Re^4: Perl on Windows Best Practices?

I dont think file caching works over SMB connections,

Hm. l: is my net use for live.sysinternals.com\tools via my (currently) 700kbs broadband and wifi:

C:\test>net use l:
Local name        l:
Remote name       \\live.sysinternals.com\tools
Resource type     Disk
The command completed successfully.
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The first time I download procexp.exe it takes 34 seconds for the 2.5 MB file:

C:\test> prompt [$t] $p$g

[ 4:41:09.11] C:\test>copy l:\procexp.exe .
        1 file(s) copied.

[ 4:41:43.33] C:\test>dir procexp.exe
11/07/2012  17:38         2,691,192 procexp.exe
               1 File(s)      2,691,192 bytes
               0 Dir(s)  101,746,388,992 bytes free
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After that it is almost instantaneous. This is done by hitting cursor up and enter as fast as I can:

[ 4:56:14.29] C:\test>del procexp.exe && copy l:\procexp.exe .
        1 file(s) copied.

[ 4:56:14.34] C:\test>del procexp.exe && copy l:\procexp.exe .
        1 file(s) copied.

[ 4:56:14.38] C:\test>del procexp.exe && copy l:\procexp.exe .
        1 file(s) copied.

[ 4:56:14.42] C:\test>del procexp.exe && copy l:\procexp.exe .
        1 file(s) copied.

[ 4:56:14.47] C:\test>del procexp.exe && copy l:\procexp.exe .
        1 file(s) copied.
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Between .04 and .05 of a second. That can only come from local caching.

With the rise and rise of 'Social' network sites: 'Computers are making people easier to use everyday'

Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error.

"Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority".

In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice.

The start of some sanity?

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Re^5: Perl on Windows Best Practices? by bulk88 (Priest) on Jul 31, 2012 at 05:17 UTC
I can't replicate that because of my residential cable ISP. No. Time Source Destination Protoc +ol Info 3 12.791678 192.168.1.112 157.56.203.150 ICMP + Echo (ping) request 4 14.956316 192.168.1.112 157.56.203.150 ICMP + Echo (ping) request 5 17.456431 192.168.1.112 157.56.203.150 TCP + 11975 > microsoft-ds [SYN] Seq=0 Win=16384 Len=0 MSS=1460 6 17.456837 192.168.1.112 157.56.203.150 ICMP + Echo (ping) request 7 17.465186 10.240.176.53 192.168.1.112 ICMP + Destination unreachable (Communication administratively filtered) 8 19.956352 192.168.1.112 157.56.203.150 ICMP + Echo (ping) request 9 20.441617 192.168.1.112 157.56.203.150 TCP + 11975 > microsoft-ds [SYN] Seq=0 Win=16384 Len=0 MSS=1460 13 22.456477 192.168.1.112 157.56.203.150 TCP + 11976 > netbios-ssn [SYN] Seq=0 Win=16384 Len=0 MSS=1460 16 22.465609 10.240.176.53 192.168.1.112 ICMP + Destination unreachable (Communication administratively filtered) 17 25.371335 192.168.1.112 157.56.203.150 TCP + 11976 > netbios-ssn [SYN] Seq=0 Win=16384 Len=0 MSS=1460 18 25.379983 10.240.176.53 192.168.1.112 ICMP + Destination unreachable (Communication administratively filtered) 19 26.376227 192.168.1.112 157.56.203.150 TCP + 11975 > microsoft-ds [SYN] Seq=0 Win=16384 Len=0 MSS=1460 20 31.405568 192.168.1.112 157.56.203.150 TCP + 11976 > netbios-ssn [SYN] Seq=0 Win=16384 Len=0 MSS=1460 [download] did a "net use \\live.sysinternals.com\tools" to generate the above. console says `System error 67 has occurred. The network name cannot be found.` [download] A residential ISP can't be blamed for blocking SMB ports. update: Are you sure you are using SMB over the internet and not WebDAV? I turned on my Web Client service on XP, and retried to map the drive letter. I then ran `use Win32API::File 'QueryDosDevice'; print $olTargetLen = QueryDosDevice( 'W:', $osTargetPath, [] ); print "\n\n"; print $osTargetPath;` [download] and got `74 \Device\WebDavRedirector\;W:000000000000fce5\live.sysinternals.com\too +ls` [download] Thats not the SMB driver. If I rerun the script on an actual local network SMB share I get `54 \Device\LanmanRedirector\;Z:000000000000fce5\removedservername\c` [download] and LanmanRedirector is the correct driver on NT for SMB.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^6: Perl on Windows Best Practices? by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Jul 31, 2012 at 06:12 UTC
Are you sure you are using SMB over the internet and not WebDAV? Yes, I used WebDAV for the demo. I don't have an accessible other local machine right now. My other machine is taking a sabbatical. But I'm pretty sure that file shared across the local LAN were cached locally going right back to NT4. The first connections were always slow; and directory listings were never cached back then, so they were also slow; but individual file metadata was cached and reopening a remote file was always quicker the second time around. You are right about Vista/SMB2 though. Reading around, it seems to have improved things a lot through the use of bigger reads; coalesced commands and overlapped IO. With the rise and rise of 'Social' network sites: 'Computers are making people easier to use everyday' Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error. "Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority". In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice. The start of some sanity?	[reply]