Re: tuning for samba

2002-07-23 Thread Chad David
On Thu, Jul 11, 2002 at 11:20:51AM +0930, Richard Sharpe wrote: > On Wed, 10 Jul 2002, Chad David wrote: > > > A local company has been having issues with samba for some time (it kills > > an e250, and has seriously stressed an e5000) and I've been telling the > > admin (half seriously) that he s

Re: tuning for samba

2002-07-14 Thread Richard Sharpe
On Sun, 14 Jul 2002, Doug Barton wrote: > Chad David wrote: > > > > So, I'm building a new box tonight and was wondering if anybody > > has any tried and true tuning parameters for samba on -stable. > > Since you never got any actual answers to your question, I offer the > following. The only

Re: tuning for samba

2002-07-14 Thread Doug Barton
Chad David wrote: > > So, I'm building a new box tonight and was wondering if anybody > has any tried and true tuning parameters for samba on -stable. Since you never got any actual answers to your question, I offer the following. The only samba tuning option I've ever seen make a difference is

Re: tuning for samba

2002-07-11 Thread Chad David
On Thu, Jul 11, 2002 at 12:33:30AM -0700, Darren Pilgrim wrote: > Richard Sharpe wrote: > > > > On Thu, 11 Jul 2002, Darren Pilgrim wrote: > > > > > Richard Sharpe wrote: > > > > On Wed, 10 Jul 2002, Darren Pilgrim wrote: ... > > > > > > Even with just one connection per machine, though, you'r

Re: tuning for samba

2002-07-11 Thread Darren Pilgrim
Richard Sharpe wrote: > > On Thu, 11 Jul 2002, Darren Pilgrim wrote: > > > Richard Sharpe wrote: > > > On Wed, 10 Jul 2002, Darren Pilgrim wrote: > > > > Samba uses a seperate process for each connection, and Windows opens > > > > one connection per share. > > > > > > Yes to the first claim, no

Re: tuning for samba

2002-07-10 Thread Richard Sharpe
On Thu, 11 Jul 2002, Darren Pilgrim wrote: > Richard Sharpe wrote: > > On Wed, 10 Jul 2002, Darren Pilgrim wrote: > > > Samba uses a seperate process for each connection, and Windows opens > > > one connection per share. > > > > Yes to the first claim, no to the second. Most definitely not. For

Re: tuning for samba

2002-07-10 Thread Darren Pilgrim
Richard Sharpe wrote: > On Wed, 10 Jul 2002, Darren Pilgrim wrote: > > Samba uses a seperate process for each connection, and Windows opens > > one connection per share. > > Yes to the first claim, no to the second. Most definitely not. For a > single client, windows puts all share access (net us

Re: tuning for samba

2002-07-10 Thread Richard Sharpe
On Wed, 10 Jul 2002, Darren Pilgrim wrote: > Chad David wrote: > > > > A local company has been having issues with samba for some time (it kills > > an e250, and has seriously stressed an e5000) and I've been telling the > > admin (half seriously) that he should just toss it on a PC with FreeBSD

Re: tuning for samba

2002-07-10 Thread Darren Pilgrim
Chad David wrote: > > A local company has been having issues with samba for some time (it kills > an e250, and has seriously stressed an e5000) and I've been telling the > admin (half seriously) that he should just toss it on a PC with FreeBSD. > Well they finally got tired of hearing FreeBSD thi

Re: tuning for samba

2002-07-10 Thread Chad David
On Wed, Jul 10, 2002 at 09:36:10PM -0500, Dan Nelson wrote: > In the last episode (Jul 10), Chad David said: > > As a side note, the data being served will be attached to the samba server > > via NFS. > > Wouldn't it be better to run samba directly on the server that's > providing the data? They

Re: tuning for samba

2002-07-10 Thread Dan Nelson
In the last episode (Jul 10), Chad David said: > As a side note, the data being served will be attached to the samba server > via NFS. Wouldn't it be better to run samba directly on the server that's providing the data? Why force it over the network twice? -- Dan Nelson [EMAIL

Re: tuning for samba

2002-07-10 Thread Daniel O'Connor
On Thu, 2002-07-11 at 10:14, Chad David wrote: > This is my biggest concern. I just don't know what to tune here since > the data just basically passes straight through the box, and the with > about of data being served and the access patterns buffering is pointless. I disagree.. Buffering is pr

Re: tuning for samba

2002-07-10 Thread Richard Sharpe
On Wed, 10 Jul 2002, Chad David wrote: > On Thu, Jul 11, 2002 at 11:20:51AM +0930, Richard Sharpe wrote: > > > > Certainly, a 2GB machine that I regularly test against does not notice the > > smbds start up all that much. > > I have no real way of testing this type of load here, but first thin

Re: tuning for samba

2002-07-10 Thread Chad David
On Thu, Jul 11, 2002 at 11:20:51AM +0930, Richard Sharpe wrote: > > Certainly, a 2GB machine that I regularly test against does not notice the > smbds start up all that much. I have no real way of testing this type of load here, but first thing tomorrow morning I'll know.. > > > As a side not

Re: tuning for samba

2002-07-10 Thread Chad David
On Thu, Jul 11, 2002 at 09:45:46AM +0930, Daniel O'Connor wrote: > On Thu, 2002-07-11 at 09:37, Chad David wrote: > > A local company has been having issues with samba for some time (it kills > > an e250, and has seriously stressed an e5000) and I've been telling the > > admin (half seriously) tha

Re: tuning for samba

2002-07-10 Thread Richard Sharpe
On Wed, 10 Jul 2002, Chad David wrote: > A local company has been having issues with samba for some time (it kills > an e250, and has seriously stressed an e5000) and I've been telling the > admin (half seriously) that he should just toss it on a PC with FreeBSD. > Well they finally got tired of

Re: tuning for samba

2002-07-10 Thread Daniel O'Connor
On Thu, 2002-07-11 at 09:37, Chad David wrote: > A local company has been having issues with samba for some time (it kills > an e250, and has seriously stressed an e5000) and I've been telling the > admin (half seriously) that he should just toss it on a PC with FreeBSD. > Well they finally got ti

Re: tuning for samba

2002-07-10 Thread Daniel O'Connor
On Thu, 2002-07-11 at 09:37, Chad David wrote: > A local company has been having issues with samba for some time (it kills > an e250, and has seriously stressed an e5000) and I've been telling the > admin (half seriously) that he should just toss it on a PC with FreeBSD. > Well they finally got ti

tuning for samba

2002-07-10 Thread Chad David
A local company has been having issues with samba for some time (it kills an e250, and has seriously stressed an e5000) and I've been telling the admin (half seriously) that he should just toss it on a PC with FreeBSD. Well they finally got tired of hearing FreeBSD this and FreeBSD that and asked