Optimizing Samba Performance
Samba performs excellently, so performance usually isn't an issue. If performance becomes an issue, there are several options to evaluate.
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The author tested all of the following Samba configuration performance enhancement techniques and was unable to attain any significant performance gains on an underloaded Samba server with a Celeron 333, 64MB of RAM, a 7200rpm 14.4GB disk, and 100Mb wiring, using a test of copying a 20MB file back and forth. The conclusion is that gains depend on many factors, including but not limited to system load. These techniques will not help if the bottleneck is the wire, which appears to be the case on the author's setup.
Samba's defaults yield excellent performance. However, the ...
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