Re: Vista and slow transfers over the network
- From: Matt <Matt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 3 May 2007 10:16:01 -0700
Well here is the list of things that I have tried to the best of my memory
First let me list what my computers are that I’m using. I have a Vista
Ultimate Box on an Athlon 64 X2 4200 2Gig or Ram with 2 WD SATA2 drives no
Raid and an integrated Broadcom Gigabit adapter. A Win2k3 Enterprise server
running on a P3 750 384 Meg of Ram with at PCI SATA1 card with a WD 160Gig
and an Intel Pro 1000 GT Nic.
All hardware on both machines has the latest drivers.
I have tried flow control Tx, Rx/Tx, auto, off with no change
I have tried the Netsh int tcp set global autotuninglevel=disabled
Uninstalled Remote Differential Compression
I have a 3com gigabit unmanaged switch and a 10/100 switch/router issue with
both
Tired copying files from an XP box on 100Mbps and don’t have an issue. 70%
network usage when transferring files.
I’m using Cat5e I have read that Cat6 would not make a big difference so I
have not purchased new cables.
The transfer rate on the Vista box on HD to HD is 100MB/sec on average.
Faster with larger files and slower with multiple smaller files.
And the transfer rate on the server is 90MB/sec and write is about half of
that. And both of the systems rate far exceed the 2-8MB/sec transfer via
network. So I have no idea what else it could be other then Vista is a pile.
I have not been able to try Vista to Vista transfer I would really like to
see how that performs.
I know that I have tried other things but I can’t remember out of
frustration.
If anyone has any other suggestions I would love to hear them. Thanks again
for everyone’s help.
--
Matt
A+, MCP, and MCDST
"Keith Chilton" wrote:
Even though I haven't touched vista and have no experience in it. This.
thread reinforces my belief to stay away from it until next year at least.
The bugs and the whole "focus on graphics, GUI and the end-user" Microsoft
initiative seems to have created some issues.
By the way, Matt, what version of Vista are you running? And I'm sorry your
having your problems.
By the way, instead of copying and pasting, have you tried using XCOPY to
see if you can transfer files faster, instead of "copy and paste"? See if
using that changes your transfer speeds and network utilization.
I love XCOPY nested into batch scripts. It makes backups so much easier for
the end user if all they have to do is "clicky-clicky" haha
"Matt" <Matt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Well there are a few reasons. I have read online that I'm not the only one
with this issue. I have an old P4 laptop running XP Pro that has a 5400RPM
drive that has about 70 - 80% network usage on 100Mb connection to the
LAN. I
tried a few other things that make this situation very strange. If I want
to
copy a file off of the Vista box to the server. From the server I do start
run \\name\share and then copy the file and then paste it to the drive on
the
server the speed is doubled. Network usage goes from 2 -4% to 8 - 10% on
both
computers. If I copy the same file to the same location on the server from
a
mapped drive on the vista box it is slow. Network usage is 2 - 4%. And
that
is with one file that is 750MB. If I copy a bunch of smaller files like
MP3's
it is .5% - 1%. And keep in mind this is on a gigabit connection. This is
totally unacceptable. And it has the same results on gigabit or 100. Both
way
are switched not a hub. And the kicker is that at work I run vista and I
have
the same slow transfers here as I do at home. We also run gigabit at my
work.
--
Matt
A+, MCP, and MCDST
"catwalker63" wrote:
Matt piffled away vaguely:
I was hoping that some one out there would have some answers to this
question
or atleast ran into it as well. I have a Win2k server running. Its on a
P3
750 384Meg of Ram and it runs great. I have a SATA2 controller
installed with
a 160Gig WD drive. HDtach shows the write speed at 45MB/sec and read at
90MB/sec. I also have a Vista box Athlon 64 X2 4200 2Gig of RAM and 2
of the
same WD drives. Both on gigabit network. If I copy files from my Vista
box to
a mapped drive on the server it transfers at 2MB/sec maybe 4 if I'm
lucky on
if I copy from the mapped drive on the server to the Vista box it
transfers
at 8 - 10MB/Sec. This is just unacceptable. It is with a bunch of small
files
and also large files (700Meg) I have tried everything listed on any
webpage I
could find. Nothing seems to help. This is really driving me nuts. I
don't
think that bottle neck is on the server. It is snappy and runs better
than
expected on what hardware it has. I do run IIS, DNS and AD. Only for
studying
for tests. Everything in both systems have the most current drivers. It
seems
that this is a Vista issue according to everything I have read online.
The
transfers do not stop just slow. Any ideas, suggestions, anything
please.
Thanks in advance.
I know the speed of a computer is a function of the speed of the
processor, number of processors, amount and speed of RAM, and speed of
the drive. I can't say for sure but it is possible that the disparity
between the hardware on the server and the hardware on the Vista box are
a large influence here. You also don't state specific reasons why
suspect Vista, so I'm wondering why you are suspecting problems with it?
--
Catwalker
MCNGP #43
www.mcngp.com
"I have a gun. It's loaded. Shut up."
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