Hi everyone.
For some reason, it's been taking me a significantly longer time to copy files, but I don't know why. In the past it never took me nearly as much time.
For example, I recently copied a 65 gigabyte drive to an external hard drive and it took literally all day. I've copied this same drive to this same external hard drive before and it took only a fraction of this much time. This external hard drive was plugged into a USB 3.0 port so it probably wasn't a port issue.
What could be causing these slow copying/transfer speeds? What can be done about it?
Is there an easy way to check for problems which may be causing slow transfer/copying speeds?
Perhaps I could run some kind of diagnostic test on a given drive to see if it's healthy? Or maybe there's a way to reset something so that files can be copied as fast as possible again. I'm not sure how to tell if it's something to do with my SSD, Linux Mint, the external hard drive, etc.).
The distro of Linux Mint that I'm using on this secondary computer is Linux 18.3 Sylvia and the desktop environment is Cinnamon 3.6.6 if that helps.
Thank you.
Really Slow Transfer/Copying Speeds Recently - How to Fix?
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Really Slow Transfer/Copying Speeds Recently - How to Fix?
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Re: Really Slow Transfer/Copying Speeds Recently - How to Fix?
I had that happen to me once and it turned out to be a failing disk drive. As they fail, they keep swapping things out of bad sectors into good sectors, and that slows them down. This is just a guess, but you might run smartctl against the disk and see if you can see any failures noted. Here is an example output:
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# smartctl -x /dev/sda
smartctl 6.5 2016-01-24 r4214 [x86_64-linux-4.4.0-112-generic] (local build)
Copyright (C) 2002-16, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org
=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
Device Model: Crucial_CT525MX300SSD1
Serial Number: 171516B3D985
LU WWN Device Id: 5 00a075 116b3d985
Firmware Version: M0CR040
User Capacity: 525,112,713,216 bytes [525 GB]
Sector Size: 512 bytes logical/physical
Rotation Rate: Solid State Device
Form Factor: 2.5 inches
Device is: Not in smartctl database [for details use: -P showall]
ATA Version is: ACS-3 T13/2161-D revision 5
SATA Version is: SATA 3.2, 6.0 Gb/s (current: 6.0 Gb/s)
Local Time is: Sun Feb 25 23:39:38 2018 EST
SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability.
SMART support is: Enabled
AAM feature is: Unavailable
APM level is: 254 (maximum performance)
Rd look-ahead is: Enabled
Write cache is: Enabled
ATA Security is: Disabled, frozen [SEC2]
Wt Cache Reorder: Enabled
=== START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION ===
SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED
General SMART Values:
Offline data collection status: (0x00) Offline data collection activity
was never started.
Auto Offline Data Collection: Disabled.
Self-test execution status: ( 0) The previous self-test routine completed
without error or no self-test has ever
been run.
Total time to complete Offline
data collection: ( 1391) seconds.
Offline data collection
capabilities: (0x7b) SMART execute Offline immediate.
Auto Offline data collection on/off support.
Suspend Offline collection upon new
command.
Offline surface scan supported.
Self-test supported.
Conveyance Self-test supported.
Selective Self-test supported.
SMART capabilities: (0x0003) Saves SMART data before entering
power-saving mode.
Supports SMART auto save timer.
Error logging capability: (0x01) Error logging supported.
General Purpose Logging supported.
Short self-test routine
recommended polling time: ( 2) minutes.
Extended self-test routine
recommended polling time: ( 7) minutes.
Conveyance self-test routine
recommended polling time: ( 3) minutes.
SCT capabilities: (0x0035) SCT Status supported.
SCT Feature Control supported.
SCT Data Table supported.
SMART Attributes Data Structure revision number: 16
Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds:
ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME FLAGS VALUE WORST THRESH FAIL RAW_VALUE
1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate POSR-K 100 100 000 - 0
5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct -O--CK 100 100 010 - 0
9 Power_On_Hours -O--CK 100 100 000 - 3586
12 Power_Cycle_Count -O--CK 100 100 000 - 258
171 Unknown_Attribute -O--CK 100 100 000 - 0
172 Unknown_Attribute -O--CK 100 100 000 - 0
173 Unknown_Attribute -O--CK 100 100 000 - 13
174 Unknown_Attribute -O--CK 100 100 000 - 4
183 Runtime_Bad_Block -O--CK 100 100 000 - 0
184 End-to-End_Error -O--CK 100 100 000 - 0
187 Reported_Uncorrect -O--CK 100 100 000 - 0
194 Temperature_Celsius -O---K 079 063 000 - 21 (Min/Max 17/37)
196 Reallocated_Event_Count -O--CK 100 100 000 - 0
197 Current_Pending_Sector -O--CK 100 100 000 - 0
198 Offline_Uncorrectable ----CK 100 100 000 - 0
199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count -O--CK 100 100 000 - 0
202 Unknown_SSD_Attribute ----CK 100 100 001 - 0
206 Unknown_SSD_Attribute -OSR-- 100 100 000 - 0
246 Unknown_Attribute -O--CK 100 100 000 - 5782857142
247 Unknown_Attribute -O--CK 100 100 000 - 180714607
248 Unknown_Attribute -O--CK 100 100 000 - 68017513
180 Unused_Rsvd_Blk_Cnt_Tot PO--CK 000 000 000 - 1953
210 Unknown_Attribute -O--CK 100 100 000 - 0
||||||_ K auto-keep
|||||__ C event count
||||___ R error rate
|||____ S speed/performance
||_____ O updated online
|______ P prefailure warning
General Purpose Log Directory Version 1
SMART Log Directory Version 1 [multi-sector log support]
Address Access R/W Size Description
0x00 GPL,SL R/O 1 Log Directory
0x01 SL R/O 1 Summary SMART error log
0x02 SL R/O 51 Comprehensive SMART error log
0x03 GPL R/O 16383 Ext. Comprehensive SMART error log
0x04 GPL,SL R/O 8 Device Statistics log
0x06 SL R/O 1 SMART self-test log
0x07 GPL R/O 1 Extended self-test log
0x09 SL R/W 1 Selective self-test log
0x10 GPL R/O 1 SATA NCQ Queued Error log
0x11 GPL R/O 1 SATA Phy Event Counters log
0x13 GPL R/O 1 SATA NCQ Send and Receive log
0x24 GPL R/O 8000 Current Device Internal Status Data log
0x25 GPL R/O 8000 Saved Device Internal Status Data log
0x30 GPL,SL R/O 9 IDENTIFY DEVICE data log
0x80-0x9f GPL,SL R/W 16 Host vendor specific log
0xa0 GPL VS 35328 Device vendor specific log
0xa1 GPL,SL VS 3 Device vendor specific log
0xa2 GPL,SL VS 1 Device vendor specific log
0xa3 GPL VS 13824 Device vendor specific log
0xa4 GPL VS 354 Device vendor specific log
0xa4 SL VS 98 Device vendor specific log
0xa5 GPL VS 8000 Device vendor specific log
0xa5 SL VS 64 Device vendor specific log
0xa6 GPL VS 8000 Device vendor specific log
0xa6 SL VS 64 Device vendor specific log
0xa7-0xdf GPL,SL VS 1 Device vendor specific log
0xe0 GPL,SL R/W 1 SCT Command/Status
0xe1 GPL,SL R/W 1 SCT Data Transfer
SMART Extended Comprehensive Error Log Version: 1 (16383 sectors)
No Errors Logged
SMART Extended Self-test Log Version: 1 (1 sectors)
No self-tests have been logged. [To run self-tests, use: smartctl -t]
SMART Selective self-test log data structure revision number 1
SPAN MIN_LBA MAX_LBA CURRENT_TEST_STATUS
1 0 0 Not_testing
2 0 0 Not_testing
3 0 0 Not_testing
4 0 0 Not_testing
5 0 0 Not_testing
Selective self-test flags (0x0):
After scanning selected spans, do NOT read-scan remainder of disk.
If Selective self-test is pending on power-up, resume after 0 minute delay.
SCT Status Version: 3
SCT Version (vendor specific): 1 (0x0001)
SCT Support Level: 0
Device State: Active (0)
Current Temperature: 21 Celsius
Power Cycle Min/Max Temperature: 18/29 Celsius
Lifetime Min/Max Temperature: 17/37 Celsius
Under/Over Temperature Limit Count: 0/0
SCT Temperature History Version: 2
Temperature Sampling Period: 1 minute
Temperature Logging Interval: 1 minute
Min/Max recommended Temperature: 0/70 Celsius
Min/Max Temperature Limit: -5/75 Celsius
Temperature History Size (Index): 478 (23)
Index Estimated Time Temperature Celsius
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SCT Error Recovery Control command not supported
Device Statistics (GP Log 0x04)
Page Offset Size Value Flags Description
0x01 ===== = = === == General Statistics (rev 1) ==
0x01 0x008 4 258 --- Lifetime Power-On Resets
0x01 0x010 4 3586 --- Power-on Hours
0x01 0x018 6 5782857142 --- Logical Sectors Written
0x01 0x020 6 83455393 --- Number of Write Commands
0x01 0x028 6 3438677926 --- Logical Sectors Read
0x01 0x030 6 42319930 --- Number of Read Commands
0x04 ===== = = === == General Errors Statistics (rev 1) ==
0x04 0x008 4 0 --- Number of Reported Uncorrectable Errors
0x04 0x010 4 448 --- Resets Between Cmd Acceptance and Completion
0x05 ===== = = === == Temperature Statistics (rev 1) ==
0x05 0x008 1 21 --- Current Temperature
0x05 0x010 1 21 --- Average Short Term Temperature
0x05 0x018 1 21 --- Average Long Term Temperature
0x05 0x020 1 37 --- Highest Temperature
0x05 0x028 1 17 --- Lowest Temperature
0x05 0x030 1 27 --- Highest Average Short Term Temperature
0x05 0x038 1 20 --- Lowest Average Short Term Temperature
0x05 0x040 1 24 --- Highest Average Long Term Temperature
0x05 0x048 1 21 --- Lowest Average Long Term Temperature
0x05 0x050 4 0 --- Time in Over-Temperature
0x05 0x058 1 70 --- Specified Maximum Operating Temperature
0x05 0x060 4 0 --- Time in Under-Temperature
0x05 0x068 1 0 --- Specified Minimum Operating Temperature
0x06 ===== = = === == Transport Statistics (rev 1) ==
0x06 0x008 4 661 --- Number of Hardware Resets
0x06 0x010 4 27 --- Number of ASR Events
0x06 0x018 4 0 --- Number of Interface CRC Errors
0x07 ===== = = === == Solid State Device Statistics (rev 1) ==
0x07 0x008 1 0 N-- Percentage Used Endurance Indicator
|||_ C monitored condition met
||__ D supports DSN
|___ N normalized value
SATA Phy Event Counters (GP Log 0x11)
ID Size Value Description
0x0001 4 0 Command failed due to ICRC error
0x000a 4 3 Device-to-host register FISes sent due to a COMRESET
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Re: Really Slow Transfer/Copying Speeds Recently - How to Fix?
I agree with @banjo. A failing disk is the first place to look. You might want to look at smartmontools.mintyfreshuser wrote: ⤴Sun Feb 25, 2018 11:26 pm I recently copied a 65 gigabyte drive to an external hard drive and it took literally all day.
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Re: Really Slow Transfer/Copying Speeds Recently - How to Fix?
and it could be either source or destination drive--failing drives can go south exponentially
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