There are major performance and scalability increases in Samba: the code has been reorganized and
nmbd (the Samba name service daemon) heavily rewritten:
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Name/browsing service now supports approximately 35,000 simultaneous clients.
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File and print services support 500 concurrent users from a single medium-sized server without noticeable performance degradation.
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Linux/Samba on identical hardware now consistently performs better than NT Server. And best of all, Samba is improving.
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Improved "opportunistic" locking allows client machines to cache entire files locally, greatly improving speed without running the risk of accidentally overwriting the cached files.
