Samba is an open source software suite used to provide file and print services to Windows, Linux, and other Unix-like systems. It is a powerful solution that can be used to easily share files, printers, and other resources between different operating systems over a network.
The prerequisites for monitoring Samba with Netdata are to have Samba and Netdata installed on your system.
Netdata auto discovers hundreds of services, and for those it doesn’t turning on manual discovery is a one line configuration. For more information on configuring Netdata for Samba monitoring please read the collector documentation.
You should now see the Samba section on the Overview tab in Netdata Cloud already populated with charts about all the metrics you care about.
Netdata has a public demo space (no login required) where you can explore different monitoring use-cases and get a feel for Netdata.
Syscall R/Ws (kilobytes/s) is a metric that measures the rate of read/write operations between the operating system and the Samba server. It is important to monitor this metric as it can help detect potential issues with the Samba server, such as slow file transfers or too many requests being sent to the Samba server. Additionally, monitoring this metric can help identify any potential bottlenecks that may be hindering performance.
Smb2 R/Ws (kilobytes/s) is a metric that measures the rate of read/write operations between a client and the Samba server. It is important to monitor this metric as it can help detect potential issues with the Samba server, such as slow file transfers or too many requests being sent to the Samba server. Additionally, monitoring this metric can help identify any potential bottlenecks that may be hindering performance.
Smb2 Create/Close (operations/s) is a metric that measures the rate of create and close operations between a client and the Samba server. It is important to monitor this metric as it can help detect potential issues with the Samba server, such as slow file transfers or too many requests being sent to the Samba server. Additionally, monitoring this metric can help identify any potential bottlenecks that may be hindering performance.
Smb2 Info (operations/s) is a metric that measures the rate of getinfo and setinfo operations between a client and the Samba server. It is important to monitor this metric as it can help detect potential issues with the Samba server, such as slow file transfers or too many requests being sent to the Samba server. Additionally, monitoring this metric can help identify any potential bottlenecks that may be hindering performance.
Smb2 Find (operations/s) is a metric that measures the rate of find operations between a client and the Samba server. It is important to monitor this metric as it can help detect potential issues with the Samba server, such as slow file searches or too many requests being sent to the Samba server. Additionally, monitoring this metric can help identify any potential bottlenecks that may be hindering performance.
Smb2 Notify (operations/s) is a metric that measures the rate of notify operations between a client and the Samba server. It is important to monitor this metric as it can help detect potential issues with the Samba server, such as slow file notifications or too many requests being sent to the Samba server. Additionally, monitoring this metric can help identify any potential bottlenecks that may be hindering performance.
Smb2 Lesser Ops (counters) is a metric that measures the rate of various Samba operations including tcon, negprot, tdis, cancel, logoff, flush, lock, keepalive, break and sessetup. It is important to monitor this metric as it can help detect potential issues with the Samba server, such as slow operations or too many requests being sent to the Samba server. Additionally, monitoring this metric can help identify any potential bottlenecks that may be hindering performance.