SMB Performance Issues

[ramjam824]

I cannot figure out how to improve SMB performance, please help, any support will be greatly appreciated.  Thank you!

 

Home Networking Setup

1. Verizon Fios 1 GB/s
2. Unraid server connected to 10GBE LAN port on the Fios router
   1. Server NIC: 10Gb PCI-E NIC Network Card, Dual Copper RJ45 Port, with Intel X550-AT2 Controller
3. Windows 11 Laptop connecting wirelessly to Unraid
   1. Torrent download speed ~140mb/s

 

Unraid Build

1. Unraid OS: 7.0.0-beta.2
2. M/B:    Supermicro H12SSL-i Version 1.10 s/n ZM243S602309
3. BIOS:    American Megatrends Inc. Version 2.7 Dated 10/25/2023
4. CPU:    AMD EPYC 7402 24-Core @ 2800 MHz

5. Memory: 128 GiB DDR4 Multi-bit ECC (max. installable capacity 2048 GiB)

6. Network: bond0: fault-tolerance (active-backup), mtu 1500

7. Pool Setup

   1. Cache Pool: ZFS, Raid 0, Striped

      1. NVME Cache

   2. HDD Pool: ZFS, Raid Z1, 6 Drives w/ SSD L2 Cache as a sub-pool

 

SMB Issues

1. Poor read/write performance
   1. Windows -> Unraid = ~15mbps
   2. Unraid -> Windows = ~30mbps

 

I cannot change MTU = 9000 on the FIOS router, I tried to do so but only accepts a value <= 1500 within the FIOS router GUI.

 

I have enabled the following settings:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited August 4 by ramjam824
clarity

[JonathanM]

4 hours ago, ramjam824 said:

connecting wirelessly

How does it perform wired?

[ramjam824]

 

iperf3 = ~430 Mbits/sec for sender and receiver (going to purchase a new cat 6 cable today)

 

 

HDD speed.  But, my user share config for data is Cache -> Spinners.  My Cache is 4TB (2x 2TB nvme drive) and is 5% full.

 

 

I just ran a speed test now from my laptop (wireless connection to my Fios router)

Edited August 5 by ramjam824

[ramjam824]

15 hours ago, JonathanM said:

How does it perform wired?

 

I don't have the capability to test with all devices wired.

[JorgeB]

27 minutes ago, ramjam824 said:

iperf3 = ~430 Mbits/sec

That's about 50MB/s, so you will be severely handicapped by the WiFi connection, and you should also test perf in the other direction (-R IIRC), can be very different.

[ramjam824]

3 minutes ago, JorgeB said:

That's about 50MB/s, so you will be severely handicapped by the WiFi connection, and you should also test perf in the other direction (-R IIRC), can be very different.

 

~1gbps in -R

[JorgeB]

That's better, and typical of WiFi, working much better in one direction.

[ramjam824]

15 minutes ago, JorgeB said:

That's better, and typical of WiFi, working much better in one direction.

With that being the case, what can I do to improve the situation? 

[JorgeB]

I'm sorry but WiFi can be very difficult to optimize, I would recommend changing to wired.

[ramjam824]

Does this network path sound right?

 

FIOS ONT -> Fios Router -> Ethernet Switch (what kind of switch for a 10gbe network?) -> Run Cables

Edited August 5 by ramjam824
clarity

[JorgeB]

If you want 10GbE you just need to connect both the Unraid server and your PC to a suitable switch, or use a direct connection: