Hey all ,a friend of mine wanted to format his pc so we hooked up the pc's ,both having gigabit nic's ,the problem is that when transfering files it is slow i opened up task manager and it shows only around 14% being used.Is this normal? Or can i some how increase it to use the full gigabit potential.Im using a cat5e patch cable.
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how are you transfering, through windows?
For situations like this it's best to use a DC++ Utility.
Copying in windows sucks - viruses goes through, and it can get slow if both copy from each other, and have multiple windows open. DC++ will manage the send/receive and will copy at about 50MB/s. the key here is "manage the send/receive"
For situations like this it's best to use a DC++ Utility.
Copying in windows sucks - viruses goes through, and it can get slow if both copy from each other, and have multiple windows open. DC++ will manage the send/receive and will copy at about 50MB/s. the key here is "manage the send/receive"
Jabberwocky
Expert Member
your hard drives are problably the slowing factor
copy from one hard drive to another on your own computer to see what i mean.
copy from one hard drive to another on your own computer to see what i mean.
Don't you need to setup a DC++ server to use DC++?
Yoshi Hub?
agreed though - Plus with DC, if one BSOD's or freezes, you can always just resume, where with drive mapping or just through windows you can't.
also, like I said, if you use windows all his viruses will come onto your PC, and back to his PC when you copy his files back.
Use PtokaX for server, and LanDC++ for the client (StrongDC is better, but requires hashing, which takes very long, and which you don't need now anycase)
bdt
Executive Member
Do two things:
- switch on jumbo frames ('ware the T&C!)
- use a copy manager to do it in parallel, etc.; my fave is KillCopy
Yoshi Hub is a host for a DC++ network. I use YnHub and StrongDC++ together. (yes, Yoshi).
For inside Windows I use TotalCopy or TeraCopy which both work very well but I prefer TeraCopy because it doesn't crash like TotalCopy does sometimes.
For inside Windows I use TotalCopy or TeraCopy which both work very well but I prefer TeraCopy because it doesn't crash like TotalCopy does sometimes.
The_Techie
Resident Techie
Theoretical maximum, possibly. You'll rarely see speeds above 100MB/s.
killadoob
Honorary Master
Well you should run a test on your hdd's as they may not be capable of running at those speeds as someone mentioned, may only have a maximum write on say 60-80mb. You will get much better speeds if you have raid 0 on both systems.