systems with IDE disks blow away a dual
900MHz 2K system with SCSI drives in every manner.

I would recommend trying reiserfs, it is superior at handling small
files. This is what we are using.

On Wed, 2004-07-07 at 04:31, Jacky Kim wrote:
> Hi, all:
> 
>    I want to check small files' property(such as date, path, and so on)
> frequently. The files are stored in netwrok driver and their sizes 
> vary from 2KB to 5KB.
>    
>    I found that Windows 2K outperform Linux/Samba very much after I 
> campared the bench results. I am very confused about it and who can 
> explain it?
> 
> The computers' configurations are as follows:
> 
> 1. PC Client 
> 	It runs the follow VB program to compute the time when check files' property
> 	Operation System:
> 	  Windows 2000 professional
> 
> 	// ...
> 	Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
> 	thistime = thisnow
> 	If objFSO.FileExists(fn) Then
> 		totle = totle & "Check file time " & CStr(thisnow - thistime) + " ms" + vbCrLf
> 		thistime = thisnow
> 		Set objFile = objFSO.GetFile(fn)
> 		totle = totle & "Get object time " & CStr(thisnow - thistime) + " ms" + vbCrLf
> 		thistime = thisnow
> 		temp = DateValue(CStr(objFile.DateLastModified))
> 		totle = totle & "Get date time " & CStr(thisnow - thistime) + " ms" + vbCrLf
> 	End If
> 
> 2. Linux PC Server:	
> 	It provide Linux/Samba shared directory for the client
> 	(1) Operation System 
> 	  kernel = 2.6.6
> 	  file system = xfs
> 	  nic = intel pro 100
> 	  Samba 2.2.8a (I have tried samba 3.0.4, and the result is likely)
> 	(2) smb.conf
> 	  [global]
>         encrypt passwords = yes
>         socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=4096 SO_SNDBUF=4096
>         max xmit = 4096
>         read raw = No
>         wide links = No
>       [pub]                          
>         path = /pub  
>         guest ok = no      
>         write list = test
>         create mode = 0664
>         directory mode = 0775
> 
> 3. Windows PC Server:	
> 	It provide Windows shared directory for the client
> 	Operation System:
> 	  Windows 2000 professional
> 
> 4. Bench results
> 
> 	Windows                 Linux/Samba  
> 	CHECK OBJECT DATE       CHECK OBJECT DATE
>     ----- ------ ----       ----- ------ ---- 
> 	760 10  120             10  0   203     
> 	750 10  80              20  0   363     
> 	780 10  50              20  761 632     
> 	750 10  50              10  0   173     
> 	800 0   10              40  0   711     
> 	                
> 	90  0   140             240 212 871     
> 	60  40  90              240 212 821     
> 	90  0   50              210 30  162     
> 	60  50  10              20  220 150     
> 	10  30  20              30  30  160     
> 	                
> 	0   50  80              741 50  412     
> 	10  40  110             781 10  412     
> 	20  0   70              20  781 381     
> 	10  0   70              10  791 81      
> 	20  20  0               50  21  691     
> 
>    NOTE: the unit is ms.
> 
> Best Regards!
> Jacky Kim
> .
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