[Samba] Tunning samba for better read performance

[Jagan Teki]

Hi Jones,

On 20 November 2014 13:40, Jones <jones.kstw at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello Jagan,
>
> Perhaps change the NIC driver parameters on windows 7,
> Goto Control Panel -> Network and Share Center
> -> Ethernet (1Gb ethernet interface on board)
> -> Properties -> Configure -> Advanced,
> and try followings:
> 1. Flow control: Disabled
> 2. Interrupt moderation: Disabled. Or other options.

Still, I couldn't see the increasing read.
>
> BTW, could you post the on-board Ethernet information,
> for example Intel I217-LM or Realtek Family GbE, etc,

Win7 Intel 82579LM Gigabit network

>
> 2014-11-19 15:19 GMT+08:00 Jagan Teki <jagannadh.teki at gmail.com>:
>>
>> 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

thanks!
-- 
Jagan.