[Samba] Samba Share Access Delay !

[Supriya Kher]

>  Hello Samba Users,
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> I am using Samba for our project needs to share folders between a Windows
> Server 2003 machine and a
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> RedHat Linux machine. I am facing issues with Samba shares (Samba Version
> 3.5.5 for RHEL 4 x86_64).  The scenario is as below –
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> The windows machine has a couple of shared folders, one of them being * **
> C:\output* The windows shares are mounted onto corresponding mount points
> in linux
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and the same are exposed to the external world via samba running on the
> Linux machine.
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> Now, the Windows machine kicks off a few jobs and as a part of those jobs
> it writes to the *output *shared folder. This write request is directed
> via Samba as the
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    windows machine writes to \\<Linux IPAddress>\output.  It has been
observed consistently that accessing the shared folder from windows using
UNC as \\<LinuxIpAddress>\output
     takes a very long time. Each access takes around 45 to 50 seconds !
though there are no  network issues.

> Any directions on how to get around this problem ?  Can it controlled via
> specific share level/global settings in smb.conf ?
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> - Supriya
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