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author | Gerald W. Carter <jerry@samba.org> | 2008-04-22 10:09:40 -0500 |
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committer | Gerald W. Carter <jerry@samba.org> | 2008-04-23 08:47:48 -0500 |
commit | 8f8a9f01909ba29e2b781310baeeaaddc3f15f0d (patch) | |
tree | 90c6b720ad3a7bc815245c0ef28820424f89d658 /docs-xml/smbdotconf/tuning/blocksize.xml | |
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Moving docs tree to docs-xml to make room for generated docs in the release tarball.
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diff --git a/docs-xml/smbdotconf/tuning/blocksize.xml b/docs-xml/smbdotconf/tuning/blocksize.xml new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..1a0cc545a3 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs-xml/smbdotconf/tuning/blocksize.xml @@ -0,0 +1,27 @@ +<samba:parameter name="block size" + type="integer" + context="S" + xmlns:samba="http://www.samba.org/samba/DTD/samba-doc"> +<description> + <para>This parameter controls the behavior of <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smbd</refentrytitle> + <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> when reporting disk free + sizes. By default, this reports a disk block size of 1024 bytes. + </para> + + <para>Changing this parameter may have some effect on the + efficiency of client writes, this is not yet confirmed. This + parameter was added to allow advanced administrators to change + it (usually to a higher value) and test the effect it has on + client write performance without re-compiling the code. As this + is an experimental option it may be removed in a future release. + </para> + + <para>Changing this option does not change the disk free reporting + size, just the block size unit reported to the client. + </para> +</description> + +<value type="default">1024</value> +<value type="example">4096</value> + +</samba:parameter> |