[Samba] Tunning samba for better read performance

[Jagan Teki]

On 20 November 2014 16:50, L.P.H. van Belle <belle at bazuin.nl> wrote:
> Hai,
>
> I just read this :
> http://linuxengineering.wordpress.com/2014/08/03/performance-tuning-with-pogoplug-v4/
> which says, ..  By default, Arch Linux ARM had an incorrectly tuned network stack.
> We will correct this and optimize it for Gigabit Ethernet on a local area network.
>
> Looks like your problem.
>
> There are good tips in there, linux tuning, disk tuning and... samba tuning.
> Go read it and try it and... be nice report your experiance back.

Yes - Indeed link has good info, with samba conf items check for
better performance,
but this couldn't help me, I tried to connect the eth interface
back-to-back as well.

>
> Greetz,
>
> Louis
>
>
>>-----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
>>Van: jagannadh.teki at gmail.com
>>[mailto:samba-bounces at lists.samba.org] Namens Jagan Teki
>>Verzonden: donderdag 20 november 2014 12:03
>>Aan: Jones
>>CC: samba-technical at lists.samba.org
>>Onderwerp: Re: [Samba] Tunning samba for better read performance
>>
>>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!
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>>Jagan.
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>



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Jagan.