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Re: Very Slow Read/Write and Time Machine Backup

SoundmanArt
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Re: Very Slow Read/Write and Time Machine Backup

I have turned off IPV6 and will try another copy.  If I see it bogging down again, I will just abort it instead of running it the entire 3 hours has I have been.

 

I used to be very comfortable with Unix, but it's been many, many years.  Without instructions, I doubt I could figure out top.

 

Will the other 2 gentlemen see this link because you added their names or do I need to contact them individually?

 

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StephenB
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Re: Very Slow Read/Write and Time Machine Backup


@SoundmanArt wrote:

Will the other 2 gentlemen see this link because you added their names or do I need to contact them individually?

 


The @ should give them a notification.  But it does no harm to send them a private message and ask for their help.  Use the envelope icon on the upper right of the forum for that.

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SoundmanArt
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Re: Very Slow Read/Write and Time Machine Backup

Copying without IP6 produced the same results.

 

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StephenB
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@SoundmanArt wrote:

Copying without IP6 produced the same results.

 


I was afraid that would be the case.  Then I am out of ideas.

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SoundmanArt
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Re: Very Slow Read/Write and Time Machine Backup

Well thanks for trying. I did PM the other 2 gentlemen.  If nothing soon, time to place a warranty claim I'm afraid.

 

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SoundmanArt
Apprentice

Re: Very Slow Read/Write and Time Machine Backup

I thought I'd close this discussion with the final outcome.

 

I did open a ticket with Netgear.  They did replace the unit.  But it was still dreadfully slow.  It must be something in their OS that makes writes of small files dreadfully slow.  I even tried it on a high end Windows PC.  Same slow speeds.

 

And I did once again verify that I did not have these slow speeds with an old Buffalo NAS that I still had lying around.  I got between 30-45 MB/second with that vs the 1 MB/second with the Netgear NAS.

 

So I ended up purchasing a 5-bay USB-C drive enclosure to connect to my Mac.  Of course, I get blazing speeds with this.

 

For now, I've put some old 3TB drives into the RN3138 and I've relegated it to be a backup NAS for my small computers.

 

If/when they ever fix this issue, I might come back.  But I don't expect that to ever happen.

 

VERY DISAPPOINTING!

 

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