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

[Claus Lund]

> > > 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.
> 
> Did you canonicalize all the filenames in there to lower case 
> after making these changes ?
> 

Yes, all the filenames are lower case.

-Claus