March 5, 201214 yr This is my set up: UnRaid 4.7. NEW AMD Athlon II X2 250 Regor 3.0GHz Socket AM3 65W Dual-Core Processor NEW Biostar A760G M2+ AM2+/AM2 AMD 760G Micro ATX AMD Motherboard NEW Thermaltake Copper AMD RX K8 CPU Cooler + Masscool Thermal Grease 3 2tb green drive. 1 parity 2 data. I've got a W7 PC ---> 8 port gigagbit trendnet TEG-S80G----Unraid Server (both tower and W7 PC are connected to the 8 port giga switch) I've been getting speeds from 4 mbps to 35 mbps. I found the cables I was originally using were Cat5. I changed the Cat5 cables, and made my own and terminated them with Cat5e. Now, I am getting speeds from 18 mbps to 35 mbps. Most of the time the transfer speeds stay around 25 mbps to 30 mbps. However, there times when the transfer speeds start at 50 mbps and drop to 4 or 3 mbps, and then they start increasing very very slowly until 18 to 20 mbps is reached, and it pretty much stays there most of the time. Other times the speed drops again. Is this a normal speed? What can I do to make transfer speeds faster? If I put a cache drive how much would the transfer speed increase by? Also what type of drive should I use for cache.
March 5, 201214 yr i get 20 to 30 Mbps when using a parity drive and if i disable(only on big transfers) the parity drive i get up to 60/70 Mbps on a gigabit network, so your speed are normal. I wouldn't recommend transferring without a parity disk because your data is not protected while you do that.
March 5, 201214 yr Author Thanks. I just noticed a sticky about Parity Drive, which I didn't notice before. I've been thinking about using a cache drive since I am trying to complete ripping all of my movies (mainly bluray), and they take a while for it to transfer. After I am done with them, I'll just make the cache drive into a data drive. This is my first unRaid server. I am still learning as I go, but I am satisfied with it. I can't believe I didn't do it sooner.
March 5, 201214 yr Author Well, for some reason or another my server is getting slower and slower with transfer speeds. Now, it won't go any faster than 8 mbps. About 1 hour ago, I just transfer two files over 20 gb each, and it was transferring at 37 mbps. Now, I am was transferring another file and it isn't going any faster than 8 mbps. What's up with this?
March 5, 201214 yr Author Post a syslog. Sorry I forgot to post a syslog here it is: syslog-2012-03-04.txt
March 5, 201214 yr Is this log during one of the slow transfers? Do you have an extra switch to try? Sent from my SGH-I727R using Tapatalk
March 5, 201214 yr Author Is this log during one of the slow transfers? Do you have an extra switch to try? Sent from my SGH-I727R using Tapatalk That was my last transfer to no. The speed was normal. The one prior to my last transfer speed was only 8 mbps. I am transferring another file right now and the speed went from 5 kbps, and slowly increased to 32.2 mbps. I've got my 5 gigabit port switch in the master bedroom. Both are the same brand. I'll move it and try that one out.
March 5, 201214 yr Author Well, I've been ripping my movie collection throughout the day, and transferring them to my server, and the speeds have been staying pretty constant between 25 to 40 mbps with parity. So, I hoping it continues to be like this. If I get a slow transfer, I'll post the syslog. Thanks everyone.
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