Question about transfer speed of my cloud ex2 product. request advice please

Question

Hi guys, I use Raid 1 on my cloud ex2. I have something weird going on. When i received mine My Cloud ex2 with dual wd red of 6tb disks i just unpack all the gear and just do the installation as provided. I used also the data cable that was inluced in the box and i connect it to mine Airport Extreme router from apple.  Also mine computer is windows and is also connected on the Airport extreme and if i do a speedtest of mine connection via this website www.speedtest.net. below you see a picture of it.  The problem i have with mine My cloud device is i wanted to copy mine files from a wd 4tb external disk wich is connected on my pc via USB 3 connection from there i copy them to mine Wd my cloud ex2 drive via network and i try to move arround 50gigs in total and he write them in aprox 10MB/s thats ridicilous slow speed. How i can solve this issue /? is there any way to do it faster because i also wanted my movies on the nas but if i see that 50 gigs takes me aprox 2 hours to get the job done ya mine USB 3 external disk do this operation much quicker.... pfff  I checked also mine network and i have 1Gb speed and the network light at the back of the mycloud ex2 is GREEN blinking because of the copy proces.... Anyone can give me explanation about this matter  Thanks in advanceSteve

Answer 1

I beg to differ.....my EX2 was showing 10-11MBps (thats megabytes) until I learned a thing or two about home network infrastructure... What did I learn? 1. I had an old router that did not support gigabit (problem!)2. I had old network cable that was homemade (possibly a problem)3. I had outlandish expectations of my hardware despite #1 and #2 (biggest problem)4. At no point did I doubt the EX2. I was smart enough to know the capabilities of most hardware just didn't know enough about networking hardware. (first step to solution is admitting there's a problem) What did I do? Well I thought about how important it was for me to be able to move data between my PC and the EX2 as fast as possible so i scoured the Internet for answers. I then decided my newer technology devices (iphones, Ipads,Wifi TVs, etc) coud benefit as well from upgraded hardware. So I purchased a gigabit compatible router (it was hard to part with the cash for a stupid box with blinky lights) and a new cat5e cable. BOOM! 60-70 MBps from my PC to and from the EX2. Now, I would like to see even higher speeds being that my SSD can handle nearly a GB per second and being that a gigabit connection (in theory)) is equivelent to 125MB (and i'm aware of some overhead needs) i was hoping for maybe 90-100MB per second. This is acheiveable perhaps with utilizing a gigabit switch instead of the router and guaranteeing no other writing to the source and destination drives but I've got bigger problems.... The wifi to my Laptop is bottlenecking my  speeds to the NAS at around 11MBps which I think can be fixed with a new wifi card that is capable of AC speeds. No blame to the EX2 on this...either way despite my less than desirable speeds in the beginning, I never had an issue streaming from the EX2 just backing up data was time consuming. If you value your time and want the speeds that the rest of the world is getting... I suggest the following: 1. Make sure you got a Gigabit router2. Make sure your PC has a gigabit NIC card3. Make sure you've got good Cat5e (at minimum) cables. Got all the above satisfied? You should be flying and happier than a blue haired old lady with a bucket of quarters at a Vegas slot machine. To be clear... I am a cheapskate and don't have the most robust machinery but I did learn WHERE to spend my money to get the best bang for the buck. I recently went on a purchase binge but with a well thought out strategic plan... PC = HP500-314 >>16gb Ram >>250gb Samsung 850 SSD >>AMD A8-7600 CPU (total investment $599)Laptop = Lenovo G50-45 >> 16gb RAM >> 500 gb Samsung 850 SSD >> AMD A8-6140 (total investment  $549)Router = Netgear Nighthawk AC1900 (R7000) gigabit router The money I saved on not buying a top of the line Intel I7  PC for roughly $1,200-$1,400 allowed me to build two pretty decent machines (with fast hard drives and more RAM than I can use) and a $200 router (now available for $160) for nearly the same price as one awesome machine that wont reach its potential with what I use them for. All that said I would then have no more moeny for hardware and would be running through my 6 year old crappy router. Moral of the story, don't blame the EX2 until you've had a darn good look at the rest of your hardware and network infrastructure. I believe most of the complaints are stemmed from my same early mistakes. You need to understand gigabit, megabit, and megabyte before you make any claims. Hope this helps someone! Sorry for the long post, I think I just found out how much I like writing on my new laptop!