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Aspirant

May 22, 2016

ReadyNAS 516 and OS 6.5.0 slow to the point of unusable

this issue surfaced for me with OS 6.4. The workaround then was to turn off Virus checking and ultimately a firmware update. Now, with 6.5.0 the issue has returned. I am getting transfer rates of 3...

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cmassey

Guide

May 23, 2016

Out of interest what addon's are you running (if any) and have you made any changes or mods via SSH or other means?

How many drives are you running?

Is the speed issue there for both reading and writing?

I'm sure one or both of the netgear people above will help get it sorted but was just interested as I have a 516 and it is working fine with 6.5.0

ArthurP
Aspirant
May 23, 2016
The apps I run are Plex, Logitech Media Surver and the Netgear camera app (though I don't actually use the latter). This has been the state since I first set the NAS up. I have not gone into the NAS to do any customizations. It's all stock.
ArthurP
Aspirant
May 23, 2016
and, yes the speed issue is there for reading and writing.
- mdgm-ntgr
  NETGEAR Employee Retired
  May 23, 2016
  Looking at the logs I can't see an immediate obvious cause of this. 3 MB/s would sound like you are using Wireless G to connect to the NAS. How is your PC connected to your network?
  - ArthurP
    Aspirant
    May 25, 2016
    I am using wireless AC. Speedtest.net shows my internet speed at roughly 50mbps up and down.