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LittlebitsDK

A little question about transfer speeds

I have this lovely little Unraid server 4x18 TB (HDD) on the Array and 2x2 TB (SSD) in a pool

If I transfer lets say 30GB from various places to the various drives (2.5Gbit Ethernet) then I get different speeds:
Desktop -> Array (HDD) starts at 283MB/s and drops after a little time to 125MB/s
Desktop -> Pool (SSD) 300MB/S all the way (even with a 100GB transfer)
Pool -> Array 200MB/s constantly all the way

My question is then... WHY do the Desktop -> Array slow down MORE after it transfered some, but I don't see the transfer slow down when I go from Pool to Array. The Network clearly handles the speed to the Pool, so why not on the Array? It makes no sense to me... So any enlightenment?

Posted Nov 14, 2025, 6:59 PM UTC

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