netatalk afsd performance suckage

[phypor]

My server-station is an amd xp1800, 512mb, kt333, udma6 on hda

I have an imac rev c client, g3 333, 192mb, os9.2

with a linksys 100 switch

i can flood ping the imac with 50k packets and get 8 to 15M bytes / sec

however when i mount an afsd share from my pc on the imac
it averages 10 - 20K bytes / s ... with surges up to 200K bytes

anyone else done any appleshare tuning:?:


~phypor
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[ivancan]

Hi,
well I didn't really had some big tuning, but when using small files the performance gets really bad.
Maybe you make the same test with a big file.

[phypor]

[ivancan]

Do you have any collisions on the network ?

check via:
a) a flickering light on the switch
or
b) using: cat /proc/net/dev

If this is the case this looks a bit like a badly configured network card.
if not .... no collision ...
hmmmm ... tricky question.

Try with an X-Cable ?
(to check the switch works fine)
Simpler: try a transfer using FTP :)

the file you transferred right now

[phypor]

i used fetch to ftp from my gentoo to the mac...
full bandwidth usage... (5+ MegaBytes / sec)

i used FTupperWare to ftp from my gentoo to the mac
and get minimal throughput (<150 KB / sec)

leads me to think its mostly a prollem in the software implmentation of the protocol ... with a dash of crappy protocolness in appletalk

will use fetch for massive transfers
and appleshare/netatalk mounted shares for small, convience accesses
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ALWAYS stay away from tanks enguled in fire.
- 2000 Emergency Response Guidebook, pg307