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author | Gerald Carter <jerry@samba.org> | 2007-04-09 17:37:20 +0000 |
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committer | Gerald Carter <jerry@samba.org> | 2007-04-09 17:37:20 +0000 |
commit | a3fa587370cb99b33cb6092b775037210b64298d (patch) | |
tree | 8a279b3663f372c99a71ca773c6ab3100dd31840 /WHATSNEW.txt | |
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r22142: add mention of the Vista performance fixes
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diff --git a/WHATSNEW.txt b/WHATSNEW.txt index c6de79d16b2..592bdb254a3 100644 --- a/WHATSNEW.txt +++ b/WHATSNEW.txt @@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ Major features included in the 3.0.25 code base include: o Support for passing Windows security descriptors to a VFS plug-in allowing for multiple Unix ACL implements to running side by side on the Same server. - o Improved compatibility with Windows Vista clients. + o Improved compatibility with Windows Vista clients including + improved read performance with Linux servers. o Man pages for VFS plug-ins. @@ -70,6 +71,27 @@ which means it is now possible to support multiple ACL implementations on the same server including NFSv4 and GPFS ACLs. +VFS ReadAhead Plugin +==================== + +Windows Vista introduces pipe-lined read support for improved +performance when transferring files. The new vfs_readahead plugin +allows Linux file servers to utilize additional Kernel buffers +for caching files in order to avoid Disk I/O wait time when serving +Vista clients. If you experience poor read performance between +Linux servers and Vista clients, please test the vfs_readahead +module by adding the following lines to the share definition +in smb.conf: + +[file_share] + vfs objects = readahead + readahead:length = 1M + +Note that this plugin will result in additional RAM requirements +due to the increased amount of kernel buffer caches used by smbd. +Please refer to vfs_readahead(8) for more information. + + ###################################################################### Changes ####### |