What network protocol to use for NAS?

[HarryZ]

Aloha. I have a Synology DS416 NAS on my network that I want to use with GNU ddrescue. So far, I've been able to open the Network application (Nemo), and connect to it via either afp or smb. Looking at the specs for my DS416, it supports several networking protocols: FTP, SMB2, AFP, NFS and WebDAV. Is there one of these protocols that provides faster data transfer? Once I have a target protocol, then I can research how to do the connection.

Here's the inxi output....

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harryz@LinuxBench ~ $ inxi -Fxz
System:    Host: LinuxBench Kernel: 4.4.0-66-generic x86_64 (64 bit gcc: 5.4.0)
           Desktop: Cinnamon 3.2.7 (Gtk 3.18.9-1ubuntu3.2)
           Distro: Linux Mint 18.1 Serena
Machine:   Mobo: MSI model: H81M-E34 (MS-7817) v: 3.0
           Bios: American Megatrends v: V17.5 date: 03/30/2015
CPU:       Quad core Intel Core i5-4590 (-MCP-) cache: 6144 KB
           flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx) bmips: 26400
           clock speeds: max: 3700 MHz 1: 3616 MHz 2: 3531 MHz 3: 3694 MHz
           4: 3621 MHz
Graphics:  Card: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller
           bus-ID: 00:02.0
           Display Server: X.Org 1.18.4 drivers: intel (unloaded: fbdev,vesa)
           Resolution: 1920x1080@60.00hz
           GLX Renderer: Mesa DRI Intel Haswell Desktop
           GLX Version: 3.0 Mesa 11.2.0 Direct Rendering: Yes
Audio:     Card-1 Intel 8 Series/C220 Series High Definition Audio Controller
           driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:1b.0
           Card-2 Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor HD Audio Controller
           driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:03.0
           Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture v: k4.4.0-66-generic
Network:   Card: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller
           driver: r8169 v: 2.3LK-NAPI port: e000 bus-ID: 02:00.0
           IF: enp2s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 1500.3GB (1.0% used)
           ID-1: /dev/sda model: ST9500325AS size: 500.1GB
           ID-2: /dev/sdb model: WDC_WD1002FAEX size: 1000.2GB
Partition: ID-1: / size: 394G used: 7.1G (2%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sdb5
           ID-2: swap-1 size: 8.46GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/sdb6
RAID:      No RAID devices: /proc/mdstat, md_mod kernel module present
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 29.8C mobo: 27.8C
           Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A
Info:      Processes: 209 Uptime: 50 min Memory: 1527.3/7860.4MB
           Init: systemd runlevel: 5 Gcc sys: 5.4.0
           Client: Shell (bash 4.3.461) inxi: 2.2.35 
harryz@LinuxBench ~ $ 

[DeMus]

I don't know about your NAS but I have used NFS for a while and I always had the impression it was faster than SMB. Not much, but just enough to notice it. Would probably be the same with a NAS. Try it out and see for yourself.

[kwisher]

I don't know about your NAS but I have used NFS for a while and I always had the impression it was faster than SMB. Not much, but just enough to notice it. Would probably be the same with a NAS. Try it out and see for yourself.

+1 for NFS if you are all *nix on your LAN.

[HarryZ]

[... +1 for NFS if you are all *nix on your LAN.

This is the only *nix machine on my network. Why does this matter?

Mahalo,

Harry Z

[kwisher]

[... +1 for NFS if you are all *nix on your LAN.

This is the only *nix machine on my network. Why does this matter?

Mahalo,

Harry Z

Your NAS is *nix so actually you have 2 on your LAN. NFS seems to be faster for me besides using ssh/scp.

[HarryZ]

Mahalo nui loa (thank you very much) for the advice. Unfortunately, I've got another issue that is more important (viewtopic.php?f=90&t=241693) that I need to resolve first before I try NFS. It will be next week before I can work on this, but I will post a followup eventually.

Harry Z