[olug] SMB transfer speeds

[Terry]

Ooooh, good suggestion....

you can find out what speed your nic is by typing:
mii-tool

This is part of the net-tools package in
redhat/fedora.


--- Vincent.Raffensberger at dtn.com wrote:
> Just a wild guess here:
> Are you getting network errors?  It could be
> something as simple as 
> auto-negotiation not working right.
> You can force modes when you load your driver, for
> example:
> 
> [user at host ~]$ cat /etc/modules.conf
> alias eth0 e100
> alias eth1 e100
> alias eth2 3c59x
> alias eth3 3c59x
> options e100 RxDescriptors=1024,1024
> e100_speed_duplex=4,4
> options 3c59x max_interrupt_work=96 rx_copybreak=384
> options=4,4 
> full_duplex=1,0
> 
> # References:
> # 3c59x media_type (options=):
> # ( 0=10baseT; 4=100base-TX; 7=EEPROM default;
> 8=Autonegotiate )
> # e100_speed_duplex= (media_type and duplex):
> # ( 1=10half;2=10full;3=100half;4=100full )
> #EOF
> 
> 
> 
> John DiMartino <john_dimartino at mac.com> 
> Sent by: olug-bounces at olug.org
> 04/27/2004 10:07 AM
> Please respond to
> Omaha Linux User Group <olug at olug.org>
> 
> 
> To
> Omaha Linux User Group <olug at olug.org>
> cc
> 
> Subject
> Re: [olug] SMB transfer speeds

> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> I tested with FTP and get even slower rates.  I am
> starting to think 
> that I might have twisted a cable or something
> physical because the 
> configuration of the servers is almost identicle.
> 
> I'll let you know what I find.
> 
> Thanks,
> John
> 
> 
> Terry wrote:
> 
> > Hi John,
> > 
> > 1) Do you notice same speeds with FTP? (try to be
> > accurate here with your transfer rates and test
> with a
> > very large file 100MB or larger)
> > 2) Try this in your smb.conf:
> > socket options  = TCP_NODELAY IPTOS_LOWDELAY
> > SO_SNDBUF=4096 SO_RECBUF=4096
> > 3) Do you have oplocks turned on?  If so, turn
> them
> > off. (just for testing)
> > 
> > Terry
> > 
> > 
> > --- John DiMartino <john_dimartino at mac.com> wrote:
> > 
> >>Hi,
> >>
> >>I recently broke then rebuilt my server. 
> Everything
> >>is the same except 
> >>that now I only get 30 mbit/s versus 60-70 mbit/s
> >>over my 100mbit LAN 
> >>using the most recent version of samba 3.  Any
> ideas
> >>on what would cause 
> >>that change?
> >>
> >>Thanks,
> >>John
> >>
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