[Samba] Very Slow!

[Gregory Carter]

I am going to go with a bad samba build.

Won't be the first time.

Try different rpm versions from Red.
Update or Backrev

If that still doesn't work, try putting both the client and the server 
on a unmanaged gigabit switch and try the test again.

-gc


Brian McGrew wrote:
> 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...
>
> I¹m seeing very slow transfers from Samba....  I¹m 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...
>
> I¹m 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
>     socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192
>     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
>
>