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Aspirant

Dec 29, 2015

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readynas read directory speed

Hi I recently replaced my office windows 2003 server with a readynas 312 file server. I noticed that with the readynas browsing files through the finder on mac was a lot slower than when i did it wi...

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mdgm-ntgr
Dec 30, 2015
Well, the backend change resolved the problem!

poko2121 wrote:

Helios benchmark is still saying 150ms read directory time which is a lot slower than the old server got (15ms) but it feels just as quick thanks so much!

NETGEAR Employee Retired

Dec 29, 2015

Which protocol are you using on your Mac? SMB or AFP?

Which services and apps are you running on your NAS?

Aspirant

Dec 29, 2015

I am using SMB. I tried it with AFP and it was a little faster on the benchmark, but nothing noticeable in real use

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