From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 7 19:56:21 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 6B0A316A4A1 for ; Wed, 7 Nov 2007 19:56:21 +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 42BF913C4A3 for ; Wed, 7 Nov 2007 19:56:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ray@stilltech.net) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.geekdelivery.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0885F2E05E for ; Wed, 7 Nov 2007 12:59:25 -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 NTiMpFImO2Fl for ; Wed, 7 Nov 2007 12:59:24 -0700 (MST) Received: from dev.local (S0106001346bddddf.lb.shawcable.net [70.65.134.12]) by mail.geekdelivery.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id C79CE2E05C for ; Wed, 7 Nov 2007 12:59:24 -0700 (MST) From: Ray To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org User-Agent: KMail/1.9.6 References: <200711061310.11691.ray@stilltech.net> In-Reply-To: <200711061310.11691.ray@stilltech.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2007 12:56:10 -0700 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200711071256.10214.ray@stilltech.net> Subject: Re: 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: Wed, 07 Nov 2007 19:56:21 -0000 On Tuesday 06 November 2007 1:10:11 pm Ray wrote: > 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. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" I have a little more information now. (Thanks to the current thread on this list 'Best way to measure disk bandwidth usage') I started a large copy from the samba share to the local drive and then checked ps and top. ps lists the status as D+ (short term, uninterruptible wait, in foreground?) top, after I push 'm' lists the state as 90wrq (samba waiting?) so it seems to me that either something is wrong with samba, or something is wrong with windows or I don't have enough experience to find the real answer. Just because the second option is obviously true, doesn't mean options 1 and 3 aren't. so, how do I go about checking samba (I can't find a /var/log/samba, or anything close to that.) and can anybody suggest anything else to try? Thanks, Ray