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CarlEdman's avatar
CarlEdman
Luminary
Jan 01, 2019
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Cannot Copy Files Larger Than 2 GByte to ReadyNAS

I'm running the latest ReadyNAS 6.9.4hotfix1 on my ReadyNAS with more than 3.5 TByte free and a Windows 10 Pro x64 workstation and have for many years (with whatever the latest official version was at the time).  They are both connected to a GBit full-duplex switch which consistently gives me (and has forever) the theoretical maximum file transfer speeds of 112 MByte/second or so.

 

Now I am trying to do something I've done literally thousands of times before and suddenly it fails consistently: Transferring large files from the workstation to the NAS.  From Windows Explorer or cmd.exe, copying or moving a file works fine at full speed until it hits the 2 GByte point then it stops and errors out.

 

Transferring files between the same drives/filesystems from the NAS to the workstation continues to work regardless of size.  The workstation file system is whatever the current NTFS is and the NAS of course runs btrfs.

 

Am I losing my mind?

  • Retired_Member's avatar
    Retired_Member
    Jan 01, 2019

    That sounds weird, CarlEdman. What happens in case you use the admin page in a browser on your windows workstation to pull (upload) one of the concerned files to the nas?

    Kind regards

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  • Retired_Member's avatar
    Retired_Member

    That sounds weird, CarlEdman. What happens in case you use the admin page in a browser on your windows workstation to pull (upload) one of the concerned files to the nas?

    Kind regards

    • CarlEdman's avatar
      CarlEdman
      Luminary

      Thanks for the suggestion, Retired_Member!  I didn't even know you could do that.

       

      The result: It actually worked (albeit at a much lower transfer rate of about 22 MByte/sec), solving my immediate problem.

       

      But I still wonder why the underlying issue occurs.

       

      • Retired_Member's avatar
        Retired_Member

        I would also like to know, CarlEdman, but could only guess.

        If you do not need IPv6 and have it enabled in the network configuration of the nas, please disable it there and give it another try.

        Kind regards

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