Moving Files and Speed

[mdbsoccer21]

As I speak, I am transferring my files from my old external HD to the nas. I have noticed the upload speed is painstakingly slow. I am assuming this is because its a transfer from a USB HD to the NAS via network. A lot of bottlenecks there. Can someone please confirm? Thank you.

 

[Coop777]

Hard to say - what is the external drive attached to NAS? PC/MAC?
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And define painstakingly slow please...what transfer speeds are you seeing?

 

[mdbsoccer21]

I have a USB Seagate External HD plugged in to a USB-C adapter into a 2020 MacBook Pro.

As far as speeds, Resource Center shows it bouncing around but never more than 10 mbs
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[Coop777]

Is the Mac connected wirelessly or wired to your network? What is the model number of the drive?

 

[fredbert]

Having multiple copy (read/write) jobs to/from the same disks will slow things down.

 

[mdbsoccer21]

@fredbert This is the first time that I have done that.

@Coop777 I can't tell without picking it up and touching it which im not willing to do just yet because I am in the process of moving stuff over.

 

[fredbert]

Since you're moving files and not copying them then just sit it out and let it finish. Generally it's wiser to copy in case something goes wrong (you can start from the beginning) but that's not useful now.

This would be one of the one-time jobs I used Carbon Copy Cloner so that I'm sure that I have made a successful clone of the source to destination, and it can pick up from part way if needs be. Or hand-crank an rsync.

You may want to open Activity Monitor on the Mac and you'll be able to see the data sent/received in the Disk and Network views. That should give you some idea how well it's going vs expected for HDD read and LAN send.

 

[Rusty]

All fair point, but as @Coop777 asked: "Is the Mac connected wirelessly or wired to your network?" would be the right question atm.

If it's wifi and on a 2.4GHz "problematic/saturated" network, that would explain a lot.

never more than 10 mbs

What unit is this exactly?

 

[WST16]

Can’t you connect the external drive directly to the NAS (USB 3 port) and copy?

 

[mdbsoccer21]

Can’t you connect the external drive directly to the NAS (USB 3 port) and copy?

I dont believe so.. I have asked this before.

 

[WST16]

I dont believe so.. I have asked this before.

I connect external hard disks to my DS and they show up and I can browse and copy using File Station.
At least the ones I’m using with my Mac, don’t know about Windows formatted disks, but they should behave similarly.

 

[fredbert]

If the external drive is exFAT then it won't work unless you've purchase exFAT package from Synology. Otherwise, FAT32, HFS+, and ext4 have all worked for me.