It is widely known that Quickbooks has a horrible storage engine, "requires" Windows to host multiuser access, etc. However, I've successfully been storing QuickBooks files on Samba shares at a handful of locations with no real issues other than slight performance degradation. However, a somewhat recent thread here mentioned the proper use of oplock'ing in the Samba configuration to considerably increase performance/reliability. Could someone please share any hints/tips on configuring Samba for optimum use with QuickBooks? I have one server in particular that appears to be suffering performance problems with QuickBooks but runs lightning fast with all other applications. If I recall, and as the subject mentions, I believe the key lies with the oplock settings. Thanks! Tim Nelson Systems/Network Support Rockbochs Inc. (218)727-4332 x105
On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 11:36 AM, Tim Nelson <tnelson at rockbochs.com> wrote:> It is widely known that Quickbooks has a horrible storage engine, "requires" Windows to host multiuser access, etc. However, I've successfully been storing QuickBooks files on Samba shares at a handful of locations with no real issues other than slight performance degradation. However, a somewhat recent thread here mentioned the proper use of oplock'ing in the Samba configuration to considerably increase performance/reliability.I am able to host all files other than Quickbooks on Samba shares. The issue with QuickBooks is they run their own WIndows service on port 10172 in addition to Windows file sharing. If someone has figured out a way around this, I would prefer to host multiple user QuickBooks access on Samba. Brett
> -----Original Message----- > From: centos-bounces at centos.org > [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On Behalf Of Tim Nelson > Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2009 11:37 AM > To: centos at centos.org > Subject: [CentOS] Quickbooks and Samba and Oplocks... OH MY > > It is widely known that Quickbooks has a horrible storage > engine, "requires" Windows to host multiuser access, etc. > However, I've successfully been storing QuickBooks files on > Samba shares at a handful of locations with no real issues > other than slight performance degradation. However, a > somewhat recent thread here mentioned the proper use of > oplock'ing in the Samba configuration to considerably > increase performance/reliability. > > Could someone please share any hints/tips on configuring > Samba for optimum use with QuickBooks? I have one server in > particular that appears to be suffering performance problems > with QuickBooks but runs lightning fast with all other > applications. If I recall, and as the subject mentions, I > believe the key lies with the oplock settings.----- What do have for the current Samba configuration file? What version QB?