[Samba] Slow Samba writes over NFS

[Eric Roseme]

Helmut Hullen wrote:
> Hallo, ashis.v.purbhoo,
> 
> Du (ashis.v.purbhoo) meintest am 17.07.08:
> 
> 
>> Currently in the process of upgrading Samba v2.0.10 to Samba v3.0.x,
>> while conducting some minimal testing, it turns-out that Samba v3.0.x
>> is performing slower than Samba v2.0.10.
> 
>> Set-ups:
>> A. Samba v3.0.x -->
>> Same PC client is accessing the samba share running on Red Hat 4.5
>> (64bit, HP DL380) which in turn has an NFS mount coming from another
>> SAN attached Red Hat 4.5 (64bit, HP DL380).
> 
>> B. Samba v2.0.x -->
>> Same PC client is accessing the samba share running on Red Hat 4.5
>> (32bit, Dell T7400) which in turn has an NFS mount coming from
>> another SAN attached Red Hat 4.5 (64bit, HP DL380).
> 
> Maybe a change to cifs instead of nfs helps - I have seen that in a  
> school in the neighnourhood.
> 
> Viele Gruesse!
> Helmut
Samba 2.* default was "strict locking = no", and 3.* is "strict locking 
= yes".  If you have "strict locking" set over an NFS mount, it will be 
very slow.

Eric Roseme