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Readynas 102 connection problem with Apple Macs
I have a client in a design studio where we installed a 2 disk (2x3TB) Readynas 102 about a year ago. The PC's on the network see the folders really quickly but the two Macs seem to have a proble...
barryd wrote:
"Create smaller directories"? What does that mean? Store less stuff on your drive?
No. It just means using more subfolders. For instance instead of having 10,000 jpgs in a flat folder, organize it as 10 subfolders with 1,000 jpgs each.
Speed of directory browsing is not a strength of CIFS/SMB - if you look at smallnetbuilder reviews (for any NAS) you will see that is usually the slowest benchmark.
barryd wrote:
Have they applied the vfs_fruit fix that mdgm did for me yet? Thats what you need. To be fair to netgear though its Apple that need to fix this.
I agree that would be a good thing to try. I suspect the L2 tech might not have been aware of it.
First thing I'll say is that the tech was very thorough. He went through everything to make sure it was set up correctly as well as could be performing at its best. I'm sure he wasn't aware of the vfs_fruit work around. It's also too bad that there is a known defect (I use this term loosely) with the way Apple implemented CIFS/SMB and that we seek a work around from a third party.
Yes, StephenB is correct. The direction was to organize subfolders with a lower amount of files. Figuring out that limit could take time. My guess using my Mac is that it will be less then 1000 files per subfolder, I'd have to retest that to be certain.
My clients files were all separated into sub folders with folders within those. About 250gb worth of files. Made no difference. Still took an age to get into the folders list.
One thing we have discovered on one mac since the vfs_fruit fix is that sometimes a folder which we know is there as it appears on the other mac simply doesnt show up on the other one. The only option when this happens is to restart the mac which takes a while.
brosnahan1114 I have asked support to reach out to you on creating the overrides file.
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