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Aspirant

Nov 16, 2023

ReadyNAS 3138 Dropbox Upload - 1Gbit Fiber Upload, Barely Using Available Bandwidth

Have a RN3138 running 6.10.8, 4 x 18TB drives in Raid10, syncing backups to Dropbox Enterprise. We have symmetrical, dedicated 1Gbit fiber to our office and for whatever reason, the RN box just does ...

Sandshark

Sensei

Nov 17, 2023

Can you approach 1Gb network speed for a local transfer and other types of external transfers? What method are you using for the Dropbox upload? Do you have SSH enabled? If so, does top show any processes with excessive CPU use?

One possibility is that the issue is on the Dropbox end, maybe associated with the protocol you are using. But top may show something in the NAS has it CPU-bound. If you are using the Dropbox sync built into the NAS, then it may also be RAM limited. I have no personal experience with it, but I have read that syncing a lot of files requires a lot of RAM. You can check memory use with cat /proc/meminfo. If DropBox is using a lot, then that will reduce the amount available for data buffering and slow down transfers.

masterchief07
Aspirant
Nov 20, 2023
Unfortunately, doesn't seem to highlight much.

I did SFTP into the box and was trying to find the Dropbox applet's config but have so far not been able to locate it, or anything like it. Anyone have any ideas?
- StephenB
  Guru - Experienced User
  Nov 21, 2023
  masterchief07 wrote:
  
  I did SFTP into the box and was trying to find the Dropbox applet's config but have so far not been able to locate it, or anything like it. Anyone have any ideas?
  
  Try running ssh (log in as root with the NAS admin password).
  
  The standard client name is just dropbox, so maybe start with
  
  which dropbox
  
  The command line interface for the client includes a throttle for both upload and download, it is possible that those are set and limiting your sync speed.
  - masterchief07
    Aspirant
    Nov 21, 2023
    Yeah, unfortunately, that yields no response. Also, didn't see dropbox in the active process list. I also looked for dbbroker, which I saw in one of the CGI files, but no luck there either.