[TriLUG] Samba File Transfer speeds

[Bill Vinson]

On Tuesday, November 27, 2001, at 02:30  PM, Andrew Perrin wrote:

> My first question is: what happens with some other protocol on the same
> path (e.g., using ftp, nfs, netatalk)?

NFS works fine (With the exception of some dumb Mac OS X stuff that will 
hopefully be fixed) and Netatalk seems to work fine from the small 
amount I have used it.

> My second question is: well, I don't know :) having never used samba to
> talk to a mac before.

Don't think Mac :)  This is Mac OS X which is basically BSD/Mach with a 
pretty Mac face ;)  It works basically like any BSD UNIX.

Thanks,
Bill

>
> On Tue, 27 Nov 2001, Bill Vinson wrote:
>
>> Ok...Here is my question:
>>
>> For this issue, I have the following 3 machines:
>>
>> Windows 2000	(Duron 900 - 384 MB)
>> Debian 2.2	(Celeron 366 - 160 MB) with Samba 2.0.7
>> Mac OS X		(iBook Dual USB 500 MHz - 384 MB)
>>
>> Here is the issue:
>>
>> Uploading 79.3MB file from iBook to Windows 2000:		Under a Minute
>> Uploading 79.3MB file from iBook to Debian 2.2:			Under a Minute
>>
>> Downloading 79.3MB file from Windows 2000 to iBook:		Under a Minute
>> Downloading 79.3MB file from Debian 2.2 to Windows 2000:	Under a Minute
>> Downloading 79.3MB file from Debian 2.2 to iBook:			10 Minutes +
>>
>> I have a feeling this is a setting problem with Samba that is causing
>> the issue as all other transfer speeds are acceptable.  I understand
>> that I am not using exact times here, but none feel horribly
>> disproportionate except the Debian/Samba to iBook timing.  Anyone have
>> any ideas?  I have been toying with my smb.conf through SWAT and upped
>> the logging but so far nothing has jumped out at me...
>>
>> I can include my smb.conf, but I figured I would throw the question out
>> first...
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Bill
>>
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