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EKroboter
Apprentice
Feb 10, 2016

RN516 & 6.4.2 update, initial report

After the 6.4.2 update I performed yesterday, I can confirm that performance has improved a bit. I had AV disabled after the 6.4.0 fiasco and haven't enabled it since, since performance is remarkably better without it. Did a disk balance and it completed in about 20 min. Share access is fast as it was in 6.4.1, and throughput is over 100MB/s over Gigabit Ethernet. I have the 516 with a XOR bonded link connected to a Cisco Gigabit Switch with port configured as a static LAG. From my MacBook Air w/Thunderbolt to Gigabit Ethernet adapter I'm getting over 135MB/s writes and reads. Funny thing, personal shares weren't available after the update, no-one was able to access them. After a reboot everything got back to normal. I'll report further issues should they come up.

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  • BrianL2's avatar
    BrianL2
    NETGEAR Employee Retired

    Hi EKroboter,

     

    Thank you for sharing your test result and for your detailed feedback. Hopefully, it will continue to work fine with better performance. If you want to read 6.4.2 feedback from other community members, kindly check this thread.

     

     

    Kind regards,

     

    BrianL
    NETGEAR Community Team

  • os 6.4.2 has a newer kernal

     

    enhanced performance is obvious

     

     

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