I ran into an issue similar to this on a RH9 install. A 5k file being written to a Samba share would take between 30 seconds and 7 minutes, and multiple people were experiencing it from different subnets in addition to the multiple file copy problem. I wound up replacing the built-in ethernet device with a 3C905TX and so far seems to be good. Take a look at your NIC error counts, and try adjusting your speed settings as well. In regards to HDD monitors, look for iostat as well as smartmontools IIRC... On Thu, 29 Jul 2004 09:38:26 -0500, christopher at 7penguins.com <christopher at 7penguins.com> wrote: > I've recently put into place a few different servers that use Hardware IDE Raid > Arrays (RAID5)with ext3 Fedora C1 and Fedora C2 boxes, (2.4 and 2.6 kernels) and > I've been getting some speed complaints. Is there a good way to load test this > kind of config? I know what the hdparm type tests show, but most of these > servers aren't ever heavily loaded cpu or memory wise. Moving a large set of > files will show the load avg. moving up, but I'd like to find the bottleneck. > (barring the physical network for now) I was planning on using a crossover cable > and an XP client of some kind. Ideas? > > Thanks, > > Chris > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > Help beta test TCLUG's potential new home: http://plone.mn-linux.org > Got pictures for TCLUG? Beta test http://plone.mn-linux.org/gallery > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > -- -Shawn "That which hits the fan, will not be evenly distributed." _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota Help beta test TCLUG's potential new home: http://plone.mn-linux.org Got pictures for TCLUG? Beta test http://plone.mn-linux.org/gallery tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list