Re: IBM i to network connection performance

There is now a Samba option on IBM i - this might be either you use standard NetServer or you use Samba - I forget if that is a system-wide preference.

But it does run much faster than the NetServer we know and love. Maybe one of these links goes into using it - I didn't follow them to see.

I believe this support started in 7.1 - someone else can confirm or discredit. :)

Vern

On 5/5/2016 11:37 AM, Rob Berendt wrote:

It ain't the hardware, it's the OS. Pretty much using the same hardware,
back when IBM supported IXS (and it's predecessors) I could get it to run
much faster by having Windows on that IXS card.
IBM has acknowledged that IBM i isn't the fastest file server on the
market. At one release they were supposed to have brought it more up to
parity.

There's a few nuggets here:
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=nas8N1011371
http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/power/software/i/netserver/
https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/ibmi/library/i-ibmi-7_2-the-great-beyond/
http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/power/software/i/netserver/releases/
Some people prefer NFS.


Rob Berendt
-- IBM Certified System Administrator - IBM i 6.1 Group Dekko Dept 1600 Mail to: 2505 Dekko Drive Garrett, IN 46738 Ship to: Dock 108 6928N 400E Kendallville, IN 46755 http://www.dekko.com From: <paultherrien@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: 05/05/2016 12:20 PM Subject: IBM i to network connection performance Sent by: "MIDRANGE-L" <midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx> I seem to have a very bad performance issue between the IBM I and my network when working with files in the IFS and applications on my PC. We are on IBM I V7R2. I have an excel .xml file called mytest3.xml (literally, that is the file name). The file is 17k and has about a dozen rows and columns. When I open the excel file from the IFS the file takes about a minute to load (using MS Excel). When I take the IFS file and move it to the network, the file opens instantaneously. (Note that moving the file from the IFS to the network using File Explorer is instantaneous). .I have often thought that network, and also HTTP interactions, with our IBM I have been slow, but have never been able to pin it down. The Excel experiment above seems to highlight the issue. The question is, what approach can I take to try address this issue? How can I investigate the problem? Any help appreciated. Paul Paul Therrien Andeco Software, LLC 225-229-2491 paultherrien@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx www.andecosoftware.com
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