Inconsistent network speeds

Goose · 13 Nov 2015 at 15:52

I put together my first NAS a couple of weeks ago running Xpenology that is connected to my cable router in the next room with a 20m Cat6 patch cable. I'm currently transferring about 100gb of mkv files with the speeds starting at about 60-70MB/s and now jumping around between 80-90MB/s. I was just wondering if those speeds are normal for a gigabit setup?

bledd · 13 Nov 2015 at 16:19

List the following..

Make of NAS/server
Make of and number of drives used in NAS, and configuration type (ie, RAID type)
Model of drive used in PC
Make of router

112MB/s is generally the very best you'll get from gigabit LAN, but you'll need quick hard drives (or SSD) to sustain this speed.

Could be an overactive AV package.

Goose · 13 Nov 2015 at 18:16

The NAS was put together by me running on an MSI H81I LGA1150 Mini-ITX Motherboard
Just a single WD Red 3tb drive for now
HDD in PC is a WD Blue 750 GB 2.5-inch
Router is a TP-Link Archer C7 AC1750
The patch cable was bought from cable monkey so should be of good quality.

bledd · 13 Nov 2015 at 22:11

Wd 2.5inch, these aren't that fast, run a hdd speed test.

Probably hard drive speed limitation.

Goose · 14 Nov 2015 at 14:40

bledd · 14 Nov 2015 at 15:41

That pretty much confirms it..

Danny091 · 14 Nov 2015 at 16:27

As bledd says your getting the best your going to get out of the hard drive.

Goose · 14 Nov 2015 at 16:31

Okie doke. That was the last of the stuff I needed to transfer to the NAS so it's not an issue now really.

Thanks