Re: Samba running running slow...

From: Skylar Thompson (skylar_at_amayatra.os2.dhs.org)
Date: 07/09/03


Date: Wed, 09 Jul 2003 21:12:55 GMT

On Wed, 09 Jul 2003 13:39:32 GMT, Todd Cary <todd@aristesoftware.com> wrote:
> I installed RH 9 on a box and Samba ran great: copying files from the NT
> box to the Linux box and visa versa. Then I tried to recompile Apache
> with some additional extensions to PHP only to get the system fairly
> well tied up, so I reinstalled Apache and the other servers from the RH
> disks which I believe included Samba. Now my copying files to Linux is
> very slow, but coming the other way is fast.
>
> Not being proficient with Linux, I am not sure where to look for the
> problem. Any suggestions?

Run top on the Samba server while doing the copy to see if there's
a process sucking an inordinate amount of CPU time. Also, what kind of
hardware are you running this on?

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