John Connett wrote: > On Fri, 2007-12-14 at 08:26 -0500, John Klimek wrote: >> On Dec 14, 2007 12:32 AM, Ché Kristo >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>> Do I even need CIFS? Would it improve network file >>>> performance or do anything else for me? >>> Perhaps using Windows SFU on the windows client and connecting to an NFS >>> share will be a little easier for you. >>> >> I'm really only concerned about speed... I can setup something easy >> using samba, but my main concern is how much faster file transfers, >> file browsing, etc, would be on the true CIFS system (svn77) > > Some time back, I asked about specific test suites for CIFS Server but > didn't receive any replies. > > Has anyone tried running the Samba 4 tests or other test suites against > both Samba and CIFS Server on the same hardware? Or even against some > flavour of Windows Server on the same hardware?
The Samba test suites are pretty good. We've used some of them and as we move forward I hope that we can contribute to them. I am not aware of a bake-off between Samba and the CIFS server but our priority is to support CIFS client accessibility to Solaris not to compete with Samba. > Unfortunately, I don't currently have access to sufficient spare > hardware to try it myself. A reasonable comparison would probably > require enough disks for a decent raidz2 configuration. We have been focused on stability, functionality and robustness, without which, performance isn't that useful. We will be looking at performance early next year (see slide 12 in the presentation on http://www.opensolaris.org/os/project/cifs-server). Alan > I guess there would be no reason legal or otherwise why performance > comparisons between Samba and CIFS Server couldn't be published? Not > sure the same would be true about Microsoft products. I've never had > the time or legal training to read and understand the EULA ... > -- > John Connett > > > > _______________________________________________ > storage-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/storage-discuss _______________________________________________ storage-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/storage-discuss
