Hi all, This problem has been driving me nuts for a few years now.
I've had two 10gbe-enabled NAS units - a Synology and now a QNAP TS-1677x - and I have a RAID6 config in it with about 90tb of space.
The problem is that sometimes, when trying to access files and folders stored on the NAS, Windows will freeze up and the application trying to do the accessing will go into the "Not Responding" state. It does eventually respond, but this can take 30 minutes or more.
During this time, other machines can access the other 10gbe interface on the QNAP just fine. And on the machine with the problem, I can pull up the 1gbe interface just fine. Pulling out the 10gbe network cable (or disabling the 10gbe NIC in Device Manager) will instantly cause the machine to jump back into life (although of course, whatever file I was processing will error out since I pulled the connection).
I've swapped (okay, upgraded) the NAS, and during that same time, I swapped out all the drives in it. I've swapped the NICs (using both RJ45 and SFP+). I've moved to an entirely new CPU and motherboard. It still happens - the problem has survived just about everything.
I have two machines each connected to the QNAP NAS directly via its 10gbe RJ45 ports. Is this a bad idea? Should I be going through a 10gbe router/switch instead?
Any pointers would be much appreciated.
I've had two 10gbe-enabled NAS units - a Synology and now a QNAP TS-1677x - and I have a RAID6 config in it with about 90tb of space.
The problem is that sometimes, when trying to access files and folders stored on the NAS, Windows will freeze up and the application trying to do the accessing will go into the "Not Responding" state. It does eventually respond, but this can take 30 minutes or more.
During this time, other machines can access the other 10gbe interface on the QNAP just fine. And on the machine with the problem, I can pull up the 1gbe interface just fine. Pulling out the 10gbe network cable (or disabling the 10gbe NIC in Device Manager) will instantly cause the machine to jump back into life (although of course, whatever file I was processing will error out since I pulled the connection).
I've swapped (okay, upgraded) the NAS, and during that same time, I swapped out all the drives in it. I've swapped the NICs (using both RJ45 and SFP+). I've moved to an entirely new CPU and motherboard. It still happens - the problem has survived just about everything.
I have two machines each connected to the QNAP NAS directly via its 10gbe RJ45 ports. Is this a bad idea? Should I be going through a 10gbe router/switch instead?
Any pointers would be much appreciated.