problem transferring large files

[sjwoo]

I'm having a different issue with my E02. I have two Samba shares:

64GB Lexar flash drive, FAT32
250GB HDD, NTFS

The 250GB HDD has no issues whatsoever, but the 64GB Lexar drive has a delay when I start to copy a large file. The larger it is, the longer the delay. Once the delay is over, it copies just fine. Here's a chunk of my Samba global:

$this->bbcode_second_pass_code('', ' passwd chat = *Enter\snew\s*\spassword:* %n\n *Retype\snew\s*\spassword$
socket options = TCP_NODELAY
#write cache size = 1048576
#use sendfile = yes
obey pam restrictions = yes
null passwords = yes
map to guest = bad user
encrypt passwords = yes
passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
passdb backend = tdbsam
dns proxy = no
server string = %h server
unix password sync = yes
workgroup = WORKGROUP
security = user
syslog = 0
usershare allow guests = yes
panic action = /usr/share/samba/panic-action %d
max log size = 1000')

I'm using udevil to automount. Here's what the mount looks like:

$this->bbcode_second_pass_code('', '/dev/sdb1 on /media/250GB External type fuseblk (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,noatime,user_id=0,group_id=0,default_permissions,allow_other,blksize=4096)
/dev/sdc1 on /media/64GB type vfat (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,noatime,fmask=0022,dmask=0022,codepage=cp437,iocharset=iso8859-1,shortname=mixed,utf8,errors=remount-ro)')

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[sjwoo]

FYI, I decided to format the flash drive as NTFS. Now there are no delays and I'm getting excellent throughput. So problem solved!

[lordesp27]

i tried to update to samba4 but no changes. still i cant transfer large files...

[moonman]

Try to format the hdd as ext2/3/4, see if that resolves the problem.
If not, then there's something wrong with your hardware: cables, switch, router.

tedm had a wrong config file setup, the last line needs to go in /etc/security/limits.conf , not in samba.conf

[lordesp27]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('moonman', 'T')ry to format the hdd as ext2/3/4, see if that resolves the problem.
If not, then there's something wrong with your hardware: cables, switch, router.

tedm had a wrong config file setup, the last line needs to go in /etc/security/limits.conf , not in samba.conf

[tedm]

I believe moonman correctly identified this line in my smb.conf as not being in the right place:

* - nofile 16384

I'm not sure if it's needed anywhere, but there are some references to it being in /etc/security/limits.conf to enable testparm to not give errors under specific conditions:

http://lists.samba.org/archive/samba/20 ... 53331.html

[lordesp27]

ok thanks, im gonna try this once i get home. and then im gonna update you guys

[stevetogo]

I am new to this forums but I have been working on the PogoPlug for the past 2 months whenever I get some time. Anyways, I have the same problem stated by the OP. I am unable to copy larger files over the network and this happens with an NTFS storage.

I would like to know if most of them are successful in copying the large files across using NTFS. Also I read in a couple of blogs regarding the big_writes and I dont get anywhere closer to the speed that is stated. I am doubting if there is some problem with the way Udevil or fstab is configured in my arch. It will be great if some one can help me regarding this issue.

Thanks,
Steve

[lordesp27]

still i get the connection error. i guess there is something wrong with my udevil.conf. is there a udevil.conf example i can copy and test it?

[stevetogo]

That is what I would expect the other config that might require further investigation is the samba config as it has numbers regarding the file sizes etc.

Also would a previous install of UDEV cause such an issue?