How could this go wrong!! (hp microserver)

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I recently purchased a hp microserver and installed ubuntu server 10.10 on the 160GB hard drive which came with the box.

I then set up a smb share file. When I try and copy a file from the share file to the share file I only get 1mb/sec transfer rate!!

I then swapped the 160GB hd for 2 samsung spinpoint F3 in RAID 1 configuration and put in an extra 2GB of RAM. Again my transfer rates were similar to before.

can anyone help me?
 
Are you copying the file from a separate system or from that system?

If it's on that system alone, then there is a problem with the drives.

However, this sounds like you are using a second computer to copy the files. This means the file has to be taken from the server share, brought to the computer you are on, then sent back to the server share again. If you are on a wireless connection or 10Base-T, this can definitely show 1MB/s as the connection is technically transferring one file two ways, with your system being the middle-man.

The only way to bypass this is if you copy the files directly on the server itself or if you 'cut'/move the file to a different folder on the share, essentially telling it to change location rather than creating a duplicate.
 
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I don't know how to transfer files w/o my windows pc (I'm presently installing the gnome desktop which should make it easier)
 
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There are commands that can be used through SSH and a command prompt using Putty, which honestly, without a GUI is the fastest and easiest way to copy/move files within the Linux server.

Just do a google search for copying files through command prompt and you should have some luck.
 
Thanks for your advice. I am presently working on a wireless computer with a very weak signal. I think you were correct when I was copying the file from one folder on the server to another the files were being transferred via my laptop. When I used cut instead of copy the files transfers were almost instantaneous.

Is there a tool which would tell me accurate read/write speeds for my micro server?

Thanks
 
ghost6303 said:
are you trying to copy from your computer over this wireless to the server? :confused:
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Yeah he was, but I think he's going to try command line with Putty and SSH to do this as it is much faster and efficient.

I did this when I had a ZFS server running.
 
vraa said:
Wireless a b g won't be fast
At all

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Says the man who wants to over-volt his hard drive. ;)

But yeah, you are right. I'm using 802.11g on my netbook and it's not good for anything other than copying very small files. My peak bandwidth is about 2.8MB/s with a perfect signal.

For copying files of medium size, at least 100Base-TX is needed, and for large files over 500MB, gigabit is necessary.

For the fastest transfers though, SSH with Putty and commands are necessary, and it is also a more secure method.
 
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