samba - Jan 1999 - Linux/Samba vs NT (PR#13195)

tomh@nibh.go.jp wrote:
> 
> I was having a discussion with a MS person about the performance of NT.
> I got this reply:
> 
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> 
> By the way, I looked into that claim that Linux could outperform NT server,
> and my source claimed that the test was done on different hardware (i.e. it
> was rigged) and that Linux still loses to NT on equivalent HW, although
"it
> has gotten closer."  Do you have a reference to a particular test that
> showed otherwise?
> 
> ---------------------------------------
> 
> The reference is the claim that Linux with Samba can serve files faster
> than an NT server.  Samba's web page says they are fast, but a) on high
> end hardware that NT doesn't run on and b) it wasn't Linux.
> 
> References that show Linux/Samba to be faster than NT on the same hardware
> would be appreciated.
You may be a very happy man soon :-).

Do you get the US trade press magazine PC Week ?

If so - look at a front page story to appear on Monday, Feb 1st
about Linux on Intel hardware + Samba and fileserving..

Regards,

	Jeremy Allison,
	Samba Team.

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Here it is is Sm@rtReseller:

http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/issue/0,4537,387506,00.html

My favorte quote:

"...we didn't tweak any settings (on the linux box).  (our guess is
that
results would have been more embarrassing if we had)."

Evidently, SAMBA and Linux smokes NT!  Good job guys.

--
William Stuart (william@hae.com)
"...and that's why I suggest putting your IP router in a suppository
configuration"  --Dilbert 1/8/1999
> -----Original Message-----
> From: samba@samba.org [mailto:samba@samba.org]On Behalf Of Jeremy
> Allison
> Sent: Friday, January 29, 1999 9:56 AM
> To: Multiple recipients of list
> Subject: Re: Linux/Samba vs NT (PR#13195)
>
>
> tomh@nibh.go.jp wrote:
[...SNIP...]
> > The reference is the claim that Linux with Samba can serve files
faster
> > than an NT server.  Samba's web page says they are fast, but a) on
high
> > end hardware that NT doesn't run on and b) it wasn't Linux.
> >
> > References that show Linux/Samba to be faster than NT on the
> same hardware
> > would be appreciated.
>
> You may be a very happy man soon :-).
>
> Do you get the US trade press magazine PC Week ?
>
> If so - look at a front page story to appear on Monday, Feb 1st
> about Linux on Intel hardware + Samba and fileserving..
>
> Regards,
>
> 	Jeremy Allison,
> 	Samba Team.
>
> --
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> Buying an operating system without source is like buying
> a self-assembly Space Shuttle with no instructions.
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>