Hi,
I recently upgraded my file server PC from a Q9650 on a P5Q-Deluxe (2GB RAM) running SAMBA34 to an i7 930 on a P6X58D-E (6GB 'Triple channel' RAM) also running SAMBA34. I used the same network card (Intel Ether Express gigabit (em0)), same cat5 cable, same switch etc. same disks - basically same everything, only in a faster CPU, better Motherboard and more RAM. (Both GENERIC kernels). I've even used the same old conf files (rc.conf, loader.conf, sysctl.conf, smb.conf etc).
What is different is the old system was 8.0-RELEASE (now 8.1-RELEASE), The OS sits on a UFS WD10EARS drive (using 4096B sectors) (Used to be Seagate 80GB). Both 7200RPM drives.
I used to get transfer speeds ~80MB/s but now I'm lucky to get ~40MB/s.
I've even tried Samba35 - no better!
I don't understand what's going on. Same SAMBA version, Same data disks, same config files, same network card, same cat5 cable, Same everything except faster CPU, better Motherboard and more, fster RAM and yet, it's slower. It doesn't make sense. Can anyone offer some type of explanation and/or suggestion on how to improve things?
Regards,
Steve Laurie
I recently upgraded my file server PC from a Q9650 on a P5Q-Deluxe (2GB RAM) running SAMBA34 to an i7 930 on a P6X58D-E (6GB 'Triple channel' RAM) also running SAMBA34. I used the same network card (Intel Ether Express gigabit (em0)), same cat5 cable, same switch etc. same disks - basically same everything, only in a faster CPU, better Motherboard and more RAM. (Both GENERIC kernels). I've even used the same old conf files (rc.conf, loader.conf, sysctl.conf, smb.conf etc).
What is different is the old system was 8.0-RELEASE (now 8.1-RELEASE), The OS sits on a UFS WD10EARS drive (using 4096B sectors) (Used to be Seagate 80GB). Both 7200RPM drives.
I used to get transfer speeds ~80MB/s but now I'm lucky to get ~40MB/s.
I've even tried Samba35 - no better!
I don't understand what's going on. Same SAMBA version, Same data disks, same config files, same network card, same cat5 cable, Same everything except faster CPU, better Motherboard and more, fster RAM and yet, it's slower. It doesn't make sense. Can anyone offer some type of explanation and/or suggestion on how to improve things?
Regards,
Steve Laurie