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cct
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| Posted on October 22 2020 01:02 |
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I am having issues moving files between my PWS433AU Alpha (currently HP VMS V8.3 with TCP V5.7 - ECO 5) and Free AXP running VSI VMS V8.4-2L1
PWS shows connected at 100 Mbits/sec
Free AXP is set to emulate DE500 (21143) and shows connected at 10 Mbits/sec. It has a dedicated NIC under Win 10. The system is well spec-ed, and not overloaded.
Both are connected to Draytek 6920
I tried to copy a 1.37Gb backup saveset from the PWS but had to kill it - I reckon it would have taken over 80 days!
I later managed to copy a 10Mb file, but that took over 3 hours.
I had better luck using scp, but was it was showing a transfer rate of about 20k
Any thoughts?
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Bruce Claremont
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| Posted on October 23 2020 04:55 |
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Are you using DECnet or FTP to copy files? I recommend DECnet. |
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cct
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| Posted on October 23 2020 09:07 |
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I initially used DECNET, but that seemed untenable. Although DECNET is over TCP/IP thanks to TCP Services.
The scp copy is over TCP/IP
I am looking at moving the FreeAXP node to TCPware. We will see if that improves things...
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Bruce Claremont
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| Posted on October 24 2020 05:43 |
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Check the data rate at the ports on the switch and make sure they've negotiated a reasonable data rate. If auto-negotiate fails, it tends to default to 10Mb. |
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cct
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| Posted on October 25 2020 04:43 |
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Even if it did, tye transfer rates are way below 10Mbps
I cannot actually see the negotiated speed, but Windows sees the NIC at 1Gbps
Chris |
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cct
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| Posted on October 25 2020 09:41 |
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I just copied some large files from the PC using FTP. Transfer rate c. 1.9MB ps
Perhaps the issue is with my Alpha...
Chris |
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Bruce Claremont
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| Posted on October 26 2020 06:53 |
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I'm betting its a network negotiation issue. If possible, hard set the switch port connected to the physical Alpha to 10Mb or 100Mb, depending upon the NIC installed.
Also, check your RMS settings. I use these:
$ sh rms
MULTI- | MULTIBUFFER COUNTS | NETWORK
BLOCK | Indexed Relative Sequential | BLOCK
COUNT | Disk Magtape Unit Record | COUNT
Process 32 | 32 32 32 32 32 | 127
System 32 | 32 32 32 32 32 | 127
Prolog Extend Quantity QUERY_LOCK
Process 0 4096 System
System 0 4096 Enabled
CONTENTION_POLICY
Process System
System Never
Edited by Bruce Claremont on October 26 2020 06:57 |
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fdsaiz
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| Posted on May 21 2021 20:53 |
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Just a pointer from my Tru64 installations on FreeAXP: by default, SRM has the network cards in half duplex 10mbps mode. To get full duplex 100mbps you have to manually set it at the chevron prompt:
>>> set ewa0_mode FastFD
At least under Tru64 I was _not_ able to change that setting (sysman), I had to change it in SRM.
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