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# HOW TO : Improve performance on Samba
- URL: https://kudithipudi.org/how-to-improve-performance-on-samba/
- Published: 2009-07-09T02:02:42.000Z
- Updated: 2009-07-09T02:02:42.000Z
- Description: Adding the following options to the [Global] section in the samba (open source software providing windows compatible file sharing for *nix operating systems) will most likely...
- Author: admin
- Tags: HOWTO, Linux, Technology, Uncategorized, Windows, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-08-23 02:32

Adding the following options to the \[Global\] section in the [samba](http://www.samba.org/?ref=kudithipudi.org) (open source software providing windows compatible file sharing for \*nix operating systems) will most likely speed your throughput

```
socket options = TCP_NODELAY IPTOS_LOWDELAY SO_SNDBUF=8192 SO_RCVBUF=8192
```

The receive and send buffer seem to do the trick.