Subject: Re: Netatalk wire speed
From: Chad Leigh, Objectwerks, Inc. (chad@objectwerks.com)
Date: Wed Feb 21 2001 - 21:37:09 EST
In normal usage I have never found MacOS to be a speed demon when copying
large numbers of files. Try copying that many files between two disks on
the same machine.
Chad
--On Thursday, February 22, 2001 2:30 AM +0000 Niall O Broin
<niall@magicgoeshere.com> wrote:
> Hi again all,
> I've been a long time user of netatlk but I haven't been on this
> list for a while, as netatalk just works for me. But now I have an issue
> that I'm sure I've seen discussed before but I can't find a reference
> (probably not looking in the right place)
>
> I need to copy about 13GB of files from a Linux box to a G3 Powerbook. The
> Linux box is running 1.4b2+asun2.1.3 (it's stock SuSE 7) and the Powerbook
> has mounted the filesystem using TCP (I hope - I entered the server IP
> address rather than picking it by name from the Chooser so that should do
> it, no ?). The server has a 3C509 card and is connected to the Powerbook
> by a crossover cable, and the link lights indicate that 100 MB is active.
> When I drag the relevant folder to the Powerbook (containing about 18000
> files) it trundles away for a while, counting up to the number of files,
> and then starts copying. The estimated varies as a few files are copied,
> but it's always around 40 hours. Now cutting corners here and there this
> equates to an approx. transfer rate of ~ 5MB / minute - this is just a
> tad below the wire speed of a 100 MB network.
>
> Now I know that afp won't really approach wirespeed, even over TCP rather
> than Appletalk, but even so ~ 5MB / minute seems a bit slow. Anyone have
> any suggestions ?
>
>
>
>
> Kindest regards,
>
>
>
> Niall O Broin
>
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