Ubuntu Server Slow transfer Rate

[Peder]

I Get like 2mbps on my ubuntu server if i copy things and apparently that is rather slow, is there any way to speed it up and how can i find out what is my bottleneck?

Peder

 

[s0lar]

i assume you mean a network copy? you can isolate the issue to disk or network for starters. the network should be running full-duplex. here is what i get on my not so sporty Dell laptop.

pixelbuffer ~ # hdparm -t /dev/sda2

/dev/sda2:
Timing buffered disk reads: 74 MB in 3.10 seconds = 23.84 MB/sec

pixelbuffer ~ # hdparm -T /dev/sda2

/dev/sda2:
Timing cached reads: 3146 MB in 2.00 seconds = 1574.28 MB/sec

pixelbuffer ~ # ethtool eth0
Settings for eth0:
Supported ports: [ TP ]
Supported link modes: 10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full
100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full
1000baseT/Half 1000baseT/Full
Supports auto-negotiation: Yes
Advertised link modes: 10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full
100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full
1000baseT/Half 1000baseT/Full
Advertised auto-negotiation: Yes
Speed: 100Mb/s
Duplex: Full
Port: Twisted Pair
PHYAD: 1
Transceiver: internal
Auto-negotiation: on
Supports Wake-on: g
Wake-on: g
Current message level: 0x000000ff (255)
Link detected: yes

 

[kilos]

I Get like 2mbps on my ubuntu server if i copy things and apparently that is rather slow, is there any way to speed it up and how can i find out what is my bottleneck?

Peder

Which server are you using ?
http://ubuntu.mirror.ac.za/