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Readynas Duo v2 poor performance on SMB connection
Hi Everybody, when I connect to my ReadyNAS trought a SMB connection I always obtain only 10MB/s read and write (it depends on the disk: less space seems to upgrade performance :shock: ). The funn...
[Thumper wrote: ]...Since I am interested in 1080p streaming I am waiting for a new media player with gigabit LAN to see if this speed is enough.
1080p HD streaming requires 1-2 MB/sec for typical downloads and 7-8 MB/s for full bluray streaming. (8-16 mbits for the downloads, and 54 mbits is the max rate for BluRay).
[Thumper] wrote:
- ReadyNas DUO v2 - USB 2.0 disk: 20-25MB/s
- ReadyNas DUO v2 CIFS: average 27MB/s
- ReadyNas DUO v2 SMB: average 10MB/S
So (a) gigabit is not needed and (b) your tested speeds are fast enough. Though they are a lot slower than they should be. Do you have jumbo frames enabled? (I'm not recommending them, just trying to sort out what might be happening here).
On bit-rot: The btrfs file system includes the facility to create file checksums and it has some ability to repair damage to files and metadata. This is enabled in the RN102 6.2 beta release. I haven't seen definitive information from netgear on exactly repairs are possible (especially in my case, since I am running jbod). But I enabled the setting anyway.
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