[OpenIndiana-discuss] CIFS slow reads but fast writes

[Gordon Ross]

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>> Redid the CIFS bench just now.  38MB/sec read, 77MB/sec write.  So ftp is
>> almost twice as fast.
>
> OK, so next I'd grab a network capture of just a couple seconds during
> the "middle" part of both of these transfer tests, and compare the delays
> seen between requests and responses.
>
> Have you compared with other SMB clients other than Win7?
>

The network trace would  let you see where the delays are, and help
determine if the client or server is to blame, etc.  Did you try this?