From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 6 20:26:22 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3144616A417 for ; Tue, 6 Nov 2007 20:26:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ray@stilltech.net) Received: from mail.geekdelivery.com (s206-75-153-241.ab.hsia.telus.net [206.75.153.241]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0E61D13C4BD for ; Tue, 6 Nov 2007 20:26:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ray@stilltech.net) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.geekdelivery.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 407B42E01B for ; Tue, 6 Nov 2007 13:13:28 -0700 (MST) X-Quarantine-ID: Received: from mail.geekdelivery.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (server.geekdelivery.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id V+pHrbkqThXq for ; Tue, 6 Nov 2007 13:13:23 -0700 (MST) Received: from dev.local (S0106001346bddddf.lb.shawcable.net [70.65.134.12]) by mail.geekdelivery.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 309B82E05E for ; Tue, 6 Nov 2007 13:13:23 -0700 (MST) From: Ray To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2007 13:10:11 -0700 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.6 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200711061310.11691.ray@stilltech.net> Subject: slow data transfer from smba share, where to start X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: ray@stilltech.net List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 06 Nov 2007 20:26:22 -0000 Hello, I am having a problem with slow data transfer. Source is a samba share mounted as a local drive. destination is the local hard-drive. Can anybody give me some hints on where to start looking? Thanks, Ray any info that seems relevant to me is included, but I can provide any other data that is needed (domain info is sanitized) $ uname -a FreeBSD server.example.com 6.2-RELEASE FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE #0: Wed May 2 03:41:55 UTC 2007 root@:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC amd64 # less fstab # Device Mountpoint FStype Options Dump Pass# //owner@technical/technical /mnt/technical smbfs rw,-N 0 0 # time mv /mnt/technical/test /www/test/pub 0.008u 0.402s 7:42.28 0.0% 17+262k 7+27io 4121pf+0w test is a directory containing approximately 15 MB of data, windows machine is running windows XP pro. No known hardware or software problems on either machine. Hardware is decent but not super high end. the two machines are connected through a mid range consumer router and about 100 - 150 feet of cat5 cable.