Are my network speeds correct?

[Thermite]

I just recently built myself a FreeNAS system to backup all my computers too. I have a raid 1 array using two of these drives: HGST Deskstar NAS 3.5-Inch 6TB 7200RPM SATA III 128MB Cache Internal Hard Drive. My server is sitting in another room and is connected to my router. I'd like to know if 11MB/s write to my system is normal or very slow? I have 16GB's of RAM on my FreeNAS system and it runs an intel I3 processor on the LGA 1155 platform. Unfortunately the motherboard that i'm currently using doesn't support ECC memory and the network nic is the onboard one. This motherboard is just a consumer board that I re-purposed. It doesn't use a intel nic, but I still thought it would get better speeds than this.

 

The system i'm using to copy the information from is my personal rig. The motherboard is the ASUS x99 deluxe on the LGA 2011v3 platform. The network nic's are extremely good on this so I know that the bottleneck can't be here.

 

Are the speeds that i'm getting correct? Am I just spoiled by having three SSD's in raid zero on my main rig?

[MG2R]

11 MB/s is pretty much 100Mbps. Could it be that your router doesn't support GbE? Your system damn well does. What router are you using?

 

Moving this to the networking section.

[rtpb5642]

I just recently built myself a FreeNAS system to backup all my computers too. I have a raid 1 array using two of these drives: HGST Deskstar NAS 3.5-Inch 6TB 7200RPM SATA III 128MB Cache Internal Hard Drive. My server is sitting in another room and is connected to my router. I'd like to know if 11MB/s write to my system is normal or very slow? I have 16GB's of RAM on my FreeNAS system and it runs an intel I3 processor on the LGA 1155 platform. Unfortunately the motherboard that i'm currently using doesn't support ECC memory and the network nic is the onboard one. This motherboard is just a consumer board that I re-purposed. It doesn't use a intel nic, but I still thought it would get better speeds than this.

 

The system i'm using to copy the information from is my personal rig. The motherboard is the ASUS x99 deluxe on the LGA 2011v3 platform. The network nic's are extremely good on this so I know that the bottleneck can't be here.

 

Are the speeds that i'm getting correct? Am I just spoiled by having three SSD's in raid zero on my main rig?

11MBps is much to slow. U should get 110 assuming u have gigabit and not 100mb

[Thermite]

11 MB/s is pretty much 100Mbps. Could it be that your router doesn't support GbE? Your system damn well does. What router are you using?

 

Moving this to the networking section.

Thanks for moving the topic @MG2R.

This is my router: http://www.ampedwireless.com/products/r20000g.html

EDIT-- I do have a network spliter before I get to my router could this be the bottleneck?

[MG2R]

Thanks for moving the topic @MG2R.

This is my router: http://www.ampedwireless.com/products/r20000g.html

EDIT-- I do have a network spliter before I get to my router could this be the bottleneck?

Probably will be, have pictures/model names/product pages for that?

[dalekphalm]

Thanks for moving the topic @MG2R.

This is my router: http://www.ampedwireless.com/products/r20000g.html

EDIT-- I do have a network spliter before I get to my router could this be the bottleneck?

What kind of Ethernet Cable are you using? Cat 5? Cat 5e? Cat 6? Cat 6a?

 

It sounds like there is a bottleneck somewhere in the network. Do both motherboards (The client PC as well as the File Server/NAS) support Gigabit Ethernet? Your router definitely does.

 

A Network Splitter?

As @MG2R says, can you show us pictures, model number, etc for it? What is it splitting? One of your Ethernet cables? Where do the "splits" go?

[Thermite]

Probably will be, have pictures/model names/product pages for that?

The spliter is a Linksys SE1500

LINK: http://www.linksys.com/ca/support-product?pid=01t80000003K7itAAC

[Thermite]

What kind of Ethernet Cable are you using? Cat 5? Cat 5e? Cat 6? Cat 6a?

 

It sounds like there is a bottleneck somewhere in the network. Do both motherboards (The client PC as well as the File Server/NAS) support Gigabit Ethernet? Your router definitely does.

I'm using CAT 5e and above. I'm not sure about the motherboard i'll go and find the model number.

[MG2R]

The spliter is a Linksys SE1500

LINK: http://www.linksys.com/ca/support-product?pid=01t80000003K7itAAC

Yup, that's your problem. That's a 100Mbit switch...

[manikyath]

as a networking guy, i'm going to recommend you something very specific:

 

- your router is gigabit, thats perfect.

 

- ALL your cables should be cat5e or better. (the cat should be printed on them over the entire length)

 

- if you need to hook up two or more devices on the same cable, use a gigabit switch. NO HUBS OR SPLITTERS! those are horrible for a home situation.

 

EDIT: your switch is 100Mbit, theres your problem.

[dalekphalm]

The spliter is a Linksys SE1500

LINK: http://www.linksys.com/ca/support-product?pid=01t80000003K7itAAC

Oh.

 

That's called a Switch You should refer to it as a Switch for the sake of clarity.

 

That's definitely your Bottleneck. It's only a Fast Ethernet Switch (10/100). You'll want to replace that with a Gigabit Switch:

http://www.amazon.com/TP-LINK-TL-SG1005D-1000Mbps-Gigabit-Capacity/dp/B000N99BBC/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1438096388&sr=8-1&keywords=tp-link+gigabit+switch

$15 USD w/ Free shipping on orders over $35.

[Thermite]

Thanks so much for all your help guys. I'll be buying a new switch today.