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ReadyNAS NV+ Seems really slow
I just bought a ReadyNAS NV+ 2x750 and am trying to transfer all of my data from a raid array to it so I can retire my old server. First I tried to use EMC to get all the files over to the NAS, but...
Thanks for the reply, but I have already done all of the tweaks suggested at this site. Nothing seems to really make
much difference. Dang Vista has some serious problems, but if I downgrade to XP Pro my HP laptop support and
warranty go out the window.
All I am trying to do is copy data from old drives to the NAS and it has been days and still no reasonable solution
that runs at decent speed.
I can drag and drop large files back and forth at up to 28m/s .... but as soon as I try to copy large collections
of folders and files of various types and sizes, the transfer rate starts high and quickly drops to around 500-600k/sec.
What I have done now is format a USB as Ext3 using readdynas, copied files from my vista machine into that drive
using the driver for windows, and then I hooked the USB up to the NAS and am doing an nas backup to see if that
is any faster at all, but so far it is also crawling along for a 5.3 gig backup.
One thing I did figure out with permissions was that Vista in all its power takes any drives or files created in another
operation system and makes them read only for safety. So if you want things to end up OK you have to take
ownership of the drives in Vista (takes forever), and then make sure the shares on the NAS are set to assign permissions using
share permissions.
Update: the 5.3 gig backup direct from ext3 usb to NAS took 30 minutes! When compared to what Vista was going to take this
is at least one way for me to get my data onto the NAS, which is all I really need to do since normal use will not be
copying gigbaytes of data back and forth.
much difference. Dang Vista has some serious problems, but if I downgrade to XP Pro my HP laptop support and
warranty go out the window.
All I am trying to do is copy data from old drives to the NAS and it has been days and still no reasonable solution
that runs at decent speed.
I can drag and drop large files back and forth at up to 28m/s .... but as soon as I try to copy large collections
of folders and files of various types and sizes, the transfer rate starts high and quickly drops to around 500-600k/sec.
What I have done now is format a USB as Ext3 using readdynas, copied files from my vista machine into that drive
using the driver for windows, and then I hooked the USB up to the NAS and am doing an nas backup to see if that
is any faster at all, but so far it is also crawling along for a 5.3 gig backup.
One thing I did figure out with permissions was that Vista in all its power takes any drives or files created in another
operation system and makes them read only for safety. So if you want things to end up OK you have to take
ownership of the drives in Vista (takes forever), and then make sure the shares on the NAS are set to assign permissions using
share permissions.
Update: the 5.3 gig backup direct from ext3 usb to NAS took 30 minutes! When compared to what Vista was going to take this
is at least one way for me to get my data onto the NAS, which is all I really need to do since normal use will not be
copying gigbaytes of data back and forth.
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