ok... in my last post to the list, I noted on how our company has given
samba a go for it's main file server, and that performance was very poor.
I'm in a last attempt to try and save the samba/linux box from being
replaced by a Win2k server.
Below is the waiting time (including Excel opening time) for one document.
The document is 22,016 bytes in size, and a native Excel 2000 format.
Below is the time in seconds that the document takes to open:
Samba Server W2k Server
32 30 <-- first time excel is
loaded.
14 11
24 12
23 11
25 13
15 11
Why is this so?
below is the globals section of my smb.conf
[global]
workgroup = Workgroup
netbios name = matrix
server string = Raid 5 Data Server
load printers = no
guest account = pcguest
max log size = 50
security = share
encrypt passwords = yes
# socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192
socket options = TCP_NODELAY
lock directory = /usr/local/samba/var/locks
share modes = yes
oplocks = true
locking = yes
wins server = 10.1.1.4
wins proxy = yes
dns proxy = no
The rest of the shares are public and readable by everyone (mapped to the
linux fs as pcguest)
Surely there's something wrong. The linux benchmarks were very similar using
version 2.2.1a and 2.2.2
Signed,
Steven Haigh
Out the 100Base-T, off the firewall, through the router, down the T1,
over the leased line, off the bridge, nothing but Net.
The net will not be what we demand, but what we make it. Build it well.
