what did you copy, many small files or some big files? how much of the processor was used by samba and nfs while you were copying?
the speed of your client is half the issue here too. if you use a 386 it would have taken longer :) but anyway it probably would still be faster for nfs than samba as you said. Bopolissimus Platypus said: > hi all, > > at some point, i noted that Samba access on my network was very > slow compared to NFS. this was when I was using mandrake 9.0. > > i tested again (both servers Mandrake 9.1) and i find that for copying a > bunch of files (same files, the buffer is essentially cleared between > tests > because i read a *lot* of other files between tests), it takes around > 54 seconds for NFS and around 80 seconds for Samba. > > the difference isn't as bad as i thought. so it was probably > misconfiguration > back when i was still using mandrake 9.0 that made samba incredibly > slow (almost too slow to use, really). > > there might still be some misconfiguration now. uh, the times given above > are with prelude running on the server (the same box is server for nfs and > smb). > > without prelude i have: > > 54 seconds for NFS (hmmm, no diff :), and 82 seconds for Samba. yep, > I guess there is definitely a difference, just not as much as i thought. > > this is with filesharing (both) using essentially the defaults. i haven't > done anything to optimize because i don't need to. > > the data set, by the way, was 58Mb or so. i'm on a laptop and i only > get around 10mbps. one of these days i'll test on two desktops at > 100mbps. > the difference doesn't seem to be due to the 10/100 Mbps differential > (the server can do 100Mbps) since the difference between Samba and > NFS is consistent. > > tiger > > -- > Gerald Timothy Quimpo gquimpo*hotmail.com tiger*sni*ph > http://bopolissimus.sni.ph an xcdngl nntrstng jrnl > Public Key: "gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys 672F4C78" > > Nothing makes a person more productive than the last > minute. > -- > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) > Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph > Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph > . > To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug > . > Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to > http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie > -- "There is no security in life, just opportunities." Douglas McArthur -- Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph . To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug . Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie
