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# FORCE THE DISK SYSTEM TO ALLOCATE REAL STORAGE BLOCKS WHEN
# A FILE IS CREATED OR EXTENDED TO BE A GIVEN SIZE.
# THIS IS ONLY A GOOD OPTION FOR FILE SYSTEMS THAT SUPPORT
# UNWRITTEN EXTENTS LIKE XFS, EXT4, BTRFS, OCS2.
# IF YOU USE A FILE SYSTEM THAT DOES NOT SUPPORT UNWRITTEN
# EXTENTS, SET "strict allocate = no".

strict allocate = Yes

# ALLOW READS OF 65535 BYTES IN ONE PACKET.
# THIS TYPICALLY PROVIDES A MAJOR PERFORMANCE BENEFIT.

read raw = Yes

# SUPPORT RAW WRITE SMBs WHEN TRANSFERRING DATA FROM CLIENTS.

write raw = Yes

# WHEN "strict locking = no", THE SERVER PERFORMS FILE LOCK
# CHECKS ONLY WHEN THE CLIENT EXPLICITLY ASKS FOR THEM.
# WELL-BEHAVED CLIENTS ALWAYS ASK FOR LOCK CHECKS WHEN IT IS
# IMPORTANT, SO IN THE VAST MAJORITY OF CASES,
# "strict locking = auto" OR "strict locking = no" IS ACCEPTABLE.

strict locking = No

# TCP_NODELAY:
# SEND AS MANY PACKETS AS NECESSARY TO KEEP DELAY LOW
# IPTOS_LOWDELAY:
# [Linux IPv4 Tweak] MINIMIZE DELAYS FOR INTERACTIVE TRAFFIC
# SO_RCVBUF:
# ENLARGE SYSTEM SOCKET RECEIVE BUFFER
# SO_SNDBUF:
# ENLARGE SYSTEM SOCKET SEND BUFFER

socket options = TCP_NODELAY IPTOS_LOWDELAY SO_RCVBUF=131072 SO_SNDBUF=131072

# SMBWriteX CALLS GREATER THAN "min receivefile size" WILL BE
# PASSED DIRECTLY TO KERNEL recvfile/splice SYSTEM CALL.
# TO ENABLE POSIX LARGE WRITE SUPPORT (SMB/CIFS WRITES UP TO 16MB),
# THIS OPTION MUST BE NONZERO.
# THIS OPTION WILL HAVE NO EFFECT IF SET ON A SMB SIGNED CONNECTION.
# MAX VALUE = 128k

min receivefile size = 16384

# USE THE MORE EFFICIENT sendfile() SYSTEM CALL FOR EXCLUSIVELY
# OPLOCKED FILES.
# NOTE: ONLY FOR CLIENTS HIGHER THAN WINDOWS 98/Me

use sendfile = true

# READ FROM FILE ASYNCHRONOUSLY WHEN SIZE OF REQUEST IS BIGGER
# THAN THIS VALUE.
# NOTE: SAMBA MUST BE BUILT WITH ASYNCHRONOUS I/O SUPPORT

aio read size = 16384

# WRITE TO FILE ASYNCHRONOUSLY WHEN SIZE OF REQUEST IS BIGGER
# THAN THIS VALUE
# NOTE: SAMBA MUST BE BUILT WITH ASYNCHRONOUS I/O SUPPORT

aio write size = 16384