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Jan 19, 2017

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Readynas 104 - Slow transfer speeds

Hi all Can someone please tell me if the transfer speeds i am seeing are normal. I am pretty sure that i use to see around 70Mb but now i am only seeing 10Mb, both directions. When i transfer...

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Maximus360
Jan 24, 2017
Hi

I have managed to solve the issue, it looked to be an issue with my RJ45 terminations. I put a cable tester on each end and the pinouts where terminated incorrectly using only 6 pins out of 8. This was giving me 100Mb connection. I then re-terminated the connections and tested and the interfaces are now showing 1Gb connection with all 8 pins being used.

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mdgm-ntgr

NETGEAR Employee Retired

Jan 19, 2017

Is your NAS reporting that it has a 1000Mbit (Gigabit) connection or a 100Mbit one?

Ostro

Aspirant

Jan 19, 2017

nas interface say 100 Mbps !!

what to do ?

EDIT : ok just change port from eth0 to eth1 and my nas card running 1 gbps.

Have ~20 Mo/s upload and ~35 Mo/s download as i had before 6.6.0 upgrade.

:) is there any way top improve the speed alittle more ?

StephenB
Guru - Experienced User
Jan 19, 2017
Ostro wrote:

Have ~20 Mo/s upload and ~35 Mo/s download as i had before 6.6.0 upgrade.

Since you did negotiate the wrong speed at least once, perhaps try a different ethernet cable (or router/switch port). The cable should be at least Cat5e.

It should be possible to get 70 MB/s download and ~35 MB/s upload with RAID-5.

Do you recall what firmware was installed when you first purchased the NAS? There have been adjustments to the low-level volume settings over time. If your volume is very old, starting fresh with a factory reset (restoring data from backup) might improve performance. I did that last spring with my RN102, and it jumped from about 35 MB/s download to 70.
- Ostro
  Aspirant
  Jan 21, 2017
  can i create a new raid array without loosing data ? i dont have any storage with enought space ..?
  - StephenB
    Guru - Experienced User
    Jan 22, 2017
    Ostro wrote:
    
    can i create a new raid array without losing data ?
    
    Unfortunately not.
    
    Ostro wrote:
    
    i dont have any storage with enough space ..?
    
    RAID isn't enough to keep your data safe, only another copy on a different device can do that. So I do suggest investing in some backup storage.