So slow!

I used the WD My Book Live to backup 800GB of data. Took about 35 hours for the initial copy and almost a week to restore.

Both the MyBook and the computer are connected on a gigabyte switch!

What is this? A bug or is it normal?

The maximum transfer rate I got to is 3mg/s

Thank you for moving my question to the right board.

not normal, but hard to tell since everyone’s LAN is different…

  • Are you sure you have a gig switch? even if you did not, it is too slow. But verify it anyhow. 

  • Are you sure the PC has a gig nic? even if you did not, it is too slow. But verify it anyhow. 

  • Cables; to get gigabit speeds, you will need a gigabit network (10/100/1000) and cat5e cables at the least.

With wireless, you will never get gigabit speeds.

I have just 10/100, and happy with it.

Wire:
Data; 39.39GB
Time: 1:50:05
Speed: 6404590 Bytes/sec.
Speed: 366.473 MegaBytes/min.

Wireless
Data; 4.66GB
Time: 0:44:11
Speed: 1890589 Bytes/Sec
Speed: 108.80 MegaBytes/Min

If still fails, try bypassing the switch and connect the PC and MBL to the router if possible

If still too slow, try setting a static IP for MBL

last option, try a new switch and/or a new router

Advance option: Set static IPs to both the MBL and PC, connect them directly and also test connected to the switch.

If all still fails, provide model #s for the switch, router, PC nics, your setup, etc.

Hello

Thank you for your reply. My switch and PC are indeed gigabit but I’ll have to check my cables though. I didn’t know you needed a specific cable for this.

I’ll keep you posted!

Thank you :slight_smile: