[Samba] samba 3.4 performance tuning

Eero Volotinen eero.volotinen at iki.fi
Thu Aug 20 14:06:00 MDT 2009


Any hints for samba performance tuning parameters in smb.conf?

current parameters:

	workgroup = XXXX
	server string = XXXXXX
	passdb backend = smbpasswd
	log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
	max log size = 50
	unix extensions = No
	load printers = No
	add user script = /usr/sbin/useradd %u
	delete user script = /usr/sbin/userdel %u
	add group script = /usr/sbin/groupadd %g
	delete group script = /usr/sbin/groupdel %g
	delete user from group script = /usr/sbin/deluser %u %g
	add machine script = /usr/sbin/adduser -n -g machines -c Machine -d 
/dev/null -s /bin/false %u
	logon script = logon.cmd
	logon drive = R:
	domain logons = Yes
	os level = 33
	preferred master = Auto
	domain master = Yes
	dns proxy = No
	wins support = Yes
	hide unreadable = Yes

First connection (drive map) from windows machines is a bit slow, maybe 
disabling ipv6 helps for that?


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Eero


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