2% utilisation of GB network

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Why is windows limited in the network bandwidth it uses?
The best performance I've got so far is 8%
Typically it's around 2%

There seems no advantage to using a GB network card, GB hub, and GB
interface on my NAS.
I was getting 20-50% of the bandwidth of my 100M card, now it's 1-8% of a
1000M card - hardly a stunning improvement !
 
Why is windows limited in the network bandwidth it uses?
The best performance I've got so far is 8%
Typically it's around 2%

There seems no advantage to using a GB network card, GB hub, and GB
interface on my NAS.
I was getting 20-50% of the bandwidth of my 100M card, now it's 1-8% of a
1000M card - hardly a stunning improvement !
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I have the same issue and have not seen any resolutions anywhere, and
no replies to my post. Does this describe what you're experiencing?

http://groups.google.com/group/micr...read/thread/ab09cfd68d5a1a41/ccbe44d52b40325a

Dave
 
Is windows limited?
I'd suggest the limitation is the hardware.

Just because a device has a 1Gb/s connection doesn't mean the hardware can
support it.

A top of the line 7200 RPM hard drive can transfer 65MB/s from the outer rim
of the disk
This drops to 35MB/s for the inside.
Under average useage, you know reading email whilst a copy is happening I
often get it as low as 15MB/s

Try using HDTune to see for this yourself.

So with HD's at both ends that will vary in throughput and shared buses the
results are hardly surprising.

Regards
Mark Dormer
 
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