[Samba] Performance issue on AIX when deleting files in a directory with a large number of files

Claus Lund clund at tax.state.vt.us
Thu May 11 16:55:04 GMT 2006


> Ok, so it isn't the change notify effect James suspected....
> 
> You are using the canonicalized case settings and "case sensitive"
> settings needed for large directories aren't you.... ?
> 

I tried changing the settings per this HOWTO:
http://mirrors.uol.com.br/pub/samba/HOWTO/Samba-LargeDirectory-HOWTO

Using:
        case sensitive = True
        default case = lower
        preserve case = no
        short preserve case = no

on my big share and it did not make any difference.

-Claus


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