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I just upgraded my whole network from 10/100 to gigabit. I'm running a Linksys E3000 router, a Netgear Prosafe switch, and a D-Link DNS-321 NAS. I'm aware that there is about a 125MB/s theoretical ceiling (less with real-life overhead, etc.), but I'm only seeing 11-14MB/s transfer speeds from the NAS to my PC.

Here's what I've tried so far, with no effect:
1.) Switching all devices to gigabit only mode.
2.) Disabling anti-virus/defender.
3.) Increasing MTU sizes across the NICs.

The NAS is running RAID-1 with x2 Seagate Barracuda 7200rpm 500GB SATA 3.0Gb/s, and my PC is running SSD's in RAID-0 (see specs), so I don't believe drive speed is the issue here.

Looking for any suggestions or possible solutions here.
Thanks!
 

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I just upgraded my whole network from 10/100 to gigabit. I'm running a Linksys E3000 router, a Netgear Prosafe switch, and a D-Link DNS-321 NAS. I'm aware that there is about a 125MB/s theoretical ceiling (less with real-life overhead, etc.), but I'm only seeing 11-14MB/s transfer speeds from the NAS to my PC.

Here's what I've tried so far, with no effect:
1.) Switching all devices to gigabit only mode.
2.) Disabling anti-virus/defender.
3.) Increasing MTU sizes across the NICs.

The NAS is running RAID-1 with x2 Seagate Barracuda 7200rpm 500GB SATA 3.0Gb/s, and my PC is running SSD's in RAID-0 (see specs), so I don't believe drive speed is the issue here.

Looking for any suggestions or possible solutions here.
Thanks!

hrm, i am also on an all gigabit network and my NAS transfer speeds max out at 19MBps. i always assumed it was because the NAS is kinda crappy.
 
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I just upgraded my whole network from 10/100 to gigabit. I'm running a Linksys E3000 router, a Netgear Prosafe switch, and a D-Link DNS-321 NAS. I'm aware that there is about a 125MB/s theoretical ceiling (less with real-life overhead, etc.), but I'm only seeing 11-14MB/s transfer speeds from the NAS to my PC.

Here's what I've tried so far, with no effect:
1.) Switching all devices to gigabit only mode.
2.) Disabling anti-virus/defender.
3.) Increasing MTU sizes across the NICs.

The NAS is running RAID-1 with x2 Seagate Barracuda 7200rpm 500GB SATA 3.0Gb/s, and my PC is running SSD's in RAID-0 (see specs), so I don't believe drive speed is the issue here.

Looking for any suggestions or possible solutions here.
Thanks!

I recently did the same thing, but my router is 100Mbps, so everything goes to the switch, and then the router also gets connected to the switch. I have no NAS, but transfers between both machines in my place run as fast as the mechanical hard drives will allow.

I'd say the problem might be in the NAS.

I just googled up your NAS model:
Specifications
Standards
• IEEE 802.3 10Base-T Ethernet
• IEEE 802.3u 100Base-TX Fast Ethernet

Support Hard Drive Type
• SATA*
Ports
• 1 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet Port

Compare this to the DNS-323:
Specifications
Standards
• IEEE 802.3 10 Base-T Ethernet
• IEEE 802.3u 100Base-TX Fast Ethernet
• IEEE 802.3ab 1000Base-T Gigabit

In other words, it seems like your NAS is simply not capable of 1Gbps speeds, despite it listing a 1Gbps port - It doesn't list the 1000Base-T as a supported standard. This might be due to a lack of processing power inside the box.
 

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I recently did the same thing, but my router is 100Mbps, so everything goes to the switch, and then the router also gets connected to the switch. I have no NAS, but transfers between both machines in my place run as fast as the mechanical hard drives will allow.

I'd say the problem might be in the NAS.

I just googled up your NAS model:
Specifications
Standards
• IEEE 802.3 10Base-T Ethernet
• IEEE 802.3u 100Base-TX Fast Ethernet

Support Hard Drive Type
• SATA*
Ports
• 1 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet Port

Compare this to the DNS-323:
Specifications
Standards
• IEEE 802.3 10 Base-T Ethernet
• IEEE 802.3u 100Base-TX Fast Ethernet
• IEEE 802.3ab 1000Base-T Gigabit

In other words, it seems like your NAS is simply not capable of 1Gbps speeds, despite it listing a 1Gbps port - It doesn't list the 1000Base-T as a supported standard. This might be due to a lack of processing power inside the box.

wow, this actually explains the same issue with my NAS. well i guess you get what you pay for :laugh:
 
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There really needs to be some better legal repercussions for false and misleading advertising.
 

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Thanks, that really does explain it. I have to say, it does seem rather disingenuous to advertise a gigabit port when the device itself doesn't support the same speed of throughput. :(
 

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Thanks, that really does explain it. I have to say, it does seem rather disingenuous to advertise a gigabit port when the device itself doesn't support the same speed of throughput. :(

i agree, that is pretty lousy of them. my gigabit NAS is a QNAP. i won't be buying anything from them again.
 
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are there any difference between reading from the NAS and writing to it?



my gigabit network does max out at 90-110MBytesps transfering from PC to PC
 

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are there any difference between reading from the NAS and writing to it?



my gigabit network does max out at 90-110MBytesps transfering from PC to PC

for me it is the exact same.
 

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are there any difference between reading from the NAS and writing to it?



my gigabit network does max out at 90-110MBytesps transfering from PC to PC

Just tried, nope same. One funny thing I did notice when boosting the MTU sizes was that I saw spikes of up to 34-80MB/s, and the data bar mirrored the claim, but they only lasted seconds. I wonder if the NAS RAID controller just isn't built to handle it.
 
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Just tried, nope same. One funny thing I did notice when boosting the MTU sizes was that I saw spikes of up to 34-80MB/s, and the data bar mirrored the claim, but they only lasted seconds. I wonder if the NAS RAID controller just isn't built to handle it.

I think the controller simply dies. The actual Eth port might be 1Gbps, but the NAS controller simply cannot handle this data rate - Thus it is not listed. It will also explain the short bursts of speed - They last before it runs out of receive buffer.
 

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this is just depressing.
 
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The problem certainly lies with the NAS device - more specifically Rumba.

Rumba is part of the software on the NAS that allows windows PCs to access the *nix file system on the NAS - typically ext2 or 3.

I have a QNAP 809pro and with Ext2 was getting 36MB/s. After I migrated the NAS to Ext3 the rate increased to 58MB/s.
 

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The problem certainly lies with the NAS device - more specifically Rumba.

Rumba is part of the software on the NAS that allows windows PCs to access the *nix file system on the NAS - typically ext2 or 3.

I have a QNAP 809pro and with Ext2 was getting 36MB/s. After I migrated the NAS to Ext3 the rate increased to 58MB/s.

how did you migrate to the new file system?
 

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This is why I always tell people don't waste money on NAS devices. A full blown file server will be so much better for only a marginally higher price.

Most of the time these NAS devices use a software RAID controller with a processor that can't handle the load.
 

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If you have a spare computer laying around turn it into an unraid server. Mine works fantastic. They even have free software using 3 drives, 2 data and a parity drive.

http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php
 
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