Ready Nas Ultra is up and Running...

[paulsb01]

Again my thanks to the board for their guidence. Their help along with level 2 support at Ready Nas made my unique configuration work.

My newest problem is the dismal speed 9.x MB/s transfer from my PC (win vista) to the NAS and about the same going back.

My system is 1gig Ethernet all around. Where can I star trouble shooting. I have to assume being other NAS units I tried had the same slow speed, there is something in my system slowing it down. Thanks all.

 

[claykin]

I just want to confirm you are wired.

If wireless, see here:

http://home.bott.ca/webserver/?p=226

 

[paulsb01]

yes

all 1GIG cards and switch.

 

[paulsb01]

ReadyNas Ultra Speed Info

I was testing with too small a group of files to get a good speed read.

I just ran a drag and drop in Windows transfer of 1.15 GB: Master Folder containing 10 other folders with 710 files. They are a mix of JPG and .mov files.

PC to NAS Volume C: 19.2 peak MB/Sec
PC to NAS Volume D: 22 peak MB/Sec

NAS C to NAS D DISMAL: 6.7 MB/Sec

In both cases, it takes a bit of time to get it moving. My speed is courtesy of the Windows Vista (my PC)transfer info.

 

[beisser]

i would consider testing the speed with bigger files.

small files will get crappy results. not just with the nas, but with any network share. extreme example is your windows folder. drag and drop that one anywhere and the speed will be somewhere in the KB/sec or very low MB/sec region

i own a ultra 4 (among other nas) and i get easily 50MB/sec when copying movies (filesize 300mb+) from and to the nas.

 

[paulsb01]

I actually had a PC issue..

I did a restore and all is well. Transfer of the same 1.15G file moved up to 50mb/sec.

I'm OK.

 

[paulsb01]

i would consider testing the speed with bigger files.

small files will get crappy results. not just with the nas, but with any network share. extreme example is your windows folder. drag and drop that one anywhere and the speed will be somewhere in the KB/sec or very low MB/sec region

i own a ultra 4 (among other nas) and i get easily 50MB/sec when copying movies (filesize 300mb+) from and to the nas.

The reason I test like this, is simply because these are the files we use 100% of the time. Why test with something we don't use?

 

[beisser]

The reason I test like this, is simply because these are the files we use 100% of the time. Why test with something we don't use?

ok you have a point there, but then again, like i said, no network device will get full speed on small files. its just too much overhead.