[Pc_Support] Re: 3MB/s Samba Performance?

[Bryan J. Smith]

On Saturday 10 September 2005 14:46, William Warren wrote:
> I have had this issue as well.  it invariably has been
> the windows machine's fault.  Either nic driver not doing
> well or windows just acting a fool.

Jason Boxman <jasonb at edseek.com> wrote:
> Oh well, just ordered a new DL NEC DVDRW from Newegg.  I'll
> stick that in my Linux box so I can burn again over NFS.
> (I forgot I needed a DVD-ROM/DVD-RW for my gaming box to
> read game discs -- so used to CDs until now...)

I have difficulty breaking 5MBps with SMB over 100Mbps.  The
most I've ever seen is 6MBps with large SRAM-enabled NICs.

SMB is not NFS.  It has a lot more overhead.


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