Transfer problem

JimmyBudz wrote:
I am asking why is it faster to transfer the files from a windows pc via mapped network drive then doing it direct from Linux laptop to the Nas, it doesn't make sense yes it's all wired and gigabit router

Understood.

Though if you are transferring lots of small files you generally will see slow speeds, and faster speeds with a large file. It wasn't clear to me if you were transferring the same data in both cases, as it matters quite a bit.

SMB might well be slower for linux, but NFS and FTP should be the same. How does the linux platform compare with the windows one? Also, did you check the network stats, to see if there were retransmissions or other stuff going on with the ethernet? Are all systems using the right MTU, etc?

I am suspecting there might be other differences besides the obvious Linux/Windows one.