samba - Nov 2002 - smbd/nmbd consuming system resources.

Hello,
	Running samba 2.2.6 on a FreeBSD 4.7 box, which is a p166 with 48 mb of
ram. Before i start nmbd/smbd my load average is around 0.1 or so. When i
start samba load average jumps to 3.01+, shut down the processes, have to
use the -9 option to killall and the resources revert to normal. Checking
top output i find that there are 3/4 smbd and nmbd processes, is this
normal? Also, any ideas why the high system load?
Thanks.
Dave.


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