2010/1/24 Stan Hoeppner <[email protected]>: > Michael Wood put forth on 1/24/2010 6:09 AM: [...] >> Except that he said "I can copy files between the Win2K and WinXP >> machines at just over 10MB/s in a single stream and max out the 11MB/s >> with two streams." I am assuming he used the same client in that test >> as he did with the test against Samba. So from what he's said it >> seems that he gets more speed with a Windows server than with Samba >> for the same client. > > This is correct. Except, just to be clear, the two Windows machines are both > _client_ versions of MS Windows, not Windows Server. I eliminated my only
I meant "server" in the sense that you connect to it from a client rather in the "Windows Server 200x" sense. > remaining Windows server box a short wile ago, replacing it with the Samba > server on much newer faster hardware. So, the environment consists of two > Windows workstations and one Linux/Samba server (although it serves much more > than just Samba). > > Almost all of my testing has been performed at the console of the Windows 2000 > Professional workstation. The two remote test systems are Samba 3.2.5 on > Debian > Lenny and a Windows XP Home machine. I'm sure when you said Windows "server" > you meant server in the SMB client/server relationship sense, but just in > case I Yes, that's what I meant :) > thought I'd clarify exactly what systems are involved to prevent possible > confusion. So, ironically, these two Windows clients serve single stream SMB > to > one another faster than either of them to/from Samba. [...] -- Michael Wood <[email protected]> -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba
