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Readynas 104 Win 7 performance issue
just as an experiment I ran a Windows 10 Virtual machine from within my main Win7 machine. Using Helios Lan Test I got a consistent 24MB/s both ways to the NAS. The virtual machine was working hard o...
StephenB wrote:
corinbishop wrote:so again, not worried about the overall speed. The point being that it's not showing the same issue as the win7>NAS.
I agree that the win7 performance is the main issue. At this point I'm starting to lose track of what we've already tried...
-It might be useful to install the SMB-Plus app, and configure the NAS to use SMBv1, and see if that changes anything. XP uses SMBv1, Win7 uses SMBv2, and Win10 uses SMBv3.
-Does the win7 PC only have ethernet? If it has WiFi also, perhaps try turning off the radio and retesting.
-Are there any VPNs installed on the win7 system (readycloud, openvpn, work vpn...)
ha! I know what you mean! I'm loosing the track/plot too!
I have smbplus installed. I've tried smv v2,2.1 and 3.0. will try v1 now for a laugh
win pc only has ethernet.
no vpn's installed.
same asymterical performance from a different win7 machine.
I even ran a win7 vm from an Mac! saw the same performance problem! (performance on the mac itself was ok of course).
like I said, will try smb1
smb1 bring write performance up a bit from 6-9 to about 14. Read has dropped a little to 26.
sigh.
More testing done over the weekend:
Average write about 5-6MB/s. Average read is 30-35.
Driving me mad. Can't see any solution. Trying a new NAS (synology) this week to rule out the RN104.
Again, Windows 8/10 + Mac machines work perfectly (even virtual machines on running Win10 on the Win7 machine). This has only occured since 6.2.5 > 6.4.2
At my wits end now. I write large files (photographs and video) and 5MB/s is impractical.
I've tried googling and implemented fixed for all known issues relating to slow transfers on win7. Nothing works. Things include:
Connecting the second network adaptor on the 104 and it's the same performance issue through that connection.
Completely disabling ipv6 on router, NIC and RN104 NIC's.
Resetting the TCP stack (in case of TCP timing issues)
Disabling firewalls and antivirus
Changing the switch
Scanning for malware (not sure how that would affect write speeds but I did the scan anyway)
Changing the SMB version on the RN104 to force it to v2.1 (win 7 level) but I tried all other levels too (1.0, 2.0, 3.0) and that didn't change anything much.
Now, I do have a spare RN104 (unboxed), so if I can find three spare disks to create a RAID5 array then I might try that (hopefully not on 6.4.2, try to make sure it's on 6.2.5 or lower).
Other than that I'll see how the synology fairs up and take it from there.Downgraded to 6.2.5.
Building volume.
Waiting to return the data.
Will report back then.
Now back on 6.2.5. settings reinstated, now about to restore all the data.
did a quick performance test. Now seeing 38MB/s write, 42 read. A lot better than 6-9 write and 30 read under 6.4.2!
corinbishop wrote:
Now back on 6.2.5. settings reinstated, now about to restore all the data.
did a quick performance test. Now seeing 38MB/s write, 42 read. A lot better than 6-9 write and 30 read under 6.4.2!
I'm glad its back to a reasonable value.
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