> -----Original Message----- > From: fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of VJ > Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2004 4:29 AM > To: fedora > Subject: Samba or NFS+Windows Services For Unix > > Hi > I have tried both of them and I am somewhat less pleased > by the performance of samba (never going beyond 4.8Mbytes per > second between two computers). My questions is how safe is it > to use Windows Services for unix on Windows client and NFS on > Fedora server for using it as a file server. > Regards from > VJ > VJ, the reason you see a throughput plateau in your data tranfser speed has nothing to do with Samba. The bottleneck is most likely your 32-bit PCI bandwidth. I have seen about 5x that throughput to a Samba server between 64-bit/66 PCI network interfaces running GigE. v/r Paul ******************************************************************************** This message is intended only for the use of the Addressee and may contain information that is PRIVILEGED and CONFIDENTIAL. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please erase all copies of the message and its attachments and notify Space Imaging immediately. ********************************************************************************
