Re: IBM i to network connection performance

Actually one of the links I listed in the email you replied to talks about
the samba support. And it lists the cautions on it, like the lack of
automatic CCSID translation.


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From: Vernon Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: 05/05/2016 12:45 PM
Subject: Re: IBM i to network connection performance
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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
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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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