SMB playback performance while copying new data


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I have an HP Microserver Gen10, with a customised Intel Xeon class CPU installed and oodles of RAM. It only has a single HDD behind the main disk array, which will be added to when budgets allow... It is connected via a small LAN with all media playback devices (i.e. TVs) connected to it by ethernet.

 

While watching something via the Infuse app on Apple TV, configured to use SMB shares, the performance becomes terrible if I try to upload a new video file at the same time. This could be local system file copying or via SSH, both using different protocols to SMB being used for streaming.

 

I cannot believe this system is incapable of performing both tasks simultaneously, and also expect equal / opposition questions about the performance of the Infuse application, which I am pursuing separately.

 

What and/or how should I direct either the performance or to get better diagnose in future?

 

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