On Thu, Dec 09, 2010 at 02:58:27PM +0100, Björn Jacke wrote: > > > > As Linux is our primary deployment platform and most Linux > > distributions are now using ext4, I'm proposing to change the default > > of the "strict allocate" smb.conf parameter to change from "no" to > > "yes" for the 3.6.0 release. > > this would result in timeouts and performance penalties for the > majority of existing systems out there when large files are being > written.
Not true. As benchmarked by Intel themselves a year or so ago, it actually slightly increases performance even on ext3. I am planning to make "strict allocate = yes" the default for 3.6.0 unless someone can show me a *compelling* reason not to do so. I will make the switch in 1 weeks time in v3-6-test, so you have until then to make your case :-). > Jeremy: would you like to have a look at bug 6942 ? That one is about > this topic in the AIO case, which is still not handled ... Sure, I'll look at that. Jeremy. -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba
