One more thing you should SERIOUSLY consider is Jumbo Frames. That may improve the Samba performance. This takes your MTU from 1500 to 9000. You have to do it carefully depending on whether or not you have a managed or unmanaged switch, etc. but it will improve performance.
On Mon, 20 Sep 2004 11:45:42 -0500, James Kuhns <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I benchmarked the "raw" speed using ttcp and a windows port of ttcp called > wsttcp before I benchmarked the file transfers (I didn't post those > results). I used the -s option in ttcp to take the drives out of the > equation as much as possible. Throughput averaged ~11.4MB/s over 100Mb and > ~60.4MB/s over 1000Mb (no matter which direction). > > I purposely added the overhead of the transfer protocols and I/O into the > benchmark stats because I wanted a more realistic picture of what kind of > improvement 1000Mb gave me when transfering files (the primary reason I went > to 1000Mb). > > The "raw" speed numbers were neat to have but they didn't give me enough > data about the specific task I was planning to use the network for. > According to the "raw" stats the 1000Mb is ~5 times faster than 100Mb, when > in actuallity I'm only going to see it running ~2-3 times faster when I'm > using it (unless I'm pulling through samba). The protocol and I/O are the > limiting factors over 1000Mb whereas over 100Mb the network speed is the > limiting factor. > > James
