We have a ReadyNAS 212 in a RAID 1 configuration. Our data consists of around 40,000 folders and in each folder there around 5-10 files. My users use File Explorer from Windows 10 to browse, read and manage folders/docs in the NAS box. Lately, my users complaining that when they create a new folder, the process takes a few seconds and that it's getting slow.
Is there anything I can do to speed up the whole process? Maybe turning off the indexing as I think that it gets no use since no one uses the netgear app to browse for files and folders.
Thanks
Model: RN21200|ReadyNAS 212 Series 2- Bay (Diskless)
I haven't run any maintenance task. I didn't know that they existed to be honest.
A follow-up question about the File Search. Do we really need this to be enabled? I mean all users browse folders through Windows 10's File Explorer, is File Search makes any difference to this?
A follow-up question about the File Search. Do we really need this to be enabled? I mean all users browse folders through Windows 10's File Explorer, is File Search makes any difference to this?
You can disable it. It's helpful if you are looking for files via the admin web ui, but Windows File Explorer doesn't use it.
I haven't run any maintenance task. I didn't know that they existed to be honest.
They are on the volume settings wheel - they can be run immediately or run on a schedule. You should set up a schedule for them. You could start with the disk test, then balance, then defrag.
Another aspect with 6.9.3 is that "strict sync" is enabled by default on all shares. You could try turning that off for some shares, and see if that makes a difference.
Yes, I disabled strict sync on shares. No difference at all.
Thx for clarifying.
How many users do you have? Has that increased much over time?
Also, you mentioned 40,000 folders. How are they structured? (If you have a lot of folders in the root of each share, you might try restructuring by adding subfolders).
Another aspect is the network - it might worth making sure that the connections are still negotiating as gigabit. Are you using link aggregation in the RN212?
Restructuring 40,000 folders is not an option right now.
I think we can rule out the number of users, and you've already checked the network. You probably should check the disk SMART stats, just in case there's something going on there.
Folder browsing speed isn't a strength of Samba, and I suspect that you'll need to restructure to really solve this.
FWIW, another approach (much more expensive) would be to get a faster NAS with more bays, and add two SSDs for metadata tiering.
In the meantime, you could try link aggregation, as it might help a bit. You could use TLB (or ALB) with an unmanaged switch. If the switch is managed, you could use LACP, or a static LAG on the switch with Round-Robin on the NAS.
