[TriLUG] Samba File Transfer speeds

[Bill Vinson]

Hmmm...that is an interesting idea, the unfortunate part is that the 
machine that runs Windows 2000 only runs it about 25% of the time.  The 
rest of the time it is running Linux.  I will check into it though.

I should have been more specific, I am running Mac OS X which is 
BSD/Mach with a pretty Mac face.  It is entirely UNIX under the 
surface.  I believe the bundled SMB code is based on Samba, but I don't 
know how that works as I don't see the Samba name anywhere and to my 
knowledge Apple avoids the GPL and tends to favor their own OS license 
or the BSD license.  I will see if I can get some confirmation though.  
I can install Samba on the Mac though, so I may try that...

Thanks,
Bill

On Tuesday, November 27, 2001, at 06:08  PM, Rick Gatewood wrote:

> On Tuesday 27 November 2001 02:17 pm, you wrote:
> I wouldn't have a clue about how a Mac would talk to a Samba Server, 
> but I
> have noticed that my two Mandrake machines runing Samba sometimes seem 
> to
> work faster connecting to my NT 4.0 Workstation than they do with each 
> other.
> I have had better success by making sure that the NT is the Master 
> Browser by
>  setting the Samba up to lose browser elections, setup the NT as the 
> password
> server with encrypted passwords.
>
> I am curious. What does the MAC use for SMB protocol? Is it some sort of
> SAMBA?
>
>
>> Ok...Here is my question:
>>
>> For this issue, I have the following 3 machines:
>>
>> Windows 2000	(Duron 900 - 384 MB)
>> Debian 2.2	(Celeron 366 - 160 MB) with Samba 2.0.7
>> Mac OS X		(iBook Dual USB 500 MHz - 384 MB)
>>
>> Here is the issue:
>>
>> Uploading 79.3MB file from iBook to Windows 2000:		Under a Minute
>> Uploading 79.3MB file from iBook to Debian 2.2:			Under a Minute
>>
>> Downloading 79.3MB file from Windows 2000 to iBook:		Under a Minute
>> Downloading 79.3MB file from Debian 2.2 to Windows 2000:	Under a Minute
>> Downloading 79.3MB file from Debian 2.2 to iBook:			10 Minutes +
>>
>> I have a feeling this is a setting problem with Samba that is causing
>> the issue as all other transfer speeds are acceptable.  I understand
>> that I am not using exact times here, but none feel horribly
>> disproportionate except the Debian/Samba to iBook timing.  Anyone have
>> any ideas?  I have been toying with my smb.conf through SWAT and upped
>> the logging but so far nothing has jumped out at me...
>>
>> I can include my smb.conf, but I figured I would throw the question out
>> first...
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Bill
>>
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