sFTP vs FTP speeds

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I installed https://www.vultr.com/docs/setup-vsftpd-on-debian-ubuntu hoping that FTP would be faster than sFTP. No luck.
Via iperf I get awesome speeds, but only 4-5 MB/s via FTP and sFTP.

Any clues as to why?

Thanks!

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Have you installed the FTP Server from My OSMC -> App Store?

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Sorry, sam - I just edited my question to qualify it.

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Probably best to use the optimised vsftpd in the App Store

Fully purge the current version you have.

Also helps to know where you’re transferring files to?

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Thanks Sam, done now - did not make a difference.
I a writing to a USB attached 7200 HDD.

I just tried upping directly to the /movie folder (ie. not to the USB) - same slow speeds.

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Are you using a wired LAN connection or a wireless one?

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It’s wired through a switch.

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How is the disk formatted?

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I think it is exfat

Also, I wanted to try via SMB, but I cant see the USB HDDs there.
I connect fine, but can only see the /movies, /music, /pictures & /TV shows. I did try to chown the media folders - no luck.

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Can you select / ? Your drives should then be mounted in /media.

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exFAT probably goes through FUSE so will slow things down.

Use ext4 if you can

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No, I can’t seem to go up to /

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OK, I generally go with exFAT to move drives from my Mac to other OS’s.

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Ok, don’t let us mix things up. Samba is not the theme of this topic.

Just to be sure we have the same stand of information:

  • you activated FTP server from the MyOSMC store (other FTP servers are removed)
  • you login using user osmc/osmc using an FTP client
  • you see your drive’s directory under /media and can cd into it
  • if you there put a file, you only get 4-5 MB/s

Can you confirm this?

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Yes, I can confirm that. I can also confirm that I get the same speeds if I ftp to the /movies dir (ie. not on the USB drive). I also tried both sFTP and regular FTP.
I CAN push it a bit higher if I transfer several files at the same time.

It’s no biggie, I can just set the transfers over night. But it is odd. I can transfer through the public internet faster than this.

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Mmhhh , I just formated a USB 3.0 prendrive to exFAT:

I get 8.4 MB/s pushing data and 11.3 MB/s getting stuff from the Vero.
With ext4 filesystem on the stick I get full speed in both directions, as Sam predicted.

Can you SSH into the Vero and

  1. modify in /etc/vsftpd.conf line xferlog_enable=YES
  2. sudo systemctl restart vsftpd
  3. do a file transfer again
  4. upload the log using sudo paste-log /var/log/vsftpd.log and provide the return URL here
  5. upload mount information by sudo findmnt -A|paste-log and provide the URL here

Thx