Subject: Re: best NIC to make samba server
To: Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.3miasto.net>
From: Kazushi (Jam) Marukawa <jam@pobox.com>
List: port-i386
Date: 07/13/2001 15:25:07
   On Jul 12, 23:25, Wojciech Puchar wrote:
   > Subject: Re: best NIC to make samba server
   > > I list up NICs what I put into my NetBSD box and my
   > > experience while I was using NetBSD as a samba server from
   > > Windows clients.
   > 
   > samba are slow stuff, not cards

Really?  22 sec file copy v.s. 18 sec ftp in both
directions.  I think it's reasonable and not slow though.

   > > 3com 3C905C: It was little faster but still slow.  SAMBA
<snip>
   > >   For example, 153MB
   > >   file copy from NetBSD SAMBA server to local takes 22s, but
   > >   copy from local to NetBSD server takes forever 489s!!  FTP
   > >   takes 18 or 19s in both directions.
   > >
   > > Intel PILA8460 and 8465B (82557 and 82558): Works great.
   > >   Now I can copy 153MB same file in 22s in both directions.

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