[Samba] gencache.tdb size and cache flush

L.P.H. van Belle
2018-08-29T08:34:17Z

Hai,


It might be handing to tell your OS and samba version.
A copy of smb.conf is also very handy..

Greetz,

Louis



> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> Van: samba [mailto:samba-bounces at lists.samba.org] Namens
> Francesco Malvezzi via samba
> Verzonden: woensdag 29 augustus 2018 10:28
> Aan: samba at lists.samba.org
> Onderwerp: [Samba] gencache.tdb size and cache flush
>
> Hi all,
>
> I have a midsize AD domain with some 50k users but only 100
> workstations
> joined.
>
> Sometimes I find server CPU throttling at 100%. In order to
> let it drop
> and have smooth performance I delete cache:
>
> systemctl stop samba
> net cache flush
> systemctl start samba
>
> First of all, is it needed a samba stop to flush the cache?
>
> Even if cache flush does the job to restore performance, I am clueless
> about the root cause of the problem. Before flushing cache the
> gencache.tdb had 15k entries. Is it large? Do you think is it
> worth time
> to investigate why it grows so much or is it just normal?
>
> thank you,
>
> franz
>
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