[X4U] OT: NAS Slows to a Crawl

[Rick Smykla]

Neil,

Don't know if this applies, but Apple just posted info about  
afp_mount errors here:
<http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305395>

Rick

On May 9, 2007, at 6:40 PM, Neil wrote:

> OK, to be 100% accurate, opening the folder wasn't the very first  
> thing I did after restart.  I had an error message about afp_mount  
> needing access to my keychain.  I Googled afp_mount and dismissed  
> that error message.  Then, I tried to open a folder on the SMB share.
>
> On May 9, 2007, at 6:36 PM, Neil wrote:
>
>> I have a Buffalo Terrastation 2TB NAS RAID connected via SMB.  It  
>> always feels slower than a NFS+ device connected via Firewire or  
>> USB2, but this has gotten ridiculously slow recently.  Now, it  
>> takes several minutes just to open a folder.  It takes several  
>> more minutes just to move a group of files to another folder.   I  
>> tried restarting.  That helped for a couple hours once, but not  
>> the last time.  I just restarted and the first thing after restart  
>> I tried to open a folder on the SMB share and it still hasn't  
>> opened in the time it has taken me to launch mail and type this  
>> message.  Does anybody have any ideas?
>>
>> Neil
>> PowerMac G5/2x2, 1.5gigs RAM, Mac o/s 10.4.9
>> connected to the NAS via a TRENDnet gigabit switch
>
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