December 16, 20232 yr There has been some major issues with SMB speed on Unraid for a while, Unfortunately due to not many users using Mac's for access it does not come up. I have done some more testing today that may help. Test folder with 300 Images Unraid 6.12.6 Fresh install with NVME SSD Share = Crap SMB speed loading photos Truenas SCALE Fresh build with simple 1 Drive SMB Test = Fast loading of photos, expected speed Truenas SCALE Fresh Build VM within the same Unraid install with simple 1 Drive SMB Test = Fast loading of photos, expected speed What's going on? Edited December 16, 20232 yr by Nano
December 16, 20232 yr FWIW I've switched to a complete Mac / Apple environment and cannot see any fundamental difference on a stock MacOS (Sonoma) install vs a Windows environment. Not saying that there isn't any, but in how I have my server organized I don't see any real difference
December 16, 20232 yr Community Expert There is also this sub-forum (which also provides a lot of tips to improve Samba/MacOs inter-operative performance) : https://forums.unraid.net/forum/103-macossmb/
December 17, 20232 yr Community Expert These settings have been reported to help: https://forums.unraid.net/topic/146818-optimal-samba-settings-to-get-better-macos-to-unraid-performance/?do=getNewComment
December 17, 20232 yr You can also try the AFP protocol if you can't get SMB to work properly, although it's deprecated some users have had better results:
December 31, 20232 yr Author On 12/16/2023 at 6:57 PM, Squid said: FWIW I've switched to a complete Mac / Apple environment and cannot see any fundamental difference on a stock MacOS (Sonoma) install vs a Windows environment. Not saying that there isn't any, but in how I have my server organized I don't see any real difference I have a Mac with 10GBps link, transfer speed is fine. The issues come when you have a folder with like over 300 images. Is it possible for you to confirm no issues in this scenario
December 31, 20232 yr Author On 12/17/2023 at 1:43 PM, Rysz said: You can also try the AFP protocol if you can't get SMB to work properly, although it's deprecated some users have had better results: Not even sure you can connect to AFP on latest macs
December 31, 20232 yr Community Expert 2 hours ago, Nano said: I have a Mac with 10GBps link, transfer speed is fine. The issues come when you have a folder with like over 300 images. Is it possible for you to confirm no issues in this scenario that is a generic smb problem, this post has some suggestions for improving performance
December 31, 20232 yr Author 7 hours ago, tjb_altf4 said: that is a generic smb problem, this post has some suggestions for improving performance Except when I run a Truenas VM inside Unraid, the Image previews load instantly on a test SMB share and the folder itself loads fast. Yet the same share inside Unraid has slow previews and the files don't appear for ages. Here is an example I just took and this is one the better examples.. Here is then Truenas VM Share which loads fast and Includes preview images. Edited December 31, 20232 yr by Nano
December 31, 20232 yr Author On 12/16/2023 at 6:57 PM, Squid said: FWIW I've switched to a complete Mac / Apple environment and cannot see any fundamental difference on a stock MacOS (Sonoma) install vs a Windows environment. Not saying that there isn't any, but in how I have my server organized I don't see any real difference would be good for your comments on my last post GIFS can you confirm if that issue does not appear, if so, would love to see the specific settings you use as I feel like I have tried everything.
January 10, 20242 yr Author Solution I have moved to Proxmox after a long 7 years with unraid and running OMV and Debian VM for docker which has solved the share performance. See ya in a few years UNRAID, we will meet again
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