CentOS - Nov 2014 - Slow access from Windows 7 to samba share on CentOS 6.6 after upgrade

Hi all,

Did anybody notice a really slow access from Windows 7 (especially from the MS
Office suite) when trying to open a Word-doc for example, that sits on a  samba
share on a computer recently upgraded to CentOS 6.6?
It can take up to two-three minutes to open a 20 kB Word-doc...

I tested with the latest available LibreOffice for Windows on the same
Word-docs, but this one doesn't show this sluggishness.

Also opening PDF-documents on the samba share with Adobe Reader from Win7 gives
this problem.

Opening e.g. jpegs and regular plain text files with Irfanview and Notepad++
respectively is just fine.

Pre-CentOS 6.6 opening any file on the samba share from Windows was
lightning-fast.

I'm not too sure where to start trouble-shooting. I've tried disabling
the TCP autotune on Windows for starters, which a small improvement, but what
next?

Hints would be appreciated. Thanks.

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On 11/13/2014 12:58 AM, Sorin Srbu wrote:
> Hi all,
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correct me if i am wrong on any of these 'note's.
> I tested with the latest available LibreOffice for Windows on the
> same Word-docs, but this one doesn't show this sluggishness.
note1: LibreOffice for oos comes from LibreOffice site, not from oos.
> Also opening PDF-documents on the samba share with Adobe Reader from
> Win7 gives this problem.
note2: "Adobe Reader from Win7" means updated from oos, not Adobe
site.
> Opening e.g. jpegs and regular plain text files with Irfanview and
> Notepad++ respectively is just fine.
note3: Irfanview and Notepad++ have not been updated lately.
> Pre-CentOS 6.6 opening any file on the samba share from Windows was
> lightning-fast.
note4: oos not updated prior to CentOS 6.6 update.
> I'm not too sure where to start trouble-shooting. I've tried
> disabling the TCP autotune on Windows for starters, which a small
> improvement, but what next?
interesting.
> Hints would be appreciated. Thanks.
in the past couple of months, i read an article at att.yahoo.com
that oos had started rewriting their software so that it would not
be compatible with gnu/linux servers.

so, if you have updated linux and oos systems within past few months,
i would give thought to relation of updates of both systems and when
you started noticing slowdown.

just 'swag', but may prove out.


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