[Samba] Re: Overloaded samba server. Is it a bug?

[Dragan Krnic]

>> 1TB with reiserfs in LVM
>
> We have a similar installation: Kernel 2.6.5-7.201-smp (the official
> kernel of SuSE 9.1 Professional) and we are using openldap and reiserfs
> too. Additonally we are using quota on the filesystem. Our server hangs
> often in this situation with a load of 350!!! The interesting part is
> that the cpu's are 92% idle. If we deactivate the quota subsystem the
> server will work for a longer time, but it could also happen that the
> load reaches 350... Only a reboot will solve this problem...
> 
> Martin: Which kernel are you using? Do you use quota on your filesystem?

My 2 Eurocents: With the same setup I've had a similar problem 
when there was a slight inconsistency in the spelling of a user 
name in the group. Can you exclude the possibility that a user
name is misspelled somewhere?