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I have been taken to task elsewhere for implying that SMB sucks.

For the record, I just did some tests on my home network. I tested my (Samba) file server's disk throughput by timing reading an avi, then timed it again tossing it through the IP stack using netcat, then to my wireless Windows laptop via netcat, then reading it from that laptop using SMB. I got something like 48.55Mbps read from disk, 39.13Mbps when tossing it through the IP stack, 3.5Mbps over the network via netcat, and 1.32Mbps over the network via SMB. I'm going to go back and do it via wired ethernet, too, but SMB shouldn't have two-thirds overhead.

Edit: 35.6Mbps over 100Mbps ethernet via netcat and 22.7Mbps over 100Mbps ethernet via SMB

It would seem my wireless network royally sucks.


Edited by wfaulk (25/09/2005 15:59)
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