[Answer ID: 9832]
How long does it take to send a file when Replication is enabled?
When the Replication is set, the files will be copied to the Replication target after these are updated.
Therefore, it will take longer to send files than when the Replication is not set.
Here is the approximate time for sending files when the Replication is set.
- Measurement circumstance
Computers for measuring speed
Switching HUB
Replication source
Replication target
DELL Latitude D530
Intell®Core™2 Duo T7250 @ 2.00GHz
2GB Memory Windows XP SP2Buffalo LSW2-GT-16NSRR
TS-X2.0TL/R5
RAID5 1518B Frame sizeTS-X2.0TL/R5
RAID5 1518B Frame size
- Measurement results
Time measurement starts when it starts copying. It starts to copy the files in the status which there are no files waiting for Replication.File configuration
Copying time in the dialogue box
(Approximate)Transfer time to Replication target
(Approximate)Copying time in the dialogue box when the Replication setting is off
(Approximate)File volume/1file:
50KB
Number of files : 1000
Total file volume:
51MB2 min. and 20 sec.
13 min. and 10 sec.
13 sec.
File volume/1file: 2MB(average)
Number of files : 366
Total file volume:702MB1 min. and 30 sec.
5 min. and 50 sec.
40 sec.
File volume/1file:1.1GB
Number of files : 4
Total file volume: 4.4GB3 min. and 13 sec.
7 min. and 22 sec.
3 min. and 10 sec.
- Replication target is set to USB Hard drive
Buffalo HD-HES250U2 is used.
File configurationCopying time in the dialogue box
(Approximate)Transfer time to Replication target
(Approximate)File volume/1file:1.1GB
Number of files : 4
Total file volume: 4.4GB1 min. and 10 sec.
3 min.
- Using Macintosh for measuring
Macintosh computers used in this measuring :
Apple Latitude D530 PowerBook G4 Power PC G4 800MHz 1GB Memory Mac OS X 10.4.11
File configurationCopying time in the dialogue box
(Approximate)Transfer time to Replication target
(Approximate)Copying time in the dialogue box when the Replication setting is off
(Approximate)File volume/1file: 2MB(average)
Number of files : 366
Total file volume: 702MB
connected to AFP5 min. and 50 sec.
29 min.
3 min. and 20 sec.
File volume/1file: 2MB(average)
Number of files : 366
Total file volume: 702MB
connected to SMB3 min. and 30 sec.
16 min. and 30 sec.
2 min. and 30 sec.
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