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Some Newbie Questions
Hi All, new to the forum and new to NAS ownership. Was hoping you guys may be able to answer some (newb) questions. I have a ReadyNAS 214 with 3x3TB WD RED running in RAID X (RAID 5) connected up...
Scott1991 wrote:
I find the NAS can be quite slow/ its connected via CAT7 cable direct to the router and when i'm in the house when uploading (using file explorer) in the house its round about 25Mbps
megabits or megabytes? Is the PC connecting with wifi or with ethernet?
Can you try running NAStester on a PC that is connected via ethernet, and report the results? http://www.808.dk/?code-csharp-nas-performance
After we sort out the local network performance, we can move on to the wide area.
StephenB wrote:
Scott1991 wrote:
I find the NAS can be quite slow/ its connected via CAT7 cable direct to the router and when i'm in the house when uploading (using file explorer) in the house its round about 25Mbps
megabits or megabytes? Is the PC connecting with wifi or with ethernet?
Can you try running NAStester on a PC that is connected via ethernet, and report the results? http://www.808.dk/?code-csharp-nas-performance
After we sort out the local network performance, we can move on to the wide area.
Megabytes, ReadyNAS connected to router via Ethernet and laptop connected to router over 1GB WIFI
Running a 100MB file write on Z: 5 times...
Iteration 1: 25.03 MB/sec
Iteration 2: 22.36 MB/sec
Iteration 3: 20.76 MB/sec
Iteration 4: 20.98 MB/sec
Iteration 5: 19.98 MB/sec
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Average (W): 21.82 MB/sec
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Running a 100MB file read on Z: 5 times...
Don't have a spare ethernet cable to plug my laptop in so these results are again via WIFI
Scott1991 wrote:Don't have a spare ethernet cable to plug my laptop in so these results are again via WIFI
Well, I think your wifi is limiting your home-network performance. Maybe post back when you have a way to test wired performance.
21 MB/s is about 170 mbps, which is reasonable WiFi throughput.
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