Subject: Re: [netatalk-admins] netatalk performance
From: Marcus Radich (marcus@darena.co.nz)
Date: Mon Nov 08 1999 - 14:08:50 EST
Hi.
I set up this type is system every day. I work as a
prepress/publishing/design consultant.
My best speed to and from a 100baseT netatalk Linux box is 9.4MB/sec
(measured with Helios Lantest, and Finder copies). This was a IBM
Netfinity 5000. I use Red Hat 6.0 with k2.2.12.
The closest system to your I have in the field is a Digital Prioris
PPro 200, Digital/Mylex RAID, Digital 21041-based ethernet card. This
machine is running k2.2.12 with netatalk 1.4b2+asun2.1.3.
The speed to a Blue G3 is up to 9MB/sec.
I never touch the netatalk config files, I always do the following:
* Install Red Hat 6.0
* Rebuild the k to the latest (currently 2.2.13)
* Get the netatalk source from asun's ftp site (don't use rpm)
* Unpack the tar file and edit the make file to comment out DESDIR=
* Type make install
* Edit the /etc/rc.d/init.d/atalk.init to increase the number of
users (afpd -c 50)
That's all!!
If atalk doesn't start on reboot, I remove the S79atalk from
/etc/rc.d/rc5.d/ and add /etc/rc.d/init.d/atalk.init start to the
bottom of my rc.local.
This is part of a service I call a "NT Upgrade", which boosts the Mac
studio 2 to 3 times over the same hardware running WinNT. I have over
20 sites running this way.
Have fun!
At 1:09 PM -0500 8/11/99, Ron Creamer wrote:
>
>I've set up a test server running the latest RedHat 6.1 release. It is
>connected to a nice 100mbit switch in 100mbit/full duplex mode. FTP
>tests show an incredible 80 mbit/sec thruput, so I know my hardware is
>ok.
>
>My test Mac is a brand new G4 running 8.6, also connected to the switch. On
>large file
>Finder copies, I'm getting a very respectable 25-30 mbit/second
>throughput to an existing NT server running Macintosh File services.
>
>Sure I'd hoped that the new netatalk setup would match or even beat
>these speeds, but I'm only getting 2-3 mbit/second throughput from my G4
>to the Linux netatalk server. I think I'm doing something wrong, but I
>can't tell what it is. If I can come close to my existing NT speeds, I'd
>love to tell Bill Gates to take a hike.
>
>If 2-3 mbit/second is all I should expect with Appleshare IP, then just
>let me know and don't read any more. Otherwise, I'll try to explain my
>configuration.
>
>Red Hat 6.1 (cartman) release
>Dual PPro 200, Ultra Wide SCSI 7200 RPM SCSI
>100 mbit Intel Pro Adapter
>I found and installed the "netatalk-1.4b2+asun2.1.3-6.i386.rpm" rpm I
>found, which I assume is the latest.
>
>
>-Ron
>617/374-6042
>ron@pageworks.com
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Marcus Radich 1999
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