Mac Ventura much slower than Windows

[relayerbob]

Hi, I use FFS to sync between my Win10 system and an UnRaid Server, and also between the UnRaid server and a Mac Mini M2 Pro. The files all work fine on both sides, but the Mac side takes WAY longer (as in 5 -10 times) longer to do anything. For example, if I check sync of my music files, the PC takes about 1 minute or so, while the Mac takes about 15 minutes. Transferring also is many times slower. The network is a 1 Gb/sec, and internet connections all seem equivalent. Any ideas on why Macs might run so much slower when talking to the server? It is a SAMBA setup, is there an issue with that? I know this may not be the right forum, but TBH, this is the only program I run that shows this sort of difference (Things seem to load from the server fast on both).

Thanks in advance,
Bob

[therube]

(Simply a link to another "slow" thread, viewtopic.php?t=10592.)

[relayerbob]

Completely different issue, that's to external drives not a network server. I have since discovered it is a problem with MacOS and SMB servers. Workarounds are more complex than it is worth for my purposes.

[gianniba]

I am backing up a 8TB to different smaller drives, using FFS, teracopy, os copy, on MAcos monterey and Windows 11. I've seen incredible diffent speeds, from 70 MBps to few 100 kbps, windows explorer copy more than 120 MBps

[LeoW]

if you want to eliminate Samba from the equation I recommend using an open source utility called Rclone. It runs on a Mac, and will let you mount your Unraid server drives. I'd recommend loading SSH Server on Unraid, and connecting via SFTP rather than SMB. actually, you can do this with FFS alone, or with Rclone.

Anyway, you can use Rclone to access/mount Unraid via BOTH SMB and SFTP and test to see which works better for you.

It runs on Windows, Mac, and Linux. Light weight and usually as fast as can be expected.

[relayerbob]

Thanks, that's great and helpful info! I'll try it out