slow file transfer from AIX to Windows share

[holdahl]

I have a couple of AIX servers where I transfer files to a Windows share.
When looking at the transfer time I see that it takes 15seconds to tranfer a file that is 118mb.
The same operation takes 3seconds on a linux server.
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aix-srv # date ; cp /tmp/TESTx.tar.gz /mnt/test/user/ ; date
Tue Oct 6 10:27:20 GMT+02:00 2009
Tue Oct 6 10:27:35 GMT+02:00 2009


AIX / CIFS --> 15 sec


linux-srv # date ; cp /tmp/TESTx.tar.gz /mnt/test/user/ ;date
Wed Oct 7 13:32:05 CEST 2009
Wed Oct 7 13:32:08 CEST 2009


Linux / CIFS --> 3 sec

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Any suggestions?

-holdahl

 

[khalidaaa]

Are both linux and windows machine have the same disk storage? It could be that the linux has a faster disk transfer rate (assuming that they both have the same network speed)!

Regards,
Khalid

 

[itsp1965]

In most cases where I have seen this; make sure that your network card is running at the rated speed that matches your switch port as this could also prove to be a bottleneck