From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Suresh Jayaraman Subject: Re: CIFS is slooow, gvfs is fast Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2010 15:44:44 +0530 Message-ID: <4CC55894.5040509@suse.de> References: <20101022013544.0fdab0e0@werewolf.home> <4CC16B1E.4060709@suse.de> <20101023004636.1acdd81c@werewolf.home> <20101024013038.057442c0@werewolf.home> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Cc: Linux Kernel , linux-cifs-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org To: =?UTF-8?B?IkouQS4gTWFnYWxsw7NuIg==?= Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20101024013038.057442c0-BIo4oXGMtDgJmsy6czSMtA@public.gmane.org> Sender: linux-cifs-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org List-ID: On 10/24/2010 05:00 AM, J.A. Magall=C3=B3n wrote: > On Sat, 23 Oct 2010 00:46:36 +0200, "J.A. Magall=EF=BF=BDn" wrote: >=20 >> >> If you mean hardware network path (cabling, router), yes. >> For file paths, CIFS fs is under /net/htpc/media, and gvfs uses a mo= unt >> point on '~/.gvfs/media on htpc'. >> >> And here comes the weird part. To rule out the desktop environment f= actor, >> I tried a dd in both paths. On /net, I get 16.6 MB/s, and on >> ~/.gvfs/xxx, I just get 5.5 MB/s. I really don't understand anything= =2E.. >> things get reversed depending if you use a gui or commandline. >> >> Weird, really weird... >> >=20 > Well, to sort things out, I did some more tests (this does not mean t= hings > get any closer to be clear for me at least...). >=20 > Can anybody tell me whats going here...?? > It looks just like gui tools behave just in reverse of cli, and that = a plain > smbclient is faster that cifs. I'm really confused... >=20 Could you try mounting from commandline with something like `mount -t cifs //server/share /mnt/point -o user=3Duser1` (commenting out the fstab entry) and try copying the file? --=20 Suresh Jayaraman