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On 1/7/13 10:02 PM, Mikhail T. wrote:
> Hello!
> 
> I found this same question asked back in 2005, but never answered:
> 
> 
> http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions/2005-September/098717.html
>
> 
> 
> Today, 7 years later, using FreeBSD-9.1 I observe, that copying a
> file to an SMB-server (a box with embedded Linux, actually), I get
> just under 1Mb/s using an smbfs mount.
> 
> On contrast, uploading the same file to the same remote host using 
> smbclient runs at between 8 and 9 Mb/s.
> 
> Is this a known discrepancy? Are there tweaks to be applied to the
> smbfs mount, that can make it perform better? Thanks! Yours,

I think this is a known issue.

Davide (cc'ed) had worked on smbfs recently and eliminated Giant on
smbfs dependencies so I think he would have a lot of saying on this..

Cheers,
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