From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 6 03:36:57 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AA6FD16A4CE for ; Wed, 6 Apr 2005 03:36:57 +0000 (GMT) Received: from fed1rmmtao05.cox.net (fed1rmmtao05.cox.net [68.230.241.34]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 54ADF43D54 for ; Wed, 6 Apr 2005 03:36:57 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from mnavarre@cox.net) Received: from reichlieu.lan ([68.6.195.68]) by fed1rmmtao05.cox.net (InterMail vM.6.01.04.00 201-2131-118-20041027) with ESMTP id <20050406033655.GWSG7956.fed1rmmtao05.cox.net@reichlieu.lan>; Tue, 5 Apr 2005 23:36:55 -0400 Received: from reichlieu.lan (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by reichlieu.lan (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id j363ausD028574; Tue, 5 Apr 2005 20:36:56 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mnavarre@cox.net) Received: from localhost (localhost [[UNIX: localhost]]) by reichlieu.lan (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id j363atju028573; Tue, 5 Apr 2005 20:36:55 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mnavarre@cox.net) X-Authentication-Warning: reichlieu.lan: mnavarre set sender to mnavarre@cox.net using -f From: Matt Navarre To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Gareth Bailey Date: Tue, 5 Apr 2005 19:36:53 -0800 User-Agent: KMail/1.8 References: <48a5f32a050405031350803bb2@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <48a5f32a050405031350803bb2@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200504052036.55181.mnavarre@cox.net> Subject: Re: Copying files off Samba Server - freezes/very slow X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 06 Apr 2005 03:36:57 -0000 On Tuesday 05 April 2005 03:13 am, Gareth Bailey wrote: > I have just upgraded the hardware of our development server. I thought > that our file server used to be slow due to slow hardware, but now > that we have upgraded I am a bit puzzled. > > Samba seems to slow or hang (top reports smbd CPU usage as 40%) when > files are copied off the server using windows explorer on the client. What version of Samba and FreeBSD? I was seeing the same thing on a 5.3 box with samba 3. I didn't look into the problem that much, since the box was a temporary solution and samba wasn't that big a deal. I did upgrade to 5.4-PRERELEASE about a week ago, and also upgraded samba. It helped a bit, but didn't solve the problem. It did reduce the amount of CPU and the length of time it monopolized the CPU by about 40% > > Can anyone sugeest a reason for this behaviour? Like I said, I didn't look into it too much since I had a new RedHat box on order and just assumed the box was overloaded. But to hazard a guess, I'd say there might be some weird reaction between FreeBSD 5.3 and samba 3. > > Thanks, > Gareth -- but transforming oneself into a helicopter of fists certainly has its appeal as well. --Jonah Goldberg