> -----Original Message----- > From: centos-bounces at centos.org > [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On Behalf Of Tim Nelson > Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2009 11:37 AM > To: centos at centos.org > Subject: [CentOS] Quickbooks and Samba and Oplocks... OH MY > > It is widely known that Quickbooks has a horrible storage > engine, "requires" Windows to host multiuser access, etc. > However, I've successfully been storing QuickBooks files on > Samba shares at a handful of locations with no real issues > other than slight performance degradation. However, a > somewhat recent thread here mentioned the proper use of > oplock'ing in the Samba configuration to considerably > increase performance/reliability. > > Could someone please share any hints/tips on configuring > Samba for optimum use with QuickBooks? I have one server in > particular that appears to be suffering performance problems > with QuickBooks but runs lightning fast with all other > applications. If I recall, and as the subject mentions, I > believe the key lies with the oplock settings. ----- What do have for the current Samba configuration file? What version QB?