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Maximising FileTransfer Throughout

TheFlyingSquirrel
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I am running local two Linux devices that both use a Gigabit Nic, and the Network router is 1000Mbps full Duplex however I get ~10MBs transferring from the two devices using scp and sftp. 

 

One of the local devices is a Pi running Nextcloud and has external exposure via a static IP. 

 

Will opening FTP to get full bandwidth expose me or should I use another protocol?

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7 hours ago, TheFlyingSquirrel said:

One of the local devices is a Pi running Nextcloud and has external exposure via a static IP. 

 

https://www.raspberrypi.org/magpi/raspberry-pi-3bplus-specs-benchmarks/

 

According to the article the 3B+ Gigabit port is only capable of about 300 Mbps. This is due to how its wired in to the board. Not sure if the Pi 4 has the same limitations. This could be part of the issue. 

I just want to sit back and watch the world burn. 

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3 hours ago, Donut417 said:

https://www.raspberrypi.org/magpi/raspberry-pi-3bplus-specs-benchmarks/

 

According to the article the 3B+ Gigabit port is only capable of about 300 Mbps. This is due to how its wired in to the board. Not sure if the Pi 4 has the same limitations. This could be part of the issue. 

One of the big features of the Pi4 is its a proper PCIe NIC.

Also as I understand it, the Pi3 doesn't actually support hardware AES offloading so that's going to dramatically drag down SCP speeds.

Even on full-blown PC hardware its not unusual to struggle with poor SCP/SFTP speeds.  I actually ended up using OpenVPN so I could safely transfer over FTP to my VPS as it was so dramatically quicker.

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19 hours ago, Alex Atkin UK said:

One of the big features of the Pi4 is its a proper PCIe NIC.

Also as I understand it, the Pi3 doesn't actually support hardware AES offloading so that's going to dramatically drag down SCP speeds.

Even on full-blown PC hardware its not unusual to struggle with poor SCP/SFTP speeds.  I actually ended up using OpenVPN so I could safely transfer over FTP to my VPS as it was so dramatically quicker.

I am on a Pi4, my Pi3B+ got demoted to fun project status.

 

I may try the Samba and OpenVPN route.  100Mbs local transfer is okay but my LAN should be 10x that

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