Date: Mon, 21 Jun 1999 11:14:19 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> To: Dean Hamstead <zort@penrithcity.nsw.gov.au> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: optimisations Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9906211112500.36767-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <001901bebb00$2a92a400$230d29cb@supadad.bong.org.au>
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On Sun, 20 Jun 1999, Dean Hamstead wrote: > Ive noticed extremely bad performance using freebsd as a samba server. > Specifically the in ability to stream mp3s. Linux & NT servers stream the > fine, with no buffering on the client end. That doesn't make sense. Let's delve deeper: > Im running 3.0-RELEASE, and the kernel is compiled with bpf support so that > dhcpd can run. Samba is 2.0.3. The server is a p90, 32mb ram, 1 x 600 mb > quantum fireball and 1 x 8 gb seagate medalist, each on there own ide bus as > master. Its using a 3c509 NIC. I would *highly* suggest a PCI NIC. Beyond that te 3c509 support isn't exactly of the same quality of the previously mentioned OSs. > My thoughts would be compile the kernel for less users (i left is at 32 as > in the GENERIC config) or use a different network card. > Is support for the 3c509 (not the 3c509b) really bad? all my Linux machines > use them and they are good. > > Is there any other optimisations i could implement? Are you using the same general Samba config (different filesystems, obviously) on all three machines? Doug White Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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