[Samba] Is it possible to use Samba as a proxy and cache for a slow CIFS drive ?

[Martin Gilly]

Hi guys,

what will the proxy be able to do without a caching function ? Can I 
mitigate the slow performance of the share with Samba as a proxy or is 
there a way to "attach" a cache to it ?

How could a custom VFS module be setup ? Do you know someone who could 
do this for me ?

thx & kind regards,

martin.


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Betreff: Re: [Samba] Is it possible to use Samba as a proxy and cache 
for a slow CIFS drive ?
Datum: Sat, 26 Mar 2011 13:19:51 +0900 (JST)
Von: TAKAHASHI Motonobu <monyo at monyo.com>
An: esiotrot at gmail.com, mg at metamagix.net
CC: samba at lists.samba.org, monyo at monyo.com

From: Michael Wood <esiotrot at gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2011 01:20:06 +0200

> On 25 March 2011 15:11, Martin Gilly <mg at metamagix.net> wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > we have special scenario with a slow file share where Samba (maybe combined with other tools) could help by acting like as a CIFS proxy and caching system:
(snip)

> > Maybe anybody can think of a way that Samba - maybe in combination with some other tools - can create a solution for this problem ?

> Maybe you could do this with a custom VFS module.

To set "msdfs proxy" parameter, Samba can act as a simple CIFS proxy
(with no cache function).

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TAKAHASHI Motonobu <monyo at samba.gr.jp>