Very slow file access for one client.

[Anonymous]

My household server is OS X Server, which I also use as a faux staging environment.

One of the clients is a Dual G4 533 connected at 100TX/FD.

It is taking 14 hours to install iDVD over the network.

Another client, a PowerBook using Airport, did the same install in about 20 minutes.

Both are using PHD’s, and authenticating via OpenDirectory.

I can’t think of a single reason why this machine is so incredibly slow accessing things over the network. I’ve recabled and there are no errors on the interfaces nor in system.log and the console log.

Anyone ever see this behavior? I did an AppleJack on that workstation in an attempt to see what was going on. Originally the complaint was that iTunes would time-out when playing from a library on the network.

The other machines also have their libraries on the network and no problems.

[thinbits]

I was wondering if you found a solution to this as I’ve got the same problem. I’ve got a G5 Xserve running Mac OS X Server 10.4.9 connected to our gigabit network that works fine for everyone but me.

In my office I’ve got a Quad Mac Pro and a 17″ Intel iMac. Both machines are connected to a gigabit switch which is connected to the main gigabit switch in the server room.

Copies between the Quad and iMac plug along at 50MB/s and copies between the iMac and the Xserve proceed at the same speed. I assume in both cases the speed is capped by the transfer rates of the hard drives. Works as expected.

However, copies between the Quad and the Xserve are less than 10MB/s. I’ve swapped cables on the Quad, changed ethernet ports (it has two) and nothing helps. It just doesn’t like the Xserve.

Thoughts?

Dave

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