Hi, I am running a samba server that has two shares: i) Local directory ii) samba mount on NetApp Filer. The samba server is running on RHEL 5. There is a large transfer speed difference between the local directory and samba mount. I have run some tests and determined this is due to RHEL5 reshare of the samba. Does anyone have suggestions so that I can make this faster ? Thanks Will
On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 3:27 PM, will ryder <wjryder at me.com> wrote:> Hi, > > I am running a samba server that has two shares: > ? ? ? ?i) Local directory > ? ? ? ?ii) samba mount on ?NetApp Filer. > > The samba server is running on RHEL 5. > > There is a large transfer speed difference between the local directory and samba mount. > I have run some tests and determined this is due to RHEL5 reshare of the samba. > Does anyone have suggestions so that I can make this faster ?use a DFS link so that clients access the netapp cifs directly. re-sharing is always going to cause some sort of problems, performance is usually the least of them.
you should copy the list and yes. On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 3:47 PM, will ryder <wjryder at me.com> wrote:> Can you have a DFS link and local directory shared ? > > Will > > On Jun 7, 2011, at 9:44 PM, Chris Weiss wrote: > >> I think so >> >> On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 3:42 PM, will ryder <wjryder at me.com> wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> Is this is the correct Manual to read : >>> >>> http://www.samba.org/samba/docs/man/Samba-HOWTO-Collection/msdfs.html >>> >>> >>> On Jun 7, 2011, at 9:39 PM, Chris Weiss wrote: >>> >>>> On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 3:27 PM, will ryder <wjryder at me.com> wrote: >>>>> Hi, >>>>> >>>>> I am running a samba server that has two shares: >>>>> ? ? ? ?i) Local directory >>>>> ? ? ? ?ii) samba mount on ?NetApp Filer. >>>>> >>>>> The samba server is running on RHEL 5. >>>>> >>>>> There is a large transfer speed difference between the local directory and samba mount. >>>>> I have run some tests and determined this is due to RHEL5 reshare of the samba. >>>>> Does anyone have suggestions so that I can make this faster ? >>>> >>>> use a DFS link so that clients access the netapp cifs directly. >>>> re-sharing is always going to cause some sort of problems, performance >>>> is usually the least of them. >>>> -- >>>> To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the >>>> instructions: ?https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba >>> >>> > >
Begin forwarded message:> From: Chris Weiss <cweiss at gmail.com> > Date: June 7, 2011 9:48:47 PM GMT+01:00 > To: samba <samba at lists.samba.org> > Subject: Re: [Samba] Reshare of a Samba mount > > you should copy the list > > and yes. > > On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 3:47 PM, will ryder <wjryder at me.com> wrote: >> Can you have a DFS link and local directory shared ? >> >> Will >> >> On Jun 7, 2011, at 9:44 PM, Chris Weiss wrote: >> >>> I think so >>> >>> On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 3:42 PM, will ryder <wjryder at me.com> wrote: >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> Is this is the correct Manual to read : >>>> >>>> http://www.samba.org/samba/docs/man/Samba-HOWTO-Collection/msdfs.html >>>> >>>> >>>> On Jun 7, 2011, at 9:39 PM, Chris Weiss wrote: >>>> >>>>> On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 3:27 PM, will ryder <wjryder at me.com> wrote: >>>>>> Hi, >>>>>> >>>>>> I am running a samba server that has two shares: >>>>>> i) Local directory >>>>>> ii) samba mount on NetApp Filer. >>>>>> >>>>>> The samba server is running on RHEL 5. >>>>>> >>>>>> There is a large transfer speed difference between the local directory and samba mount. >>>>>> I have run some tests and determined this is due to RHEL5 reshare of the samba. >>>>>> Does anyone have suggestions so that I can make this faster ? >>>>> >>>>> use a DFS link so that clients access the netapp cifs directly. >>>>> re-sharing is always going to cause some sort of problems, performance >>>>> is usually the least of them. >>>>> -- >>>>> To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the >>>>> instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba >>>> >>>> >> >> > -- > To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the > instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba
Having a little bit of trouble understanding how my configuration might work. Having seen this : http://communities.netapp.com/thread/3616 Does this mean that the DFS root is on the RHEL and NetApp is a leaf node ? Would anyone have a sample configuration for what i would like to do or could suggest one? Thanks Will On Jun 7, 2011, at 9:39 PM, Chris Weiss wrote:> On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 3:27 PM, will ryder <wjryder at me.com> wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I am running a samba server that has two shares: >> i) Local directory >> ii) samba mount on NetApp Filer. >> >> The samba server is running on RHEL 5. >> >> There is a large transfer speed difference between the local directory and samba mount. >> I have run some tests and determined this is due to RHEL5 reshare of the samba. >> Does anyone have suggestions so that I can make this faster ? > > use a DFS link so that clients access the netapp cifs directly. > re-sharing is always going to cause some sort of problems, performance > is usually the least of them. > -- > To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the > instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba
On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 10:48 AM, will ryder <wjryder at me.com> wrote:> Having a little bit of trouble understanding how my configuration might work. > > Having seen this : > > http://communities.netapp.com/thread/3616 > > Does this mean that the ?DFS root is on the RHEL and NetApp is a leaf node ? >That is what I would do.> Would anyone have a sample configuration for what i would like to do or could suggest one? >Here is what I have for my dfs root in samba ( I am not sure how much of this is needed): [net-dfs-root] comment = Network DFS Root msdfs root = yes path = /exports/network_dfs_root read only = no writable = yes public = yes force directory mode = 2775 inherit permissions = yes inherit acls = yes Then on /exports/network_dfs_root I have a tree of folders and links to msdfs nodes. fileserv ~ # ls -al /exports/network_dfs_root/ total 24 drwxr-xr-x 6 Administrator Domain Users 4096 Feb 2 2010 . drwxr-xr-x 5 Administrator root 4096 Apr 30 2008 .. lrwxrwxrwx 1 Administrator root 31 Oct 21 2009 DataAnalysis -> msdfs:192.168.1.33\DataAnalysis drwxr-xr-x 2 Administrator Domain Users 4096 Aug 20 2009 SystemLinks lrwxrwxrwx 1 Administrator root 26 Oct 27 2009 Testing -> msdfs:192.168.1.32\Testing drwxr-xr-x 4 Administrator root 4096 Apr 30 2008 Users drwxr-xr-x 4 Administrator Domain Users 4096 Apr 30 2008 images drwxr-xr-x 3 Administrator Domain Users 4096 Feb 2 2010 other fileserv ~ # ls -al /exports/network_dfs_root/images/clean/ total 20 drwxr-xr-x 5 Administrator Domain Users 4096 Sep 18 2009 . drwxr-xr-x 4 Administrator Domain Users 4096 Apr 30 2008 .. drwxr-xr-x 4 Administrator Domain Users 4096 Apr 12 16:30 Breast drwxr-xr-x 3 Administrator Domain Users 4096 May 3 18:21 Lung lrwxrwxrwx 1 Administrator root 27 Sep 18 2009 PHANTOMS -> msdfs:192.168.1.33\PHANTOMS lrwxrwxrwx 1 Administrator root 29 Sep 18 2009 Temp -> msdfs:192.168.1.33\image_temp drwxr-xr-x 2 Administrator Domain Users 4096 Apr 30 2008 images John