Hi all... Last monday i migrated form novell 4.0 to Samba 3.0 PDC. The server acts as a file server for 30 workstations (Win2000) using an aplicattion that combines clipper (with .dbf files) and delphi (uses paradox .px and .db). Its perfomance has been very poor since i changed the server. PLEASE HELP ME, since its in production and i really don know what to do. thanks, sebastian davancens -------- E-mail y acceso a Internet UltraVeloz totalmente GRATIS en Buenos Aires, Rosario, Cordoba, Mendoza, La Plata y Pilar http://www.Argentina.com Nro. de acceso 5078-5000 Usuario: Argentina Password: Argentina
sebastiand@Argentina.com wrote:> Hi all... Last monday i migrated form novell 4.0 to Samba 3.0 PDC. The server > acts as a file server for 30 workstations (Win2000) using an aplicattion > that combines clipper (with .dbf files) and delphi (uses paradox .px and > .db). Its perfomance has been very poor since i changed the server. PLEASE > HELP ME, since its in production and i really don know what to do.First of all, if you are only doing file sharing, you don't need a PDC setup. Second, I assume that your current Samba server is a different box than your old Novell server. If this is the case, is the new server a lot less powerful than the old? Is it on a different network segment? Are you using a 10base-T NIC where you were using a 100base-T? Also, what OS is running on your Samba box? -- Andrew Gaffney
sebastiand@Argentina.com wrote:> Hi all... Last monday i migrated form novell 4.0 to Samba 3.0 PDC. The server > acts as a file server for 30 workstations (Win2000) using an aplicattion > that combines clipper (with .dbf files) and delphi (uses paradox .px and > .db). Its perfomance has been very poor since i changed the server. PLEASE > HELP ME, since its in production and i really don know what to do. > thanks,Samba and Linux is a great combination for providing a reliable fast file server on a network. Whether you are using Microsoft Access, FoxPro, Quickbooks or CA-Clipper, with any multi-user fileserver database application there are configurations done both on the server and the client systems for this to work reliably. The main settings to look for when setting up the Samba server to host a database application are: lock spin, and oplocks. Try looking at: http://www.drouillard.ca/Tips&Tricks/Samba/Oplocks.htm Regards Gerald Drouillard Drouillard & Associates, Inc.