> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:samba- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Edmundo Valle > Neto > Sent: Saturday, January 27, 2007 7:14 PM > To: Jeremy Allison > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Samba] SMB slow by design? > > Jeremy Allison escreveu: > > On Sat, Jan 27, 2007 at 11:35:32PM +0100, Jan Engelhardt wrote: > > > >> Ah I found it. This is smb.conf: http://pastebin.ca/330452 > >> Removing SO_SNDBUF=8192 gives > >> > >> $ smbget smb://localhost/rt/blob.iso > >> [blob.iso] 41.08Mb of 171.06Mb (24.01%) at 41.08Mb/s ETA: 00:00:03 > >> > >> perfect performance again. Wonder how that got in there *grumble* > >> > > > > Yep, on modern kernels I don't think setting SNDBUF or RCVBUF is > > a good idea.... > > > > Jeremy. > > > > > Can you explain that a little better? Why is that good for older kernels > and not for new ones? And what do you call modern kernels, any 2.6 kernel? > > Regards. > > Edmundo >
I don't know why, but I just tried this, removind the SNDBUF AND RCVBUF, and the file share does seem snappier. I had never messed with these options, I just found several places that said setting these to 8192 gave a performance increase, so I had always used them. Not any more. James -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
