Date: Tue, 5 Apr 2005 19:36:53 -0800 From: Matt Navarre <mnavarre@cox.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Gareth Bailey <gjbailey@gmail.com> Subject: Re: Copying files off Samba Server - freezes/very slow Message-ID: <200504052036.55181.mnavarre@cox.net> In-Reply-To: <48a5f32a050405031350803bb2@mail.gmail.com> References: <48a5f32a050405031350803bb2@mail.gmail.com>
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On Tuesday 05 April 2005 03:13 am, Gareth Bailey wrote: > I have just upgraded the hardware of our development server. I thought > that our file server used to be slow due to slow hardware, but now > that we have upgraded I am a bit puzzled. > > Samba seems to slow or hang (top reports smbd CPU usage as 40%) when > files are copied off the server using windows explorer on the client. What version of Samba and FreeBSD? I was seeing the same thing on a 5.3 box with samba 3. I didn't look into the problem that much, since the box was a temporary solution and samba wasn't that big a deal. I did upgrade to 5.4-PRERELEASE about a week ago, and also upgraded samba. It helped a bit, but didn't solve the problem. It did reduce the amount of CPU and the length of time it monopolized the CPU by about 40% > > Can anyone sugeest a reason for this behaviour? Like I said, I didn't look into it too much since I had a new RedHat box on order and just assumed the box was overloaded. But to hazard a guess, I'd say there might be some weird reaction between FreeBSD 5.3 and samba 3. > > Thanks, > Gareth -- but transforming oneself into a helicopter of fists certainly has its appeal as well. --Jonah Goldberg
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