<div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 14:26, Christopher R. Hertel <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:crh@ubiqx.mn.org">crh@ubiqx.mn.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
Greg,<br>
<br>
Please do forward this to the TCLUG list.<br>
<br>
Regarding the SMB/CIFS specifications:<br>
<br>
* Microsoft has released full specifications for SMB/CIFS and for<br>
the newer SMB2 protocol as well. They started releasing these<br>
specifications a few years ago, after they lost the anti-trust<br>
case in the EU. There are even preview specifications for the<br>
updated SMB2.2 dialect available, even though SMB2.2 won't be<br>
released until Windows 8 ships.<br>
<br>
* The SMB and CIFS documentation was written under contract by a<br>
local Twin Cities company. Yes, really. Read more here:<br>
<a href="http://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-source/samba-microsoft-cooperate-on-new-set-of-smbcifs-docs/4681" target="_blank">http://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-source/samba-microsoft-cooperate-on-new-set-of-smbcifs-docs/4681</a><br>
<br>
<br>
* The specifications go in-depth. They are difficult to read if you<br>
are not already a CIFS geek. Search for [MS-CIFS], [MS-SMB], and<br>
[MS-SMB2] if you are curious.<br>
<br>
Regarding Linux and/or Samba being slow:<br>
<br>
* There are a LOT of potential reasons for slowdowns. I would need<br>
to know more about the setup and the data transfer method.<br>
<br>
* The original SMB protocol is an antique. It still has DOS and<br>
OS/2 system calls in it. Yes, really. That's why Microsoft came<br>
out with SMB2 in Vista.<br>
<br>
Samba has added initial support for SMB2 in Samba 3.6.0, but it<br>
has to be enabled in the smb.conf file.<br>
<br>
Regarding SMB2.2:<br>
<br>
* <a href="http://www.hertel.org.uk/blog/?p=253&author=1" target="_blank">http://www.hertel.org.uk/blog/?p=253&author=1</a><br>
<<a href="http://www.hertel.org.uk/blog/?p=253&author=1" target="_blank">http://www.hertel.org.uk/blog/?p=253&author=1</a>><br>
<br>
<br>
Chris -)-----<br>
Your friendly neighborhood StPaul-based Samba Team Member.<br>
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gregrwm wrote:<br>
> On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 18:15, Mike Miller wrote:<br>
> Apparently, as I said, the problem was not that Linux was lacking<br>
> features but that it was slow. That was all. I really just want<br>
> to find a way to make it faster and not learn how to accept life<br>
> with Windows.<br>
><br>
> On Tue, 27 Sep 2011, Justin Krejci wrote:<br>
> That being said I wish the functionality/spec was opened up by<br>
> MS but that is not their way of course.<br>
><br>
> That is one of the reasons I don't want to use MS software. Did<br>
> you read the link about Samba 4? That made it sound like they are<br>
> trying to share more details of their specs.<br>
><br>
> c-<br>
> do you have any insight to offer to this (TCLUG) thread?<br>
> -g<br>
<br>
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