Connecting DS220j to Mac Studio

[jvishal]

Hello,

I am using DS220j on my Apple Mac Studio. Both running latest firmware and OS.

Currecntly - I have connected both my Mac and the NAS to the home router (LAN Cable). Can i connect the NAS using its USB port to the USB C port on my Mac Studio.

Whats the ideal way to connect so that i get the best performance (file transfer between Mac and NAS) ?

 

[fredbert]

No you can’t use the NAS via the USB port. This is network attached storage, what you ask is direct attached storage.

 

[Coop777]

Hello,

I am using DS220j on my Apple Mac Studio. Both running latest firmware and OS.

Currecntly - I have connected both my Mac and the NAS to the home router (LAN Cable). Can i connect the NAS using its USB port to the USB C port on my Mac Studio.

Whats the ideal way to connect so that i get the best performance (file transfer between Mac and NAS) ?

Wired minimum of cat 5E cabling will give you 1GBE transfer speeds....~110 MB/s

 

[jvishal]

Wired minimum of cat 5E cabling will give you 1GBE transfer speeds....~110 MB/s

I checked yesterday with my current setup with BlackmgicDesign and i am getting 30MB/s Write and 45MB/s read. Isnt that too slow?

 

[Rusty]

I checked yesterday with my current setup with BlackmgicDesign and i am getting 30MB/s Write and 45MB/s read. Isnt that too slow?

Try and make an AFP mount and transfer a single large file (in GBs) and see if that will be any faster then going over SMB.

 

[jvishal]

Try and make an AFP mount and transfer a single large file (in GBs) and see if that will be any faster then going over SMB.

Ok - I googled and will try this ;-)

 

[tekguru]

I thought AFP had been depreciated?

 

[Rusty]

I thought AFP had been depreciated?

AFP server (so Apple killed the server side), not client support (that macOS still supports, and DSM on the server side as well). But this is just to test out same setup with a different protocol using the same data sample.

 

[tekguru]

Ah ha right, It'll be interesting to see if it faster than SMB, as if it is I may switch over to using it myself

 

[Rusty]

Ah ha right, It'll be interesting to see if it faster than SMB, as if it is I may switch over to using it myself

I never stopped

 

[tekguru]

LOL I've switched over we'll see how it goes.

 

[jvishal]

LOL I've switched over we'll see how it goes.

Thats lovely - I am out to office and can't check untill late night or tomm. Waiting to hear your results eagerly.

 

[tekguru]

1 minute 6 seconds to copy a 3Gb file to the NAS, so feels a bit faster?

 

[Rusty]

1 minute 6 seconds to copy a 3Gb file to the NAS, so feels a bit faster?

46MB/s on average... so half of the maximum. Is that mac on the wire or wifi?

 

[EAZ1964]

40MB/s in blackmagic, over ethernet is slow.
I easily get double of that on the macbook pro M1 latest ventura Using SMB. Even over wifi 6

 

[tekguru]

It's on both as WIFi is needed for Apple Watch unlock. This is using Forklift as a copy program. Note my M2 Mini does not have the fast Ethernet port just the regular one.

 

[Rusty]

It's on both as WIFi is needed for Apple Watch unlock. This is using Forklift as a copy program. Note my M2 Mini does not have the fast Ethernet port just the regular one.

But defaults to ethernet? If so, that should be faster.

 

[tekguru]

I've no ideas. Anything I can check for?

 

[Rusty]

I've no ideas. Anything I can check for?

Inside System Preferences, Network. Check the "service order" setup and make sure that eth is on the top

 

[tekguru]

It actually shows as:


As I've got it connected via the KVM hub in my new Dell U3224KBA 6K monitor.... that could be the reason I guess. The Ethernet cable plugs into the monitor and that connects to the Mini via Thunderbolt 4.