I have a 3.2 GHz P4 Win XP Pro connected to a Fedora Core 4 server running on a 2 GHz Celeron. I get about 350 MB/s FTP transfer over a Gigabit Ethernet connection. Samba is very much slower between the same computers. Can Samba be sped up to where it approaches the FTP performance? -- Chuck Forsberg caf@omen.com www.omen.com 503-614-0430 Developer of Industrial ZMODEM(Tm) for Embedded Applications Omen Technology Inc "The High Reliability Software" 10255 NW Old Cornelius Pass Portland OR 97231 FAX 629-0665
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX N2469R wrote:> I have a 3.2 GHz P4 Win XP Pro connected to a Fedora Core 4 server > running on a 2 GHz Celeron. I get about 350 MB/s FTP^^^^^^^^> transfer over a Gigabit Ethernet connection. > > Samba is very much slower between the same computers. > Can Samba be sped up to where it approaches the > FTP performance?Start by asking your FTP software not to lie to you. 1 Gb/s = 125000000B/s = 122070KiB/s = 119MiB/s. That's the theoretical maximum of a Gigabit Ethernet connection. If you're seeing more (and your program isn't lying) then you're using something like a 10Gb/s link and not a 1Gb/s link. // Stefan -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Fedora - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFDfdC0Brn2kJu9P78RAvyhAKCFN4t1FIES2OIn+Q5RMVxgIXrFWQCgjoMB nOwjgCACci580dUbcQbhisc=OA5g -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX N2469R schrieb:>I have a 3.2 GHz P4 Win XP Pro connected to a Fedora Core 4 server >running on a 2 GHz Celeron. I get about 350 MB/s FTP >transfer over a Gigabit Ethernet connection. > >Samba is very much slower between the same computers. >Can Samba be sped up to where it approaches the >FTP performance? > > >normally ftp should be faster than smb, related to the nature of the protokoll, which performane parameter doyou use in smb.conf? Samba performance is deeply related to the setup.