Fastest Protocol

[micmed]

Can anyone tell me the fastest network protocol to use between a Samba server and a WinNT workstation? This is for a streaming video application. Thanks

[njcajun]

UDP. Generally UDP is used for these apps by dot-coms and such.

However, SAMBA has no part in the implementation. SAMBA uses Server Message Block, which is a hack of the M$, proprietary file-sharing protocol. SAMBA is a tool that enables you to see a linux box in M$'s 'Network Neighborhood', and treat it like another win box on the network.

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Build a system that even a fool can use, and only a fool will use it.

[FoBoT]

after njcajun's post, maybe i don't understand the question, but i read this
http://us1.samba.org/samba/docs/SambaIntro.html

there are other docs there that should answer the question

what was the question?

ie what do you think your choices are?

[This message has been edited by FoBoT (edited 15 January 2001).]

[micmed]

Excuse my ignorance, but is it possible to set up a linux server using UDP that a W$ box can see and read/write data to? If so where are some resources to help my Linuxnewbie rear end to do this?
Thanks

[njcajun]

Oh, looks like I'm the one who misunderstood.

If you just want to move files from one box to the other, like encoding mp3z on Linux and storing them on a Windoze box, then Samba is 'your man'.

I thought you were talking about the protocol that, for example, some sites use to enable streaming video to the browser and stuff like that.

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Build a system that even a fool can use, and only a fool will use it.

[micmed]

Thanks njcajun, I am still unable to squeeze more than 8Mbs write and 88Mbs read when accessing Samba from a M$ box through a 1Gb network connection. The Samba server is a PIII 866MHz with an Ultra160 controlling 4 Ultra160 10K 36GB drives striped RAID 0. Benchmarking the server locally I can get well over 800Mbs Read/Write to the drives. It is not a network bandwidth issue but an IP packet translation issue on either end.

[Nailz]

Mmm. SMB?

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[micmed]

Hi Nailz, SMB? I'm there doin' that. The weak link seems to be something about TCP/IP and its layers that is slowing down the translation. I wish I knew how to go around it. For those of you that would vote for me to deep six M$ NT, I can't. The app I am running wants to live there. I prefer Linux however to handle storage. I just need a way to be able to read/write data really really fast from the NT box to the Samba box. Thanks