Transfer rate between pc and network drive via a billion 7800n

iMacMart · 20 Feb 2013 at 12:59

Hi Guys

Quick question, I'm transferring data between my pc and network WD My Book Live 2tb and getting 31.4mb per second

My PC lan card is 1gb speed, as is the Billion 7800n in between and so is the ethernet port on the NAS drive, question is am I getting full throughput on the speed?

I'm not so sure

Thanks Mart

gigeorge · 20 Feb 2013 at 13:01

Seems about right.

bledd · 20 Feb 2013 at 13:07

It's a poor speed for gigabit, but cheap NAS drives tend to give rubbish speeds. It's around the same speed you'll get over USB. Fine for streaming etc, just a pain if you're copying a lot of data over.

Full throughput would be 120~125MB/s if the hard drives were quick enough. Generally if I've got ~80MB/s I'm happy. This is PC to PC, also done on a Billion 7800N using slow hard drives

Countcussy · 20 Feb 2013 at 13:38

I have the same drive, and what your getting is pretty good TBH. I usually see anywhere from 20-30 depending on what I am copying.
As said, it sucks for big transfers, but the original mybook was worse, topping out at around 9 :eek:

iMacMart · 20 Feb 2013 at 14:31

bledd. said:
It's a poor speed for gigabit, but cheap NAS drives tend to give rubbish speeds. It's around the same speed you'll get over USB. Fine for streaming etc, just a pain if you're copying a lot of data over.

Full throughput would be 120~125MB/s if the hard drives were quick enough. Generally if I've got ~80MB/s I'm happy. This is PC to PC, also done on a Billion 7800N using slow hard drives

Yes I thought the disks would be the bottle neck, but I also thought I might get more throughput than that though...

Latest drivers on my motherboard, apart from that there isn't much I can tweak to squeeze more bandwidth from them is there

Oh well, thanks for the feedback gents

Mart

Countcussy · 20 Feb 2013 at 15:12

Unfortunately not. Completely limited by the processor in the NAS.

Not sure if you are using for streaming, but in case you are, its worth knowing that the Twonky server on the NAS can be upgraded. The version it ships with is well out of date and does not play nice with some modern eqpt.

iMacMart · 20 Feb 2013 at 15:31

Countcussy said:
Unfortunately not. Completely limited by the processor in the NAS.

Not sure if you are using for streaming, but in case you are, its worth knowing that the Twonky server on the NAS can be upgraded. The version it ships with is well out of date and does not play nice with some modern eqpt.

Oh I have upgraded the firmware on the NAS will look at Twonky

EDIT: Its not a free upgrade then

just had a look online

Thanks

bledd · 20 Feb 2013 at 15:34

Yup, it's the NAS itself that'll be limiting the speeds.

Even old 80GB drives should achieve at least 50MB/s

iMacMart · 20 Feb 2013 at 17:15

bledd. said:
Yup, it's the NAS itself that'll be limiting the speeds.

Even old 80GB drives should achieve at least 50MB/s

The unit is only a year old, how does that work out then?

Not the end of the world but we all like it fast....

bremen1874 · 20 Feb 2013 at 17:43

What you're copying will make a massive difference to the speeds achieved.

Is it the model that SmallNetBuilder reviewed here? The review has some good information about the speeds you can expect.

iMacMart · 20 Feb 2013 at 18:15

Great I'll have a read

Thanks

iMacMart · 21 Feb 2013 at 17:32

Countcussy said:
Unfortunately not. Completely limited by the processor in the NAS.

Not sure if you are using for streaming, but in case you are, its worth knowing that the Twonky server on the NAS can be upgraded. The version it ships with is well out of date and does not play nice with some modern eqpt.

I'm on Twonky version 5.1.9 and the latest is 7.1.2 any one know how the upgrade it?

Thanks

iMacMart · 22 Feb 2013 at 07:44

iMacMart said:
I'm on Twonky version 5.1.9 and the latest is 7.1.2 any one know how the upgrade it?

Thanks

Anyone done this?

Mart

Countcussy · 22 Feb 2013 at 08:37

iMacMart said:
Anyone done this?

Mart

Yes. I found a very easy way. I have a direct link to the guide and downloads at home. I will try and find the link for you.

Countcussy · 22 Feb 2013 at 09:06

Here ya go...

http://community.twonky.com/twonky/topics/how_to_upgrade_twonky_server_on_wd_mybook_live?page=1

It was an absolute doddle. I am still on my trial license, but so far so good.

You will need to enable SSH if not already done so. The guide tells you the rest.

Just some of my own experiences with the Mybook Live.
If you have a firmware that works for you, stick with it. The firmware upgrade process can be very flaky and often introduces more problems than it solves.
If SSH is enabled, a bricked drive can virtually always be recovered. If SSH is disabled, it usually means an RMA.

That thread I have linked to pretty much covers any issuses you have.
I have used the Mybook for over a year with no issues once I got it setup properly. Its been a great streamer. Especially once I learned how to change the "views" of what is sent to my device.
I only needed to upgrade the Twonky server because of incompatabilities with my new Samsung TV.

If I can help any more, just shout.

iMacMart · 22 Feb 2013 at 10:06

Excellent!

Many thanks