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How to optimize the file transfer speed between USB external hard drive and wired-LAN PC on R7000.
Hi everyone, Here is my configuration: I have R7000, updated to latest firmware. I connect my PC to router using Cat5e cable. I connect my USB 3.0 External Hard Drive (Western Digital 6TB) to...
PhamHuyBao wrote:
I think that I will leave everything as it is and accept that the transfer speed of 30-33 MB/s is the best that I can get with R7000.
TrustedReview measured the R7000's USB speed at 28-29 MB/sec, which is approximately what you are getting. http://www.trustedreviews.com/netgear-nighthawk-ac1900-802-11ac-router-review-setup-performance-page-2
The R9000 has 100 MB/s read speed and about 55 MB/sec write speed. https://www.smallnetbuilder.com/wireless/wireless-reviews/33046-netgear-r9000-nighthawk-x10-smart-wifi-router-reviewed?showall=&start=2
VE6CGX wrote:
Router memory has buffer for files. Is the memory size same between two routers?
The R9000 has 1 gb of ram; the R7000 has 256 mb.
I'm not sure that affects the SMB performance, though it does seem plausible that the R9000 has a larger disk cache.
aalexandrebeta wrote:
VE6CGX& StephenB is there a way to standardize and to make sure that the DHH is well configured and users enjoy the full extent of the router and the HDD?
Thanks!
I don't know of any settings in the router that would let you tune the storage performance.
Generally speaking, the router "likes" hard drives with one partition, and NTFS formatting. Other formats are supported (see https://kb.netgear.com/24059/What-are-the-USB-drive-requirements-for-my-Nighthawk-router?cid=wmt_netgear_organic ) - but exFAT in particular is not.
StephenB wrote:
Generally speaking, the router "likes" hard drives with one partition, and NTFS formatting.Don't forget the Linux native ext2/ext3/ext4 file systems not requiring any middleware as for all other non-native file systems.
The only reason not using ie. ext4 would be interoperability with Windows or macOS.
The amount of memory ... well, Linux tends to use all memory for generic I/O caching. But then, when comparing R7000 and R9000 ... the first one does not run Plex.
root@R9000:/# ps | grep mbd
10327 root 1144 S N /usr/sbin/smbd -D
10339 root 872 S N /usr/sbin/smbd -D
11977 root 1000 S /usr/sbin/nmbd -D
17530 root 112 S grep mbd
root@R9000:/#
root@R9000:/# ps | grep Plex
2121 root 26016 S N Plex Plug-in [com.plexapp.system] /tmp/plexmediaserve
18684 root 112 S grep Plex
29799 root 33660 S ./Plex Media ServerThere it goes the larger R9000 DRAM.
schumaku wrote:
StephenB wrote:
Generally speaking, the router "likes" hard drives with one partition, and NTFS formatting.Don't forget the Linux native ext2/ext3/ext4 file systems not requiring any middleware as for all other non-native file systems.
Yes, that likely is faster, and if you have a linux system on hand it's worth a try.
