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dragon · 18-09-2007, 10:51

Setup a NAS using an old p3 pc and freenas.

Atm its only got a couple small IDE drives in since i'm waiting on a Sata card.

Thought id do a couple of test transfers.

noticed that FTP is quicker than Samba (windows shares) for transferring files any perticular reason.

I can push around 40 - 60mbit/s on average over samba.

On ftp its pushing 70+ mbit/s

Any perticuallar reason for this?

This was from my desktop pc running windows vista, across a 8port 100mbit belkin switch.

I'd imagine transfers from the other pcs on the network would be a LOT slower since they'd have to over wi-fi and homeplugs to get to the server.

18-09-2007, 10:51	#1
dragon Inactive Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 3,898	FTP vs SMB Setup a NAS using an old p3 pc and freenas. Atm its only got a couple small IDE drives in since i'm waiting on a Sata card. Thought id do a couple of test transfers. noticed that FTP is quicker than Samba (windows shares) for transferring files any perticular reason. I can push around 40 - 60mbit/s on average over samba. On ftp its pushing 70+ mbit/s Any perticuallar reason for this? This was from my desktop pc running windows vista, across a 8port 100mbit belkin switch. I'd imagine transfers from the other pcs on the network would be a LOT slower since they'd have to over wi-fi and homeplugs to get to the server.