[Samba] Tunning samba for better read performance

[Jagan Teki]

On 19 November 2014 13:59, Volker Lendecke <Volker.Lendecke at sernet.de> wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 19, 2014 at 12:49:06PM +0530, Jagan Teki wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm running samba server on board and client is windows 7.
>>
>> I did below steps for performance tests.
>> + format /dev/sda1 with ext4
>> + mount the drive in server as mentioned in [media] path of /etc/samba/smb.conf
>> + created a root password
>>     $ smbpasswd -a root
>> + 1Gb ethernet interface from board.
>> + map the driver in windows
>> + did a 4gb robocopy
>> + read got 13MBps and write got 105MBps
>>
>> Could any one suggest me any inputs why read got too slow, do I need to look
>> at any config options in /etc/samba/smb.conf
>
> Can you post your smb.conf?

 [global]
        netbios name = %h
        server string = Samba %v on (%h)
        domain master = no
        local master = no
        preferred master = no
        host msdfs = no
        os level = 0
        passdb backend = smbpasswd
        load printers = no
        printcap name = /dev/null
        use sendfile = yes
        client signing = no
        server signing = no
        display charset = UTF8
        unix charset = UTF8
        min receivefile size = 128k
        max connections = 50
        max log size = 1000
        log file = /var/log/samba/log.smbd
# If using samba 3.6, uncomment below to enable SMB2
        max protocol = SMB2

[media]
        comment = Public share
        path = /media/mydisk
        readonly = no
        writeable = yes
        guest ok = yes

[homes]
        comment = User Home Directories
        browseable = no
        valid users = %S
        writable = yes
        readonly = no

thanks!
-- 
Jagan.