Slow transfer with RN104

Thank you once more for responding StephenB.

That tool is certainly useful and is showing something interesting.

First the network setup:

Netgear router (1Gbit connections, can't recall the model at the moment)
1Gbit Netgear 24 port Network Switch

The HP MadiaSmart, running WHS (I'll refer to this as WHS n future) is connected to the switch, so too is the PC. The RN104 was connected to the router, but the same results have been seen when it has been connected to the switch. He has now moved the NAS to the switch, where it would have moved in the end anyway.

The NAS is reporting that it is connected at 1Gbit, so too has the router and switch (LEDs)

Speed results

Basically the speed results give a different perspective to all of this.

WHS

Running a 400MB file write on \\home-server-1\videos 5 times... Iteration 1: 80.77 MB/sec Iteration 2: 82.46 MB/sec Iteration 3: 96.76 MB/sec Iteration 4: 85.57 MB/sec Iteration 5: 86.25 MB/sec ----------------------------- Average (W): 86.36 MB/sec ----------------------------- Running a 400MB file read on \\home-server-1\videos 5 times... Iteration 1: 117.05 MB/sec Iteration 2: 113.11 MB/sec Iteration 3: 117.01 MB/sec Iteration 4: 117.22 MB/sec Iteration 5: 117.44 MB/sec ----------------------------- Average (R): 116.37 MB/sec

RN104

Running a 400MB file write on \\Home-Server-2\Music 5 times... Iteration 1: 58.02 MB/sec Iteration 2: 58.82 MB/sec Iteration 3: 59.64 MB/sec Iteration 4: 57.76 MB/sec Iteration 5: 58.53 MB/sec ----------------------------- Average (W): 58.55 MB/sec ----------------------------- Running a 400MB file read on \\Home-Server-2\Music 5 times... Iteration 1: 65.28 MB/sec Iteration 2: 68.52 MB/sec Iteration 3: 65.31 MB/sec Iteration 4: 66.32 MB/sec Iteration 5: 68.67 MB/sec ----------------------------- Average (R): 66.82 MB/sec -----------------------------

Now to me that looks a lot more acceptable. Using the Task Manager, the RN104 finally bumped the 500mb/s display.

He's now been able to check with another computer and that was copying from the WHS to the RN104 at around 30MB/s.

This leaves me with a very clear impression that the PC doesn't like the RN104 for some reason. I am thinking things through as we take a break and I am suspecting that perhaps the AV software is not set up correctly or is messing it all up.

For reference, my own 2 RN came out as follows:

RN Ultra 2+ (RAID 1)

Average (W): 58.81 MB/sec Average (R): 69.62 MB/sec

RN Ultra 6+ (X-RAID)

Average (W): 102.00 MB/sec Average (R): 62.87 MB/sec

Looking at the RN U6+ you can see what I would have expected from the beginning from the RN104. The test results bore this out. Using both Filezilla (FTP software) and Window's copy command, we have been seeing results around 10MB/s.

If you have any other ideas please let us know. In the mean time it's back to the grindstone to find out what the cause it.