[SGVLUG] Samba performance issue

[Matt Campbell]

Hi Dan,

I can write a simple program on a Linux or Windows client machine to make
simple random file requests and time the responses, but would this really be
indicative of streaming performance?  I could open a large media file
(larger than RAM on server and client combined) and request block after
block and graph response times and dropped blocks.

What type of testing do you think should be done to deliver a useful
benchmark?

Matt

> -----Original Message-----
> From: sgvlug-bounces at sgvlug.net [mailto:sgvlug-bounces at sgvlug.net] On
> Behalf Of Dan Kegel
> Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2008 4:48 PM
> To: SGVLUG Discussion List.
> Subject: Re: [SGVLUG] Samba performance issue
> 
> On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 4:44 PM, Matt Campbell <dvdmatt at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > I have been running into some performance problems using Windows as
> the
> > client.  The Samba server on the Linux platform can spool media all
> day, but
> > every 20 minutes or so there is a .5 second hiccup.  Do any of you
> have
> > experience tuning a Linux server to remove these problems?
> 
> No, but I will say that if you can write a simple test
> case to demonstrate the problem, it'd help.
> 
> Hmm, is there a benchmark of "maximum response time to CIFS requests"?
> There oughtta be...