Data transfer speed over network

Garyj881 · 20 Dec 2015 at 11:47

After setting up my home server with 2 x 3TB WD reds, I am trasfering data from my pc to the server at painful 5.0MB/s. The home server is connected directly to the router, whilst the pc is connected to the network via homeplug.

I am transfering 1TB of data in small chunk at a time.

Anything I could try?

paradigm · 20 Dec 2015 at 11:54

Yes, don't use homeplugs.

A gigabit connection end to end should see you getting around 75-90MB/s

MG42Maniac · 20 Dec 2015 at 11:55

I had this same problem with homeplugs. I managed to get a paltry 8MB/s out of them, speed is down to the electrical wiring in your house. I would either suggest getting the PC wired in or use a decent .ac setup. I have a server which is hardwired into the router so I get full 1Gbps. The upstairs PC is connected through wirless .ac and I get about 40MB/s. Router is an Asus AC87U and the adapter is an Asus USB AC56.

joeyjojo · 20 Dec 2015 at 11:59

Sneakernet if it's a one off, then the suggestions above.

lude1962 · 20 Dec 2015 at 12:04

5MB/s = 40Mb/s, obvious culprit would be the homeplugs
bog standard wifi n dongle should get you connected at 70Mb/s, (dependent upon signal etc)

...waiting for Bledd to suggest hardwiring...

Garyj881 · 20 Dec 2015 at 12:10

Well that's a pitty.

Something this size is a one off anyway. In my old house I didn't get full download speed via the homeplugs, in the new house I do, so figfured the wiring was much better and it may have just been someadjustments in the o/s.

bledd · 20 Dec 2015 at 14:19

paradigm said:
Yes, don't use homeplugs.

A gigabit connection end to end should see you getting around 75-90MB/s

Should be 110MB/s

Sone · 20 Dec 2015 at 15:09

bledd. said:
Should be 110MB/s

If you can get real life 110mb/s out of gigabit kit, using IP and consumer grade equipment I would eat my hat

kayomani · 20 Dec 2015 at 15:21

I would find it odd if my lan didn't give me 112 meg every time, short of disks not being quick enough.

Avalon · 20 Dec 2015 at 16:20

It depends on the file sizes, but on large files I'd be surprised if I wasn't getting over 100MB/s unless I had IO issues at either end.

Oh and yes, hardware it.

bledd · 20 Dec 2015 at 18:29

Sone said:
If you can get real life 110mb/s out of gigabit kit, using IP and consumer grade equipment I would eat my hat

I hope you like eating hats.

Any gigabit switch can do this. Just need quick hard drives or SSDs.

joeyjojo · 20 Dec 2015 at 20:27

bledd. said:
Any gigabit switch can do this. Just need quick hard drives or SSDs.

I like to use RAM disks. No chance of bottleneck.

Craigius · 21 Dec 2015 at 08:02

I hard wired mine house up took me a bit of time best thing i ever did to be honest, homeplugs will be the bottle neck.

DragonQ · 21 Dec 2015 at 09:55

I can get 110 MB/s through my Gigabit switches at home. However, most of the time I'm transferring to or from my file server, which means FlexRAID's storage pool driver slows things down a lot and I get maybe 40 MB/s.

I wish I had time to find an alternate solution to drive pooling.