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

[William Warren]

Bryan J. Smith wrote:
> 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.
> 
> 
Really?  I am doing 7.2 megabytes/sec right now with bursts up to 8.6 on 
SMB.  I can usually sustain that indefinitely.

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