Re: Writes to samba server very, very slow

[Stephen Marley <stephen_(_at_)_marley_(_dot_)_org_(_dot_)_uk>]

On Tue, Jul 19, 2005 at 02:57:33PM -0700, Gary Clemans-Gibbon wrote:
> Yes, I've tried different cables and different ports on the switch. This 
> hardware has all been used before together. I cycled the power to the 
> switch (can't find a reset button) and no change. Via samba or SCP it 
> takes 7 minutes to write a file to the server and 12 seconds to read the 
> same file.

Have you tried half-duplex at either 100 or 10Mb/s? 

Have you tried a different switch?

Have you tried a crossover cable, bypassing the switch?

Have you tried writing to a memory filesystem (to rule out HD)?

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stephen