PureFTP and Samba Share very slow, Help!

mparker@aniglyphics.com wrote:
> Hey All,
>
> Having some issues that I cannot seem to resolve and I am looking for
> some help.
>
> Here's the scenario...
>
> While file surfing and performing any other administrative functions on
> the server directly, it runs great. When doing the same via SSH it runs
> great. The web and mysql server run very fast with no error. BUT when
> accessing the servers files via SAMBA share or FTP (running pure-ftp) it
> takes a very long time (25 - 35 seconds) just to list the files in a
> directory. Then anytime the user changes a directory it does the same
> thing. Again, only when doing this via network samba share, or via ftp.
> It doesn't matter how many files are in the directory, it will do the
> same thing with a empty directory. It is too slow to be acceptable.
>
> It is a New Installation on Brand New server, config below
>
> Hardware Config
> ------------------------
> Suse Linux ES 10
> New Installation
> Supermicro P4SCE
> 3Ware Escalade 8000 Series SATA Raid Controller Card
> 2 x 250GB HDD in RAID1
> ------------------------
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated!
>
post your dns conf and the smb.conf file
a lot of times when ftp or samba are slow, it's due to name resolution
problems.