[Samba] Very Slow!

[Brian D. McGrew]

So now after I've been playing around with the configuration and such, it seems that the SMB server has become less usable.  Now, all the shares are visible but as soon as I try to access anything or copy anything I get "The network path is not valid".  Again, trying from XP, 2003 and 2008.

I've put the original smb.conf and krb5.conf back in place and rebooted.  Still no difference!!!

Now, I really need help because it's unusable and there's about 4TB of data out there that people need!!!

Thanks,

-brian


> 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
>>
>>   
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