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Aspirant

Jan 01, 2016

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Transfer speed on rn204

Hi there. I am new to this NAS environment and need to find out a thing or two to find out if things are good or if there could be an issue. I am copying data (photos, videos and cad drawings, et...

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JezZedex204
Jan 04, 2016
Update!

I bought a switch and connected it to the set up. Now the transfer speeds are more in line with what I would have expected. Copying a folder of mixed info (pdf's, photos, docs, xls s/sheets) and going over at 50MB/sec.

Much better. Just to says thanks to StephenB and Sandshark for all the help figuring this out. If this speed is what I should be getting great. If it could be higher I would be interested to hear further ideas.

:manhappy:

JezZedex204

Aspirant

Jan 04, 2016

Update!

I bought a switch and connected it to the set up. Now the transfer speeds are more in line with what I would have expected. Copying a folder of mixed info (pdf's, photos, docs, xls s/sheets) and going over at 50MB/sec.

Much better. Just to says thanks to StephenB and Sandshark for all the help figuring this out. If this speed is what I should be getting great. If it could be higher I would be interested to hear further ideas.

:manhappy:

Kardano

Luminary

Jan 04, 2016

If i may ask.... (If you are running on FW 6.4.1) Is antivirus on your RN204 enabled or disabled?

If antivirus is enabled, try to disable IT: in settings -> services - antivirus:

after disabling check speed again.

These are my results with my RN204 (4x WDRED 3TB in RAID5) to my PC (i7, 16GB RAM, Windows7 Pro) with NAS performace tester 1.7 and 1000MB file:

(Antivirus on NAS is disabled, checksum enabled, AV SW in PC is running)

NAS performance tester 1.7 http://www.808.dk/?nastester
Running warmup...
Running a 1000MB file write on \\pmnas02\backup 5 times...
Iteration 1:     84,63 MB/sec
Iteration 2:     87,55 MB/sec
Iteration 3:     87,86 MB/sec
Iteration 4:     86,82 MB/sec
Iteration 5:     86,65 MB/sec
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Average (W):     86,70 MB/sec
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Running a 1000MB file read on \\pmnas02\backup 5 times...
Iteration 1:    109,16 MB/sec
Iteration 2:    105,56 MB/sec
Iteration 3:    101,59 MB/sec
Iteration 4:    105,39 MB/sec
Iteration 5:    110,11 MB/sec
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Average (R):    106,36 MB/sec
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JezZedex204
Aspirant
Jan 04, 2016
Hi Kardano

Thank you for your time.

Mine was set up almost the same as yours, the only difference was the checksum. It is now enabled.

Latest test result looks about right.

Running warmup...
Running a 1000MB file write on Z: 5 times...
Iteration 1:     80.43 MB/sec
Iteration 2:     79.78 MB/sec
Iteration 3:     78.76 MB/sec
Iteration 4:     78.81 MB/sec
Iteration 5:     81.39 MB/sec
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Average (W):     79.83 MB/sec
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Running a 1000MB file read on Z: 5 times...
Iteration 1:    116.23 MB/sec
Iteration 2:    112.47 MB/sec
Iteration 3:    115.63 MB/sec
Iteration 4:    108.74 MB/sec
Iteration 5:    112.52 MB/sec
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Average (R):    113.12 MB/sec
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I think that I am there thanks to all the help. Thank you all. Jez
StephenB
Guru - Experienced User
Jan 04, 2016
JezZedex204 wrote:

Latest test result looks about right.

I agree.

BTW, your screenshot after the router upgraded showed you were still running fast ethernet on the PC (not gigabit). That is why the speeds didn't change.
Kardano
Luminary
Jan 04, 2016
Hi,

checksum is for safety:

Checksum functions help detect data transmission errors. The ReadyNAS uses a checksum function to improve accuracy and consistency when writing data to a volume. You can enable or disable the checksum function on each volume. Enabling the checksum function improves the integrity of your data but reduces performance speeds.

You actual speed is OK i think.

Have a nice day.
StephenB
Guru - Experienced User
Jan 04, 2016
Kardano wrote:

...Checksum functions help detect data transmission errors.

Not in this case. These checksums detect integrity problems within the btrfs file system. They can't detect data transmission problems (the CRCs sent in the ethernet and wifi packets do that).
JezZedex204
Aspirant
Jan 04, 2016
Thanks for pointing that out. I would have expected the router to automatically go up to and enable Gigabit 1000 speeds? Oh well, working now.

Now to try setting up a couple of a users and permissions. One worked fine but the second one doesn't allow me to select a specific user rights. Can't understand. Will probably be posting a new discussion soon.