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Hi Guys,
I've just got myself a DNS-323. I'm using Windows XP on my computer. I need to copy about 1TB of data onto the NAS, so i need a faster transfer rate.
Currently, i have 2x 1.5TB on my DNS-323 (EXT3/RAID1)
I did try to copy my data onto the NAS, but i'm getting only about 8-9MB/s
I'm using a 100MBPS switch.
I learnt about NFS can give faster transfer rate. Lots of info out there on how to install but not configuring it.
Any help guys?
I have managed to install the funplug 0.5, managed to start the unfsd service.
and on my laptop, i have installed the Windows Services for Unix.
That's it. Other than that, i don't know how to get the nfs work.
I would really appreciate if someone could show me or point me to a useful link, thanks.
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well, i have a linksys wrt54gs router/switch which is running 10/100. prefer not to change the hardware.
so, hoping nfs can give me some perfomance boost.
Last edited by superkingkong (2010-04-19 13:53:32)
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How should it do that? 8-9 MB/s is how fast 100 Mbit connections are in real life.
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Sorry, i don't quite understand your meaning.
I've read somewhere in the forum that people are getting more than 12MB/s
http://dns323.kood.org/forum/t307-DNS32 … mance.html
I've used teracopy to copy files. it showed me 8-9MB/s. i'm not sure whether it's megabytes or megabits
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If you don't understand, read it again. More than 9MB/s = Gigabit.
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superkingkong wrote:
Sorry, i don't quite understand your meaning.
The point that is being made is that the 8~9MB/sec you are seeing now is the upper limit of your 100 mb/sec network - regardless of what protocol you choose, you cannot transfer data faster than the network will move it.
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Thanks for the great explanation.
Hmm, i thought i can get higher than that without using a gigabit switch ...
According to this site http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/componen … Itemid,190
if i get something higher than dns-323 in the above chart, does that mean i'll get better transfer rate than my existing 8-9MB/s?
Thanks.
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i dont understand what you are asking for.
8-10 MB/s is the usual transfer rate for 100mbit depending on the used protocol. in theory it is possible that you could improve your current speed by switching to nfs because it has less overhead compared to cifs, but far from significantly.
to improve the performance noticeable you'll have to use gigabit equipment. then you will get around 12-15 MB/s (which is still quiet slow if you want to transfer 1 TB).
Last edited by oxygen (2010-04-19 17:36:05)
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sorry for the confusion.
now i'm aware that the current speed is the "standard" for my environment.
in the beginning of the thread, i was asking for the steps to configure nfs. if i can't get better performance from it, at least i can learn something new.
I hope and appreciate if you could show me how to configure those things or whether is there a particular link out there that would show me how to do it.
thank you very much
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On the XP computer, you should be able to see the NFS shares in
My Network Places->Entire Network->NFS Network->Default Lan
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FTP uses also less ovehead and should be faster.
another thought: does your pc have a gigabit ethernet card? If so you could use a direct cable temporarely for the bulk you need to copy.
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thanks Mijzelf, but do i need to do any configuration for unfsd?
thanks ortelsoft, i'm using a laptop, it has a 10/100mb nic if i'm to get a gigabit switch, i'll have to get a usb gigabit nic for my laptop as well
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No. By starting FFP NFS automatically an exports file is made. Howto:NFS Network File System. Of course you can finetune it, if you want.
Last edited by Mijzelf (2010-04-20 19:58:58)
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