On Monday 16 May 2005 18:45, Michael W Cocke wrote: > I have a server running SuSE 9.3 (Samba 3.0.13-1.1). The underlying > filesystem is xfs, and the NICs are Netgear gigabit. 2 Gb of ram in a > P4/3.0 Ghz. The workstations are windows XP Pro, with all service > packs installed, on P4 3+ Ghz, 1-2 Gb of ram. (varies a bit by > workstation) > > I have one particular tree on the server that contains over 12K files > in a few hundred subdirs. Breaking it up isn't an option. > > I'm aware that there are tons of parameters and options in the > smb.conf file, many having to do with performance, but I could use a > pointer. > > When the users try to open a file, the select file listbox in ANY > windows app is taking an eternity to populate. The transfer speed of > the files is fine, but is there a paticular way to speed up the > findfirst/findnext loop that populates the list?
There is a chapter on the subject of large directories in the Samba-HOWTO-Collection (The Official Samba-3 HOWTO and Reference Guide). A copy has been reserved for you at: http://www.samba.org/samba/docs/Samba-HOWTO-Collection.pdf If you find any problems please let me know as soon as possible. Thanks. - John T. > > Thanks! > > Mike- > > -- > Mornings: Evolution in action. Only the grumpy will survive. > -- > > Please note - Due to the intense volume of spam, we have installed > site-wide spam filters at catherders.com. If email from you bounces, try > non-HTML, non-encoded, non-attachments. -- John H Terpstra Samba-Team Member Phone: +1 (650) 580-8668 Author: The Official Samba-3 HOWTO & Reference Guide, ISBN: 0131453556 Samba-3 by Example, ISBN: 0131472216 Hardening Linux, ISBN: 0072254971 Other books in production. -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba