time capsule hard read and write speed

On AC wireless up close to the TC.. so you have a full 1300Mbps link (or very close to it).

You can assume the numbers you get are going to be close to ethernet..

Tesserax numbers show that TC is NOT limited by ethernet speed.. which would give you >100MBps

It is the processor speed of the TC and its internal limitations.

• Read: 356 Mbps (or 44.5 MBps), where Mbps = Mega bits per second and MBps = Mega Bytes per second.
• Write: 308.5 Mbps (or 38.6 MBps)

Wireless AC can easily transfer those kinds of numbers.. up close.

I did just try and reproduce it.. but my TC has never been hugely reliable.. so take it that with a bit of spruiking I can get the numbers up a bit.

This is exactly the same.. wireless connection to the TC.. which is hard wired to a synology NAS.

The test is to hard disk in the synology.

Over wireless AC remember.. they are pretty good numbers.. a bit strange.. in faster read than write.. that should be the other way around..

But it is proof of concept... that the synology is faster over wireless than the TC over gigabit ethernet.. shows the TC is simply not that fast.

Over ethernet to the synology. I get the expected read number. (write is a lot slower which is again some other issue).

Let me therefore affirm Teserrax's point..

If your networking goal requires a NAS, then use a dedicated NAS device. The Time Capsule was primarily designed for Time Machine.

Yes.. although the investment is a lot greater the end result is a lot better.. wired ethernet too although with AC wireless.. up close remember to a decent AC wireless router it is not bad.

Check out the following AirPort User tip. Although it mainly pertains to an AirPort Disk (a USB hard drive attached to either a Time Capsule or AirPort Extreme base station) testing was also performed on both those platforms as well for comparison.

You can then compare your results against those in the tip.

Just go to the Conclusion section.

The results for my 802.11ac Time Capsule were:

• Read: 356 Mbps (or 44.5 MBps), where Mbps = Mega bits per second and MBps = Mega Bytes per second.
• Write: 308.5 Mbps (or 38.6 MBps)

For a USB drive attached to the Time Capsule's USB port, the results were:

• Read: 131.46 Mbps (or 16.4 MBps)
• Write: 55.20 Mbps (or 6.9 MBps)

All of these tests were done with a wired connection between a 2014 Mac mini and an 802.11ac Time Capsule as per the tip. If the connection would have been wireless, the results would be lower.

So, let's compare with what you got...

You stated that the speed was 17 MBps from the Time Capsule to the Mac. This would be your "Read" speed. Your "Write" speed was stated as: 10 MBps.

In comparison:

• Read: 44.5 MBps vs. 17 MBps (about 62% lower)
• Write: 38.6 MBps vs. 10 MBps (about 74% lower)

So... your results are significantly lower than mine. There are a number of factors of why:

1. You are using a 4th generation 802.11n Time Capsule vs. a 802.11ac Time Capsule in the test.
2. You are using a wireless connection between your Mac and your Time Capsule. In my test the connection is wired.

As far as replacing your 4th gen Time Capsule with a newer 802.11ac model... well, it may show some improvement, but the biggest "bang for your buck" would be to change the connection between devices to a wired one.

Sorry, but where my Mac mini is located I cannot get a 5 GHz wireless connection to my Time Capsule as it is located at the other end of my house. There is no way for me to get an accurate measurement without reconfiguring my network.

The bottom line? Two things for better data transfer rates:

1. Use wired connections between devices, and
2. If your networking goal requires a NAS, then use a dedicated NAS device. The Time Capsule was primarily designed for Time Machine.

you are ok. depends upon a lot of things and I've experienced much slower.