Ericvdb66

Q: Performance after update to Maverick a total disaster.

I have an iMac, a Macbook Air, a Windows 7 laptop, a Synology DS212j NAS and a 100 Bps Network (router and switch).

 

All was working fine till I upgraded the two Macs to Maverick. Connecting to the DS212 is still smooth (via Finder). Accessing a folder (directory) on the DS212 takes 2 minutes. Opening a folder with 600 music files takes 5 minutes. Opening a 5 MB Foto takes 1 minute. Saving an Excel file takes 3 minutes.

 

Before the upgrade all was working fine with good performance. The Windows laptop has the same (good) performance as before. Its the two Macs that after the upgrade from OS X 10.7 to 10.9 (Maverick) are extremely slow when accessing the Synology. Even Time Maschine (files are stored on the DS212) runs into a timeout on both Macs. A total disaster so to speak as with the current performence the DS212 has become totally useless.

 

The Synology has the latest firmware. Other than Anti-Virus I switched off all services/applications on the DS212 (such as the media service, etc.). On the DS212, the Windows File Service is switched on (incl. SMB2). Also the Mac File Service AFP is switched on.

 

When I switch off the Windows File Service the Macs are still slow.

 

When I switch off the Mac File Service and setup the two Macs to access the DS212 via SMB2 (new feature of Maverick) the Macs are still equally slow.

 

After switching on/off the various services to test I rebooted all systems to make sure there's nothing "hanging". No difference. Everything remains slow.

 

I have no idea why. Searched in Internet and found not a single suggestion what this could be.

 

Anyone out there who could help? I'm highly disappointed in Apple as I wasted already hours on this. I'm even more disappointed as now Windows seems the better system than OS X.

 

Many thanks in advance.

Eric vd Berg

Switzerland

iMac, OS X Mavericks (10.9)

Posted on Nov 14, 2013 1:08 PM

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  • by NewBartleby,

    NewBartleby NewBartleby Apr 26, 2014 8:17 AM in response to palihora
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    Apr 26, 2014 8:17 AM in response to palihora

    palihora wrote:

     

    Today i install latest beta Mavericks OSX 10.9.3, and it seems, that problem is solved.

    I got comparable speed results like on 10.8 Mountain Lion, so after official release of 10.9.3 i can upgrade back.

     

    That's very good news.

     

    You (or anyone else) are using DSM 5.0? Any problems?

  • by palihora,

    palihora palihora Apr 26, 2014 8:29 AM in response to NewBartleby
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    Apr 26, 2014 8:29 AM in response to NewBartleby

    Sorry, i dont use DSM 5.0 , because of strange design that i dont like, i stay on DSM 4.3 forever.

    I have USB camera Logitech C270 connected to Synology DS211j with this driver http://forum.synology.com/enu/viewtopic.php?f=190&t=49790&hilit=usb+webcam+ds211

    It works great on DSM 4.3 so for me there is no need DSM 5.0

  • by flexiboy,

    flexiboy flexiboy Apr 28, 2014 2:23 AM in response to flexiboy
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    Apr 28, 2014 2:23 AM in response to flexiboy

    Unfortunately now with latest DSM and Mavericks its worse then ever for me and my SMB2 fix isnt working.

     

    Nothing happening on my NAS then you mount in finder and it goes mental for hours with flashing disk lights! Would love to know what the heck it thinks its doing as the smb process on the NAS is running hot at 35% cpu usage.

     

    Downloads from itunes now failing intermittanlly with "network connection has been reset" issues as I guess the connection is not stable on either AFP or SMB since latest updates.

     

    Fed up

  • by NewBartleby,

    NewBartleby NewBartleby Apr 28, 2014 10:45 AM in response to flexiboy
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    Apr 28, 2014 10:45 AM in response to flexiboy

    flexiboy wrote:

     

    Unfortunately now with latest DSM and Mavericks its worse then ever for me and my SMB2 fix isnt working.

     

    I would be annoyed too.

     

    Just to discard possibilities, is there any chance that your disks on the NAS are starting to fail? I had disastrous performance when I bought the NAS, but the culprit was one of the disks (which BTW made a suspicious noise). Maybe you can force a complete surface test?

     

    Good luck!

  • by flexiboy,

    flexiboy flexiboy Apr 28, 2014 11:05 AM in response to NewBartleby
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    Apr 28, 2014 11:05 AM in response to NewBartleby

    I will try that option but the issue is that as soon as I mount the NAS via finder the 2 disk lights go mad and the smbd process on the NAS hits 35%+ for  at least an hour.

     

    Looking at it now its calmed down and no disk activity,

     

    Just started Itunes and off it goes again! It looks like some kind of indexing but disabled it all on the NAS and excluded the shared folder from spotlight indexes.

     

    Unfortunately there is no way of running a truss or pstat on the NAS to actually see what the smbd process is actually doing.

  • by palihora,

    palihora palihora May 15, 2014 11:47 AM in response to Ericvdb66
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    May 15, 2014 11:47 AM in response to Ericvdb66

    Today Apple released OSX 10.9.3 and i can say, that problem is solved.I have Synology DS211j with DSM 4.3 and transfer rate is now comparable with 10.8 Mountain Lion.

    Now i can upgrade to Maverikcs 10.9.3 . Thanks Apple for solving problem, better later than never...

  • by NewBartleby,

    NewBartleby NewBartleby May 15, 2014 12:55 PM in response to palihora
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    May 15, 2014 12:55 PM in response to palihora

    Glad it is solved for you too!

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