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Colin Haffenden

2001-Nov-29 07:46 UTC

File transfer speed issue

Hi all,

I have aproblem with Samba copying (unfortunatly I'm new to samba so my
skills are fairly limited).

I have a sun box (solaris 8) with samba 2.2.2.

Copying from sun to a nt server is fast (as good as you would expect)
however, copying from the nt server to the sun box is slow (files copy
normally, then slow to a complete halt then copy very slowly).

We cannot see anything on a network sniff nor a snoop (packets seem to
just stop transferring).

Has anybody else had this problem or am I the only one?

Any help would be greatly appreciated as I am completly stuck on this
one.

I've attached my smb.conf as I hope this will help.

Thanks in advance,

Colin.

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[global]
        guest account = hrconect
        lock directory = /usr/local/samba/var/locks
        share modes = yes
        browseable = yes
        preserve case = yes
        short preserve case = yes
        wins server = (ip address)
        workgroup = (domain)
        netbios name = (sun server)
        security = SERVER
        password server = (nt server)
        log file = /usr/local/samba/var/log.%m
        max log size = 50
        local master = No
        dns proxy = No
        socket options = TCP_NODELAY

[hr_data]
   comment = HR DATA DIRECTORY ACCESS
   path = /opt/archive/vg01
   valid users = (user names)
   public = no
   writable = yes
   printable = no          
   directory mask = 0775
   create mask = 0444
   browseable = yes
   guest ok = no 

[hr_web]
   comment = HR DATA WEB ACCESS ONLY
   path = /opt/archive/vg01
   valid users = (user names)
   share modes = yes
   public = no
   read only = no
   writable = yes
   printable = no          
   guest ok = yes
   browseable = no

[arch_dat]
   comment = ARCHIVE DATA DIRECTORY ACCESS
   path = /image_arch
   valid users = (user names)
   public = no
   writable = yes
   printable = no          
   directory mask = 0775
   create mask = 0444
   browseable = yes
   guest ok = no

[arch_web]
   comment = ARCHIVE DATA WEB ACCESS ONLY
   path = /image_arch
   valid users = (user names)
   share modes = yes
   public = no
   read only = yes
   writable = no
   printable = no          
   guest ok = yes
   browsable = no

[fet_data]
   comment = ARCHIVE DATA WEB ACCESS ONLY
   path = /opt/archive/vg01
   valid users = (user names)
   public = no
   writable = yes
   printable = no
   directory mask = 0775
   create mask = 0444
   browsable = yes
   guest ok = yes

David Rankin

2001-Nov-29 13:49 UTC

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File transfer speed issue

Colin:

    Search the list archives on this issue. I remember this issue being
tracked down to what was called a "rabbit pellet fragmentation"
problem, but I
don't recall the fix. I think there was a M$ patch for win95, etc. that
helped. I have seen this problem as well and posted it a number of times. It
only happens to me intermittently and right now on 2.09 everything is fine.

Colin Haffenden wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I have aproblem with Samba copying (unfortunatly I'm new to samba so my
> skills are fairly limited).
>
> I have a sun box (solaris 8) with samba 2.2.2.
>
> Copying from sun to a nt server is fast (as good as you would expect)
> however, copying from the nt server to the sun box is slow (files copy
> normally, then slow to a complete halt then copy very slowly).
>
> We cannot see anything on a network sniff nor a snoop (packets seem to
> just stop transferring).
>
> Has anybody else had this problem or am I the only one?
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated as I am completly stuck on this
> one.
>
> I've attached my smb.conf as I hope this will help.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Colin.
>
> This Message has been Checked at MSXI for all known Viruses.
> You open this at your own risk. Please make sure all replies are
> also virus free.
> MSXI
>
>   ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>                    Name: smb.conf.txt
>    smb.conf.txt    Type: Plain Text (text/plain)
>                Encoding: 7bit
--
David C. Rankin, J.D., P.E.
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Nacogdoches, Texas
N31 34.7 W094 42.6
355 MSL

Colin Haffenden

2001-Nov-30 01:59 UTC

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David,

Thanks for the info but I cannot find anything in my search. I have
searched for rabbit pellet fragmentation and variations.

Any chance you can let me know the url for this problem/soloution?

If not then do you think it's worth me downgrading from 2.2.2 to 2.09?

Thanks for you help,

Colin.

>>> David Rankin <drankin@cox-internet.com> 11/29/01 09:48pm
>>>Colin:

    Search the list archives on this issue. I remember this issue
being
tracked down to what was called a "rabbit pellet fragmentation"
problem, but I
don't recall the fix. I think there was a M$ patch for win95, etc.
that
helped. I have seen this problem as well and posted it a number of
times. It
only happens to me intermittently and right now on 2.09 everything is
fine.

Colin Haffenden wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I have aproblem with Samba copying (unfortunatly I'm new to samba so
my> skills are fairly limited).
>
> I have a sun box (solaris 8) with samba 2.2.2.
>
> Copying from sun to a nt server is fast (as good as you would
expect)> however, copying from the nt server to the sun box is slow (files
copy> normally, then slow to a complete halt then copy very slowly).
>
> We cannot see anything on a network sniff nor a snoop (packets seem
to> just stop transferring).
>
> Has anybody else had this problem or am I the only one?
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated as I am completly stuck on
this> one.
>
> I've attached my smb.conf as I hope this will help.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Colin.
>
> This Message has been Checked at MSXI for all known Viruses.
> You open this at your own risk. Please make sure all replies are
> also virus free.
> MSXI
>
>  
------------------------------------------------------------------------>                    Name: smb.conf.txt
>    smb.conf.txt    Type: Plain Text (text/plain)
>                Encoding: 7bit
--
David C. Rankin, J.D., P.E.
ASEL -- Instrument
Nacogdoches, Texas
N31 34.7 W094 42.6
355 MSL



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Colin Haffenden

2001-Nov-30 07:16 UTC

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Hi Kohei,

We are running with service pack 6a.

Is there a patch that we need to add?

Regards,

Colin.
>>> Kohei Yoshida <kyoshida@mesco.com> 11/30/01 02:52pm
>>>Hi Colin,

Here are the links to the pertinent pages at the Microsoft website.

(NT) http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q232512 
(95/98) http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q236926


According to Microsoft, NT with SP4 or later doesn't exhibit this
problem.

Kohei

On Fri, 2001-11-30 at 04:50, Colin Haffenden wrote:> David,
> 
> Thanks for the info but I cannot find anything in my search. I have
> searched for rabbit pellet fragmentation and variations.
> 
> Any chance you can let me know the url for this problem/soloution?
> 
> If not then do you think it's worth me downgrading from 2.2.2 to
2.09?> 
> Thanks for you help,
> 
> Colin.
> 
> 
> >>> David Rankin <drankin@cox-internet.com> 11/29/01 09:48pm
>>>
> Colin:
> 
>     Search the list archives on this issue. I remember this issue
> being
> tracked down to what was called a "rabbit pellet fragmentation"
> problem, but I
> don't recall the fix. I think there was a M$ patch for win95, etc.
> that
> helped. I have seen this problem as well and posted it a number of
> times. It
> only happens to me intermittently and right now on 2.09 everything
is> fine.
> 
> Colin Haffenden wrote:
> 
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I have aproblem with Samba copying (unfortunatly I'm new to samba
so> my
> > skills are fairly limited).
> >
> > I have a sun box (solaris 8) with samba 2.2.2.
> >
> > Copying from sun to a nt server is fast (as good as you would
> expect)
> > however, copying from the nt server to the sun box is slow (files
> copy
> > normally, then slow to a complete halt then copy very slowly).
> >
> > We cannot see anything on a network sniff nor a snoop (packets
seem> to
> > just stop transferring).
> >
> > Has anybody else had this problem or am I the only one?
> >
> > Any help would be greatly appreciated as I am completly stuck on
> this
> > one.
> >
> > I've attached my smb.conf as I hope this will help.
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> >
> > Colin.
> >
> > This Message has been Checked at MSXI for all known Viruses.
> > You open this at your own risk. Please make sure all replies are
> > also virus free.
> > MSXI
> >
> >  
>
------------------------------------------------------------------------> >                    Name: smb.conf.txt
> >    smb.conf.txt    Type: Plain Text (text/plain)
> >                Encoding: 7bit
> 
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> David C. Rankin, J.D., P.E.
> ASEL -- Instrument
> Nacogdoches, Texas
> N31 34.7 W094 42.6
> 355 MSL
> 
> 
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Kohei Yoshida

2001-Nov-30 08:15 UTC

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On Fri, 2001-11-30 at 09:58, Colin Haffenden wrote:> Hi Kohei,
> 
> We are running with service pack 6a.
> 
> Is there a patch that we need to add?
Not that I'm aware of.  Umm...  Did you try to transfer files via ftp
etc. to see if it's not the network connection itself?

Kohei

Colin Haffenden

2001-Nov-30 08:20 UTC

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Yep, ftp is fine so it's not the network or hardware.

Colin.
>>> Kohei Yoshida <kyoshida@mesco.com> 11/30/01 04:13pm
>>>
On Fri, 2001-11-30 at 09:58, Colin Haffenden wrote:> Hi Kohei,
> 
> We are running with service pack 6a.
> 
> Is there a patch that we need to add?
Not that I'm aware of.  Umm...  Did you try to transfer files via ftp
etc. to see if it's not the network connection itself?

Kohei

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Kohei Yoshida

2001-Nov-30 10:26 UTC

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Well, comparing your smb.conf to mine, the only differences that I see
pertinent is that I use

keepalive = 30
socket options = TCP_NODELAY IPTOS_LOWDELAY SO_SNDBUF=16384 \
SO_RCVBUF=16384 SO_KEEPALIVE

But I honestly think this shouldn't make a performance gain or loss
significant enough to stop data transfer altogether.

The only thing I can say to you at this point is to follow the
DIAGNOSIS.txt that you find in the samba tarball under
"docs/textdocs".
This should help you narrow down where the problem is.  If the problem
is reproducible, then turn on your logging facility and check the log to
see if there is any kind of error messages there.

Sorry I couldn't be of much help.

Kohei

On Fri, 2001-11-30 at 11:12, Colin Haffenden wrote:> Yep, ftp is fine so it's not the network or hardware.
> 
> Colin.
> 
> >>> Kohei Yoshida <kyoshida@mesco.com> 11/30/01 04:13pm
>>>
> On Fri, 2001-11-30 at 09:58, Colin Haffenden wrote:
> > Hi Kohei,
> > 
> > We are running with service pack 6a.
> > 
> > Is there a patch that we need to add?
> 
> Not that I'm aware of.  Umm...  Did you try to transfer files via ftp
> etc. to see if it's not the network connection itself?
> 
> Kohei
>  
> 
> 
> This Message has been Checked at MSXI for all known Viruses. 
> You open this at your own risk. Please make sure all replies are 
> also virus free.
> MSXI
> 
>

Colin Haffenden

2001-Dec-03 06:23 UTC

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File transfer speed issue

Kohei,

Thanks for your help so far.

I am going through the DIAGNOSIS.txt but on test 7 it is failiing with
BAD PASSWORD.

Do you know whether the compiled Samba 2.2.2 from Sunfreeware has
shadow password support?

Thanks,

Colin.
>>> Kohei Yoshida <kyoshida@mesco.com> 11/30/01 06:25pm
>>>Well, comparing your smb.conf to mine, the only differences that I see
pertinent is that I use

keepalive = 30
socket options = TCP_NODELAY IPTOS_LOWDELAY SO_SNDBUF=16384 \
SO_RCVBUF=16384 SO_KEEPALIVE

But I honestly think this shouldn't make a performance gain or loss
significant enough to stop data transfer altogether.

The only thing I can say to you at this point is to follow the
DIAGNOSIS.txt that you find in the samba tarball under
"docs/textdocs".

This should help you narrow down where the problem is.  If the problem
is reproducible, then turn on your logging facility and check the log
to
see if there is any kind of error messages there.

Sorry I couldn't be of much help.

Kohei

On Fri, 2001-11-30 at 11:12, Colin Haffenden wrote:> Yep, ftp is fine so it's not the network or hardware.
> 
> Colin.
> 
> >>> Kohei Yoshida <kyoshida@mesco.com> 11/30/01 04:13pm
>>>
> On Fri, 2001-11-30 at 09:58, Colin Haffenden wrote:
> > Hi Kohei,
> > 
> > We are running with service pack 6a.
> > 
> > Is there a patch that we need to add?
> 
> Not that I'm aware of.  Umm...  Did you try to transfer files via
ftp> etc. to see if it's not the network connection itself?
> 
> Kohei
>  
> 
> 
> This Message has been Checked at MSXI for all known Viruses. 
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> 
> 

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Colin Haffenden

2001-Dec-03 06:36 UTC

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Kohei,

Forget that I got test 7 working in the end.

Thanks,

Colin.
>>> "Colin Haffenden" <chaffend@msxi-euro.com> 12/03/01
02:14pm >>>Kohei,

Thanks for your help so far.

I am going through the DIAGNOSIS.txt but on test 7 it is failiing with
BAD PASSWORD.

Do you know whether the compiled Samba 2.2.2 from Sunfreeware has
shadow password support?

Thanks,

Colin.
>>> Kohei Yoshida <kyoshida@mesco.com> 11/30/01 06:25pm
>>>Well, comparing your smb.conf to mine, the only differences that I see
pertinent is that I use

keepalive = 30
socket options = TCP_NODELAY IPTOS_LOWDELAY SO_SNDBUF=16384 \
SO_RCVBUF=16384 SO_KEEPALIVE

But I honestly think this shouldn't make a performance gain or loss
significant enough to stop data transfer altogether.

The only thing I can say to you at this point is to follow the
DIAGNOSIS.txt that you find in the samba tarball under
"docs/textdocs".

This should help you narrow down where the problem is.  If the problem
is reproducible, then turn on your logging facility and check the log
to
see if there is any kind of error messages there.

Sorry I couldn't be of much help.

Kohei

On Fri, 2001-11-30 at 11:12, Colin Haffenden wrote:> Yep, ftp is fine so it's not the network or hardware.
> 
> Colin.
> 
> >>> Kohei Yoshida <kyoshida@mesco.com> 11/30/01 04:13pm
>>>
> On Fri, 2001-11-30 at 09:58, Colin Haffenden wrote:
> > Hi Kohei,
> > 
> > We are running with service pack 6a.
> > 
> > Is there a patch that we need to add?
> 
> Not that I'm aware of.  Umm...  Did you try to transfer files via
ftp> etc. to see if it's not the network connection itself?
> 
> Kohei
>  
> 
> 
> This Message has been Checked at MSXI for all known Viruses. 
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> MSXI
> 
> 

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