Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 8 Jan 1998 07:44:03 +0100 (MET) | From | Michael Neuffer <> | Subject | Re: NT & SMB slowdown? |
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On Wed, 7 Jan 1998, Larry McVoy wrote: > I remember seeing a .signature a while back that said something > about changing how Linux advertises its SMB volumes. I think the gist > of it was that if it advertised as Linux then the performance was bad, > but just changing it to advertise as NT 4.0 made the performance get > better. > > Is this an urban legend or is it reproducible? If there is anyone that > has info on this, please get in touch with me. I'd like to measure it > myself but I'm not about install NT if there is no point (I'm not the > worldest biggest NT fan).
Yes, it is reproducible.
I know of one site where the Linux SMB servers advertise as NT 4.1 because of that reason. If you want more details I can give you a contact.
Mike
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