Transfer Speeds: It is only tranferring at 5MB/s... is this the normal speed?
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Old post, I know, but I thought I would point this out to anyone reading this in the future. It's important to note that 10/100 Ethernet is 100 Mbps (Megabits per second), which is NOT the same as MB/s (Megabytes per second). That boils down to 10/100 Ethernet being slower than USB 2.0. 1 MB = 1024 kB, 1 kB = 1024 bytes, 1 byte = 8 bits Gigabit Ethernet (10/100/1000) can be faster than USB 2.0 but it is hard to actually get gigabit, you need a computer that can handle it at that speed, a router that can, the NAS itself, and the cables themselves matter. 5 MB/s is still slow for 10/100 though, that's about 42 Mbps.
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Something is not right there. On a wired 1Gbps connection with a single copy I would expect at least 400Mbps, with speeds over 700Mbps on faster switches (efficient internal packet forwarding). That is from testing when I first received the unit (tested with 4 x 5200 RPM Toshiba 160GB in RAID 5, prior to 4 x 7200 RPM Seagate 750GB in SHR I have had in it since then - but I haven't tried that on a fast switch, my home switch seems to max about 500Mbps). For comparison, I've seen speeds close to single line speed (~900Mbps) on a DS713+/DX513 combo. If you are on WiFi, I would run hardwired tests for comparison. Then start troubleshooting your WiFi.
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Package says they have peak transfer rate of 150MB or 1.5 gigabits with 7pin interface....
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I believe they are USB 2. Transfer rates aren't even close to USB 2 rates directly from the computer. It works once set up, but is still a slow transfer for whatever is being moved.
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I've observed transfer speed up to a maximum 32 MB/sec in a USB 2.0 port. But the transfer rate can vary dramatically, depending upon what other tasks your computer is doing in the background.
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The card readers are all USB 2.0. Running a benchmark on a Class 10 SD yielded typical transfer rates of 30-35 MB/s.
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Yes, if you are paying for 50 megs, why are you only getting 6 megs. I think you should talk to your ISP first and find out if the problem is not with them. If you hardware is older, then this would be a good upgrade.
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No i'm sure customer service is bad. You are only paying 20 a year. But you need to define "high speed" if you are going to accurately make a statement like this. Because your review is not consistent with my and others experience. Did you also adjust the quality settings in your my account thing? How about giving us some upload download numbers you have. Ping? Latency? How about jitter? A lot of ISP companies call something high speed that very barely qualifies as such.
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For WiFi interfaces you don´t have measures for 10 and 100Mbps (those are for Ethernet cable interfaces). That said that specific case support 802.11 b/g/n wireless specifications which means theoretically it could have transfer rates up to 54Mbps (802.11n specs). But do not expect to actually hit the maximum rate, in my my case I got something like 30-35Mbps in a good day (several different variables can affect a WiFi rate).But I´m satisfied with the product.
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The Ethernet port is Gigabit speed. A lot of it depends on the drives you buy and what type of Raid you use (If you use it). I bought Western Digital 2GB Red drives, the ones designed for NAS systems. I am using Synology's Hybrid Raid. I don't remember the exact numbers, but when copying my personal files from my computer, I was getting about 110MB transfer rates. That's almost 900Mb/s. It is the first time I ever ever come close to approaching the Gigabit capabilities of my network. Even if what was being reported wasn't 100% accurate, let's just say it was really fast.
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Interestingly enough, Seagate has chosen to NOT list the speed of the drive either on the box, on the actual drive or even in the rather skimpy documentation. It is possible that the Seagate site might be able to tell you. All I can say is that it is very quiet and I can't complain about the data transfer rate.
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If you are using an older machine that does not have USB 3.0 support the slower transfer rate can cause an issues such as this and there is no fix. If you are using a USB 3.0 port make sure your motherboard drivers and bois settings are up to date. After trying all this if the drive continues not to perform to your expectations I would exchange it for a different one.
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No hard-drive actually transfers at 5GB/s, nor does any USB 3.0 port. These are just theoretical maximums. What you should expect is around 60MB/s transfer, maybe up to 80MB/s. This device also doesn't have the potential for 5GB/s; It's not attached to a PCIe in the laptop that can do it even under theoretical situations. It IS faster than 2.0, but don't expect SATA III speeds. In addition, this card does not independently provide enough electricity to run 2 external hard drives, which is why it has that little port in the center. If you're running two "high drain" devices from them, you plug that cord into one of your USB 2.0 ports and it'll provide extra power. Hope this helps, but if you're looking for super high speeds like 5GB/s, then you need to read up on "theoretical versus actual USB 3.0 speeds".
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G-Technology G-DRIVE with Thunderbolt (0G03124) has a transfer rate of up to 165 MB/s.http://g-technology.com/products/g-drive-thunderbolt
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My similar drive (5TB) is also equipped for USB 3, but it works great on my 2.0 ports. I assume it could transfer faster on 3.0, but there's no incompatibility.
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It is rather confusing. On the link I provided, scroll down to the "Technical Details" part of the page. It reads "Minimum 20MB/ sec sequential read/write speeds." Best of luck!
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this will take some time 50 Gbts will take 10 min due to the early 2011 macbook probably having 5400 rpm hard drive so will not get max speed out of the transfer rates still the fastest way probably 3 to 3.5 hours