Change default bufsize to 512k

I did not do any scientific tests, but the dummy test on my laptop against a
w2k3 vmware shows that in this specific situation going beyond 512k seems not
to gain anything anymore.

smb: \> iosize 64512
iosize is now 64512
smb: \> lcd /dev
smb: \> get random null
getting file \random of size 104857600 as null (33453,1 kb/s) (average 19718,5 kb/s)
smb: \> get random null
getting file \random of size 104857600 as null (34236,0 kb/s) (average 20509,1 kb/s)
smb: \> iosize 524288
iosize is now 524288
smb: \> get random null
getting file \random of size 104857600 as null (49042,1 kb/s) (average 22521,9 kb/s)
smb: \> get random null
getting file \random of size 104857600 as null (49420,8 kb/s) (average 23432,9 kb/s)
smb: \> iosize 1048576
iosize is now 1048576
smb: \> get random null
getting file \random of size 104857600 as null (49420,8 kb/s) (average 24284,2 kb/s)
smb: \> get random null
getting file \random of size 104857600 as null (49136,3 kb/s) (average 25076,9 kb/s)

diff --git a/source/client/client.c b/source/client/client.c
index 9d298ae91b4c91d02584d77714aed084e232be82..79b7dfe8389ecca0ec6981a84dbafe12f5791784 100644 (file)
--- a/source/client/client.c
+++ b/source/client/client.c
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ static bool grepable = false;
 static char *cmdstr = NULL;
 static const char *cmd_ptr = NULL;
 
-static int io_bufsize = 64512;
+static int io_bufsize = 524288;
 
 static int name_type = 0x20;
 extern int max_protocol;