Take the 2-minute tour ×  I've done some reading and apparently
the main obstacle to fast remote profile syncing is that Samba
takes a long time to transfer lots of little files like cookies.
After reading Roaming Profiles: Best Practices , I plan to use
Folder Redirection, but I want my users to be able to login as
rapidly as possible, even if it means that their data is still
coming in when they reach their desktop. Is there a way to do
this with GPO or a third party add-on that can load user profile
data faster/speed up the login process for users?  share|improve
this question The first obstacle is keeping the size of the
roaming profiles under control. No matter what you do if you
have big profiles they will take time to come down. - I would
check the size of the profiles before doing anything else. – 
JamesK Jan 5 '11 at 9:59 Is linux involved? If not then it is
not Samba, it is smb or cifs. Whether you are asking for windows
or linux tools is going to make a huge difference to the answer.
–  JamesRyan J