I've had a F4-423 for a few months and I'm generally quite happy with it. However, I noticed a strange behavior with SMB compared to AFP.
My main machine is a Mac Mini and I'm using the latest macOS version. With SMB, after some tweaks, I get fast folder listings and big files transfer at full speed. Smaller files, however, seem to take a while compared to AFP.
I'm aware that small files require more overhead regardless of medium, but it's surprising how much faster AFP behaves. When moving many small files via the Finder — e.g. a folder with 250 images, all less than 1 MB in size — in both cases it will pre-allocate the space on the NAS, which takes about the same time. Then AFP will transfer the files in a couple of seconds, while SMB takes a lot longer; it's as if SMB starts and stop for every file.
My configuration on the NAS side is as follows:
And on the Mac I have enabled both mc_prefer_wired and DSDontWriteNetworkStores.
When I run `smbutil statshares` I get the following:
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SHARE ATTRIBUTE TYPE VALUE
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SERVER_NAME Supernova(SMB)._smb._tcp.local
USER_ID 501
SMB_NEGOTIATE SMBV_NEG_SMB1_ENABLED
SMB_NEGOTIATE SMBV_NEG_SMB2_ENABLED
SMB_NEGOTIATE SMBV_NEG_SMB3_ENABLED
SMB_VERSION SMB_3.1.1
SMB_ENCRYPT_ALGORITHMS AES_128_CCM_ENABLED
SMB_ENCRYPT_ALGORITHMS AES_128_GCM_ENABLED
SMB_ENCRYPT_ALGORITHMS AES_256_CCM_ENABLED
SMB_ENCRYPT_ALGORITHMS AES_256_GCM_ENABLED
SMB_CURR_ENCRYPT_ALGORITHM OFF
SMB_SIGN_ALGORITHMS AES_128_CMAC_ENABLED
SMB_SIGN_ALGORITHMS AES_128_GMAC_ENABLED
SMB_CURR_SIGN_ALGORITHM AES_128_GMAC
COMPRESSION_IO_THRESHOLD 4096
COMPRESSION_CHUNK_LEN 262144
COMPRESSION_MAX_FAIL_CNT 5
WRITE_COMPRESSION_CNT 0
WRITE_CNT_LZ77Huff 0
WRITE_CNT_LZ77 0
WRITE_CNT_LZNT1 0
WRITE_CNT_FWD_PATTERN 0
WRITE_CNT_BWD_PATTERN 0
READ_COMPRESSION_CNT 0
READ_CNT_LZ77Huff 0
READ_CNT_LZ77 0
READ_CNT_LZNT1 0
READ_CNT_FWD_PATTERN 0
READ_CNT_BWD_PATTERN 0
SMB_SHARE_TYPE DISK
SIGNING_SUPPORTED TRUE
EXTENDED_SECURITY_SUPPORTED TRUE
LARGE_FILE_SUPPORTED TRUE
FILE_IDS_SUPPORTED TRUE
DFS_SUPPORTED TRUE
FILE_LEASING_SUPPORTED TRUE
MULTI_CREDIT_SUPPORTED TRUE
MULTI_CHANNEL_SUPPORTED TRUE
SESSION_RECONNECT_TIME 0:0
SESSION_RECONNECT_COUNT 0
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Info: Setup Time: 2024-11-27 11:32:03, Multichannel ON: yes, Reconnect Count: 0
Total RX Bytes: 113067 (Packets: 299)
Total TX Bytes: 89384 (Packets: 298)
id client IF server IF state server ip port speed
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M 78 en11 (Ethernet) 13 3 (RSS_0) [session active ] 192.168.0.50 445 2.5 Gb
ALT 79 en1 (wifi ) 20 3 (RSS_1) [session inactive ] 192.168.0.50 445 78.4 Mb
Server NIC:
name: NA, idx: 3, type: NA, speed 2.5 Gb, state connected
ip_addr: 192.168.0.50
capabilities: RSS_CAPABLE
Client NIC:
name: en11, idx: 13, type: wired, speed 2.5 Gb, state connected
ip_addr: fe80:0000:0000:0000:10f4:dd44:6d43:8a35
ip_addr: 192.168.0.2
ip_addr: 2a07:7e87:[redacted]
ip_addr: 2a07:7e87:[redacted]
Client NIC:
name: awdl0, idx: 22, type: wireless, speed 990.0 Mb, state idle
ip_addr: fe80:0000:0000:0000:b007:5fff:fe6a:560f
Client NIC:
name: en1, idx: 20, type: wireless, speed 78.4 Mb, state connected
ip_addr: fe80:0000:0000:0000:10fb:718c:a1e7:a7b1
ip_addr: 2a07:7e87:[redacted]
ip_addr: 2a07:7e87:[redacted]
ip_addr: 192.168.0.236
ip_addr: 2a07:7e87:[redacted]
I'd be most thankful if anyone could suggest anything that I may have overlooked!
