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The Graveyard - Products No Longer Supported => D-Link Storage => DNS-323 => Topic started by: Lucid on November 25, 2008, 06:37:12 AM
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I have a 14MB Indesign file that updates on high quality object display settings very slow (approx 4-5min at most per page). My original setup was with XP.
Setup
DIR-655, DNS-323, Vista (XP - Original Setup)
I recently moved into a newly renovated home in which I also wired CAT6 cabling. After the move and upgrade from XP I noticed this decrease in performance. I used NASTester to determine what could be the cause (app is posted in this forum) and found the results acceptable (see post below).
Since the NAS Test results are fine I can exclude wiring. The various network settings didn't seem to make much of a difference either as you will notice below. I thought maybe there was a compatibility issue with Vista and Indesign. So, I copied over the links to the local HDD and presto! Everything worked fine. I even found my antivirus slowed down network traffic but not by enough to warrant a 4 minute load time for a 12 MB file.
Any ideas would be much appreciated.
RESULTS OF NAS TESTER
Test 1 Jumbo 4k
Running 5 iterations of a 200MB file write benchmark on drive y:...
Iteration 1: 5.3 MB/sec
Iteration 2: 6.75 MB/sec
Iteration 3: 6.93 MB/sec
Iteration 4: 9.28 MB/sec
Iteration 5: 7.29 MB/sec
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Average (W): 7.11 MB/sec
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Running 5 iterations of a 200MB file read benchmark on drive y:...
Iteration 1: 10.46 MB/sec
Iteration 2: 14.52 MB/sec
Iteration 3: 9.66 MB/sec
Iteration 4: 12.53 MB/sec
Iteration 5: 16.91 MB/sec
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Average (R): 12.82 MB/sec
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Test 2
7k Jumbo on PC / 9k Jumbo DNS-323
Running 5 iterations of a 200MB file write benchmark on drive y:...
Iteration 1: 15.79 MB/sec
Iteration 2: 17.26 MB/sec
Iteration 3: 17.03 MB/sec
Iteration 4: 17 MB/sec
Iteration 5: 16.98 MB/sec
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Average (W): 16.81 MB/sec
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Running 5 iterations of a 200MB file read benchmark on drive y:...
Iteration 1: 24.33 MB/sec
Iteration 2: 25.34 MB/sec
Iteration 3: 23.35 MB/sec
Iteration 4: 25.39 MB/sec
Iteration 5: 24.7 MB/sec
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Average (R): 24.62 MB/sec
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Test 3
7k Jumbo on PC / 9k Jumbo DNS-323
QoS Enabled on PC
Running 5 iterations of a 200MB file write benchmark on drive y:...
Iteration 1: 16.89 MB/sec
Iteration 2: 16.05 MB/sec
Iteration 3: 12.05 MB/sec
Iteration 4: 16.61 MB/sec
Iteration 5: 16.59 MB/sec
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Average (W): 15.64 MB/sec
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Running 5 iterations of a 200MB file read benchmark on drive y:...
Iteration 1: 23.02 MB/sec
Iteration 2: 21.84 MB/sec
Iteration 3: 25.39 MB/sec
Iteration 4: 24.01 MB/sec
Iteration 5: 24.24 MB/sec
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Average (R): 23.7 MB/sec
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Test 4
7k Jumbo on PC / 9k Jumbo DNS-323
QoS Enabled on PC
Kapersky NDIS Filter
Running 5 iterations of a 200MB file write benchmark on drive y:...
Iteration 1: 6.06 MB/sec
Iteration 2: 11.91 MB/sec
Iteration 3: 13.52 MB/sec
Iteration 4: 11.53 MB/sec
Iteration 5: 12.69 MB/sec
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Average (W): 11.14 MB/sec
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Running 5 iterations of a 200MB file read benchmark on drive y:...
Iteration 1: 24.19 MB/sec
Iteration 2: 23.79 MB/sec
Iteration 3: 22.93 MB/sec
Iteration 4: 24.7 MB/sec
Iteration 5: 24.56 MB/sec
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Average (R): 24.03 MB/sec
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TIA
Lucid
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Just a suggestion...
How long does it take to transfer the 14MB Indesign file from the NAS to the local drive - I'm guessing less than 4~5 minutes - try loading it across the network from a different PC (ie stored on one PC and loaded on a second)
My suspicion is that your application does not load the entire file into memory at one go - but rather loads and parses as it goes - and it will be the stop start transfer that causes the delay.
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Just a few secs to transfer the files. Indesign checks for modifications, then load new (iv avail) proxy image. Even if high quality the object is still a proxy. Since it has to do this I would expect a delay, but I also had this on my previous setup and never experienced an issue. Now one could also assume that CS4 might manage the network files better. Once I get a hold of that app I am sure I will find out.
I don't want to turn this into an Adobe question (thats being handled elsewhere). I am trying to figure out if anyone else seems to be having the same issue and hopefully we can narrow down the options.
One more thing: I am using file permissions for directories and had done so before the backup. I think it could also be possible that since the security was created through XP, Vista wasn't able to modify or look at the files. I had to telnet into DNS-323 and change all the file permissions via cmd line. Further to this, I have read that security checks are a major bottle-neck for files and dir's. I would venture here lies the issue.
Cheers!
Lucid
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Speaking of File Permissions what is the easiest way to return all files and DIR to the default "everyone" or "all"?
TIA
Lucid