[Samba] Lag on network using Samba

[Craig White]

On Fri, 2004-06-18 at 09:18, binc5 wrote:
> I am using Samba for a file server and get a lag when accessing files
> across the network, I assume it is due to inactivity, because the first
> file I access takes the longest to access, and then other files I access
> immediatly after are much faster.  If I do not access any files for a
> while I get the problem again. It all works well, but I would really
> like to get rid of this Lag when opening a file from the server.
> 
> Does anybody have any suggestions.  Please keep it simple, new to Linux
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apm?  hard drive spins down from inactivity?
hostname lookups? (defaults to yes)
name resolve order = ? (very likely a problem)

Craig