----- Original Message ----- > Agreed. I help to maintain a samba server that has about 600 users and > the load average normally runs about 1.5 to 2.0 (and it's usually that > high because Arkeia is sucking files onto a tape drive) pretty much 20 > hours a day now. The CPU usage on average is around 60-80% usage, but I > can't understand why only 12 users would cause that. > > CAVEAT: We are not using winbind. Just straight samba.
600 is a far cry from the 12 connections open on the box. Are you familiar with how Winbind interacts with Samba? Would switching to an alternate authentication method alleviate some of the load on smbd? Winbind seems to be only loosely related to the samba core components. I'm wondering that if I was to eliminate the use of winbind if samba's cpu use might drop too. Winbind was chosen in this case because we primarily run a Win2k network, with authentication for most users done by the PDC. Linux is a new entrant to the network. Regards, Nathan
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