R: [Samba] Very Slow!

[Brian McGrew]

Yes, they're both the same box.  FTP and NFS are blazing fast.  SMB/CIFS is
slow.

-brian


On 8/29/08 8:04 AM, "Gregory Carter" <gcarter at aesgi.com> wrote:

> No, that doesn't sound right.
> 
> Is this FTP operation to the same box you are connecting to as SAMBA,
> that only takes 2mins?
> (i.e. FTP and Samba running on the same box as a service.)
> 
> -gc
> 
> Deltasistemi DynDns wrote:
>> Try to disable oplocks?
>> 
>> Oplocks = no
>> Level 2 oplocks = no
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> -----Messaggio originale-----
>> Da: samba-bounces+deltasistemi=deltasistemi.com at lists.samba.org
>> [mailto:samba-bounces+deltasistemi=deltasistemi.com at lists.samba.org] Per
>> conto di Brian D. McGrew
>> Inviato: venerdì 29 agosto 2008 7.33
>> A: Volker.Lendecke at SerNet.DE
>> Cc: samba at lists.samba.org
>> Oggetto: RE: [Samba] Very Slow!
>> 
>> On Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 02:34:02PM -0700, Brian McGrew wrote:
>>   
>>>> On Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 02:20:09PM -0700, Brian McGrew wrote:
>>>>       
>>>>>     socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192
>>>>>         
>>>> Quick try: Remove that.
>>>> 
>>>> Curious question -- why did you set those options?
>>>>       
>>> -----
>>> It didn't change, still says 4 hours and is taking 3 to 4 seconds to
>>>     
>> copy
>>   
>>> 1k.
>>>     
>> 
>> You re-started smbd?
>> -----
>> 
>> Yeah, I did a 'service smb restart' and everything came back OK.  Just for
>> grins I rebooted the server about an hour ago, just in case I missed
>> something.  No dice, same thing.
>> 
>> Still, very slow.  ++4hour estimate to copy a 4GB file.  <2mins via FTP.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> System info:
>>     Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 5 (Tikanga)
>>     Kerlen 2.6.18-8.el5 SMP x86_64
>>     Samba version 3.0.23c-2
>>     Eth0 && Eht1 bonded to bond0, 2Gbps.
>> 
>>     /etc/samba/smb.conf attached below...
>> 
>> I'm seeing very slow transfers from Samba....  I'm not sure how else to
>> describe it.  If I try and copy a 4GB DVD image from the server to any
>> Windows box (XP, 2003, 2008, MacOS) it estimates more than 4 hours to copy.
>> However, if I FTP to the server from any given client I can move the whole
>> file in less than 2 minutes...
>> 
>> I'm not a Samba expert, so anything is helpful at this point!!!
>> 
>> -brian
>> 
>> [global]
>>     netbios name = mvppvt125
>>     realm = MACHINEVISIONPRODUCTS.COM
>>     security = ads
>>     preferred master = no
>>     encrypt passwords = yes
>>     wins server = 10.0.0.119
>>     workgroup = MVP
>>     password server = *
>>     server string = Dell PowerVault Server
>>     log level = 3
>>     log file = /var/log/samba/smbd.log
>>     max log size = 50
>>     winbind use default domain = yes
>>     winbind nested groups = yes
>>     winbind separator = +
>>     client ntlmv2 auth = yes
>>     username map = /etc/samba/smbusers
>>     template shell = /bin/bash
>> 
>> [filevault]
>>     comment = File Vault
>>     path = /filevault
>>     browseable = yes
>>     writable = yes
>>     create mode = 0777
>>     force create mode = 0777
>>     force directory mode = 0777
>> 
>> [data]
>>     comment = MVP Data
>>     path = /data
>>     browseable = yes
>>     writable = yes
>>     create mode = 0777
>>     force create mode = 0777
>>     force directory mode = 0777
>> 
>>   
> 

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