Date: Wed, 07 Jun 2000 12:54:43 -0700 From: Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org> To: Jaye Mathisen <mrcpu@internetcds.com> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Odd dir-cache #'s with Samba and moving files... Message-ID: <200006071954.MAA01198@mass.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 07 Jun 2000 12:36:13 PDT." <Pine.BSF.4.21.0006071231390.26845-100000@schizo.cdsnet.net>
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Mount the filesystem(s) async, or use softupdates. > > I wish I would've grabbed a screen shot while it was happening, but I > didn't. > > In any case, a fairly recent 4.0-stable (last couple weeks), and samba > 2.0.7. > > The FreeBSD box is doing nothing, except smb, and running systat -vmstat 1 > in a telnet session. > > > >From my NT box, I was moving a bunch of files from dir1 to dir2. > > While it was doing the move (several thousand files), the name-cache #'s > stayed around 98-99%, and 10k hits. But the dir-cache stayed around 10% > with 300 or so hits. > > dir1 and dir2 are on the same disk, so essentially just simple > moves. Directory structure was only about 3-4 levels deep. > > Any ideas on what knobs and frobs can be tweaked and frobbed to help this > out? Or if it's even really a problem? The moves seemed really slow, > maybe 2-3 files moved/second. Of course, I'm sure something in smbd is > also an issue, but it just seems like that cache should've stayed way the > heck up there... > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message > -- \\ Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. \\ Mike Smith \\ Tell him he should learn how to fish himself, \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ and he'll hate you for a lifetime. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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