[NCSA-discuss] windows/explore/samba - why so slow?

[Jeff The Riffer]

On Wed, 6 Sep 2006, Joseph Mack NA3T wrote:
> on the other, the top level of directories are served fast, but with each 
> level you go down, they're listed slower, till about 3 levels down, you don't 
> get a listing.

Hrmmm. If the two servers are configured the same way and you are using the 
same client, my first guess is there's a hardware issue with that slow samba 
server. You'll want to check the SMART data in the hard drive and see if 
there's a lot of bad sector relocates...

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