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    how do you get faster write speeds to SSD only getting 24mb/s

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      comet424 @comet424
      last edited by comet424

      i guess retropie doesnt fully support ntfs

      above says Linux 5.15 kernal is fully supported

      but when i logged into retropie

      it only runs 5.10.63 so its not fully supported yet.. i guess once retropie upgrades to 5.15 maybe then ntfs gets the fully speeds

      i formated to exfat but it didnt take

      pi@retropie:~ $ df -h -T
      Filesystem     Type      Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
      /dev/root      ext4      117G  4.5G  108G   4% /
      devtmpfs       devtmpfs  1.8G     0  1.8G   0% /dev
      tmpfs          tmpfs     1.9G     0  1.9G   0% /dev/shm
      tmpfs          tmpfs     1.9G  9.4M  1.9G   1% /run
      tmpfs          tmpfs     5.0M  4.0K  5.0M   1% /run/lock
      tmpfs          tmpfs     1.9G     0  1.9G   0% /sys/fs/cgroup
      /dev/mmcblk0p1 vfat      256M   49M  207M  20% /boot
      tmpfs          tmpfs     384M     0  384M   0% /run/user/1000
      
      pi@retropie:~ $ ls -l /dev/disk/by-uuid/
      total 0
      lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Feb 28 15:15 5BAF-3224 -> ../../sda1
      lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Feb 28 15:15 8988cf8f-d459-476f-9a4a-16c56702dc40 -> ../../mmcblk0p2
      lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Feb 28 15:15 C367-3F28 -> ../../mmcblk0p1
      
      
      proc            /proc           proc    defaults          0       0
      PARTUUID=e22bcd10-01  /boot           vfat    defaults          0       2
      PARTUUID=e22bcd10-02  /               ext4    defaults,noatime  0       1
      # a swapfile is not a swap partition, no line here
      #   use  dphys-swapfile swap[on|off]  for that
      UUID=5BAF-3224  /home/pi/RetroPie       exfat   nofail,user,uid=pi,gid=pi 0     2
      
      
      pi@retropie:~ $ ls -l /dev/disk/by-uuid/
      total 0
      lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Feb 28 15:17 5BAF-3224 -> ../../sda1
      lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Feb 28 15:17 8988cf8f-d459-476f-9a4a-16c56702dc40 -> ../../mmcblk0p2
      lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Feb 28 15:17 C367-3F28 -> ../../mmcblk0p1
      pi@retropie:~ $ sudo mkfs.exfat /dev/sda1
      mkexfatfs 1.3.0
      Creating... done.
      Flushing... done.
      File system created successfully.
      pi@retropie:~ $ df -h -T
      Filesystem     Type      Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
      /dev/root      ext4      117G  4.5G  108G   4% /
      devtmpfs       devtmpfs  1.8G     0  1.8G   0% /dev
      tmpfs          tmpfs     1.9G     0  1.9G   0% /dev/shm
      tmpfs          tmpfs     1.9G  9.4M  1.9G   1% /run
      tmpfs          tmpfs     5.0M  4.0K  5.0M   1% /run/lock
      tmpfs          tmpfs     1.9G     0  1.9G   0% /sys/fs/cgroup
      /dev/mmcblk0p1 vfat      256M   49M  207M  20% /boot
      tmpfs          tmpfs     384M     0  384M   0% /run/user/1000
      pi@retropie:~ $
      
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        comet424 @comet424
        last edited by comet424

        so i dont have that hdparm program not sure how to install it

        i did get it to format and mount using sudo mkfs.fat

        pi@retropie:~ $ df -h -T
        Filesystem     Type      Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
        /dev/root      ext4      117G  4.5G  108G   4% /
        devtmpfs       devtmpfs  1.8G     0  1.8G   0% /dev
        tmpfs          tmpfs     1.9G     0  1.9G   0% /dev/shm
        tmpfs          tmpfs     1.9G  9.4M  1.9G   1% /run
        tmpfs          tmpfs     5.0M  4.0K  5.0M   1% /run/lock
        tmpfs          tmpfs     1.9G     0  1.9G   0% /sys/fs/cgroup
        /dev/mmcblk0p1 vfat      256M   49M  207M  20% /boot
        /dev/sda1      vfat      1.9T   96K  1.9T   1% /home/pi/RetroPie
        tmpfs          tmpfs     384M     0  384M   0% /run/user/1000
        
        proc            /proc           proc    defaults          0       0
        PARTUUID=e22bcd10-01  /boot           vfat    defaults          0       2
        PARTUUID=e22bcd10-02  /               ext4    defaults,noatime  0       1
        # a swapfile is not a swap partition, no line here
        #   use  dphys-swapfile swap[on|off]  for that
        UUID=D41A-0442  /home/pi/RetroPie       vfat    nofail,user,uid=pi,gid=pi 0     2
        

        extfat just wouldnt work now is this fat or fat32?

        so copying is even worse.. now it only copies 2-5mbs/s

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          comet424 @comet424
          last edited by comet424

          i did google and found a different format

          pi@retropie:~ $ sudo mkfs.vfat -F 32 /dev/sda1
          

          now i got 5-10mb/s but no where near 80mbs whats going on? its it writting to the SD card first then the SSD?
          as its supposed to write directly to the SSD

          pi@retropie:~ $ df -h -T
          Filesystem     Type      Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
          /dev/root      ext4      117G  4.5G  108G   4% /
          devtmpfs       devtmpfs  1.8G     0  1.8G   0% /dev
          tmpfs          tmpfs     1.9G     0  1.9G   0% /dev/shm
          tmpfs          tmpfs     1.9G  9.6M  1.9G   1% /run
          tmpfs          tmpfs     5.0M  4.0K  5.0M   1% /run/lock
          tmpfs          tmpfs     1.9G     0  1.9G   0% /sys/fs/cgroup
          /dev/mmcblk0p1 vfat      256M   49M  207M  20% /boot
          /dev/sda1      vfat      1.9T  1.7G  1.9T   1% /home/pi/RetroPie
          tmpfs          tmpfs     384M     0  384M   0% /run/user/1000
          
          pi@retropie:~ $ ls -l /dev/disk/by-uuid/
          total 0
          lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Feb 28 16:12 3FDD-79EC -> ../../sda1
          lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Feb 28 16:12 8988cf8f-d459-476f-9a4a-16c56702dc40 -> ../../mmcblk0p2
          lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Feb 28 16:12 C367-3F28 -> ../../mmcblk0p1
          pi@retropie:~ $
          
          
          proc            /proc           proc    defaults          0       0
          PARTUUID=e22bcd10-01  /boot           vfat    defaults          0       2
          PARTUUID=e22bcd10-02  /               ext4    defaults,noatime  0       1
          # a swapfile is not a swap partition, no line here
          #   use  dphys-swapfile swap[on|off]  for that
          UUID=3FDD-79EC  /home/pi/RetroPie       vfat    nofail,user,uid=pi,gid=pi 0     2
          

          and i dont know how to get the testing of the dd or the hdparm command for the sda1

          is it maybe retropie cant hand 2TB at the full usb 3.0 speeds? as i didnt have issue with the same brand SSD just at a 250 and 500mbs but now i jumped to a 2TB i get these extreme slow speeds..

          and i dont know linux good enough to trouble shoot things

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          • mituM
            mitu Global Moderator
            last edited by mitu

            @comet424 said in how do you get faster write speeds to SSD only getting 24mb/s:

            i formated to exfat but it didnt take
            [...]

            You've run the correct command, but your next df commands don't show that the newly formatted partition is mounted.

            so i dont have that hdparm program not sure how to install it

            You can install it with sudo apt install hdparm.

            i did get it to format and mount using sudo mkfs.fat
            extfat just wouldnt work now is this fat or fat32?

            It's neither, exfat is another type of filesystem, just like fat or vfat (which is Linux name for FAT32).

            I'm not really sure how you're testing, your df commands don't show the /dev/sda1 partition being mounted so you may actually be testing just the sdcard.

            is it maybe retropie cant hand 2TB at the full usb 3.0 speeds? as i didnt have issue with the same brand SSD just at a 250 and 500mbs but now i jumped to a 2TB i get these extreme slow speeds.

            It can handle it fine, that's not the issue here - is the filesystem used. Use exfat instead of ntfs and you should get better performance.

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              comet424 @mitu
              last edited by comet424

              @mitu
              ill re ty again and the test i did was on the bottom of the forum page

              i ran

              pi@retropie:~ $ sudo sh -c "sync && echo 3 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches"
              pi@retropie:~ $ dd if=./largefile of=/dev/null bs=4k
              

              and ran

              dd if=/dev/zero of=./largefile bs=1M count=1024
              

              so i installed it and ran

              pi@retropie:~ $ sudo hdparm -Tt /dev/sda1
              
              /dev/sda1:
               Timing cached reads:   1588 MB in  2.00 seconds = 793.80 MB/sec
               Timing buffered disk reads: 882 MB in  3.00 seconds = 293.62 MB/sec
              

              so for doing the exfat how do i change that for the fstab? as it wouldnt mount or if it did it was media/usb0

              pi@retropie:~ $ df -h -T
              Filesystem     Type      Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
              /dev/root      ext4      117G  4.5G  108G   4% /
              devtmpfs       devtmpfs  1.8G     0  1.8G   0% /dev
              tmpfs          tmpfs     1.9G     0  1.9G   0% /dev/shm
              tmpfs          tmpfs     1.9G  9.5M  1.9G   1% /run
              tmpfs          tmpfs     5.0M  4.0K  5.0M   1% /run/lock
              tmpfs          tmpfs     1.9G     0  1.9G   0% /sys/fs/cgroup
              /dev/mmcblk0p1 vfat      256M   49M  207M  20% /boot
              /dev/sda1      vfat      1.9T  4.2G  1.9T   1% /home/pi/RetroPie
              tmpfs          tmpfs     384M     0  384M   0% /run/user/1000
              

              this above formated for fat 32 and i getting copy speeds of 5-10mbs

              but when i had ntfs it was least 25 so i dont get it ):

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              • mituM
                mitu Global Moderator @comet424
                last edited by

                @comet424 said in how do you get faster write speeds to SSD only getting 24mb/s:

                so for doing the exfat how do i change that for the fstab? as it wouldnt mount or if it did it was media/usb0

                Did you try to use the fstab line that you previously posted ?

                /dev/sda1  /home/pi/RetroPie       exfat   nofail,user,uid=pi,gid=pi 0     2
                

                When you test using dd, make sure you're using an output file that's on the external disc:

                dd if=/dev/urandom of=/home/pi/RetroPie/test.file bs=1M count=1024
                
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                  comet424 @mitu
                  last edited by comet424

                  @mitu

                  for the fstab i tried "exfat" "exfat4" "extfat" "ext4"
                  none of them mounted.. unless i change the fstab uuid
                  and set the usbmount to Enabled in the menu
                  then sometimes it mounted

                  so the results for the tests are

                  pi@retropie:~ $ sudo hdparm -Tt /dev/sda1
                  
                  /dev/sda1:
                   Timing cached reads:   1588 MB in  2.00 seconds = 793.80 MB/sec
                   Timing buffered disk reads: 882 MB in  3.00 seconds = 293.62 MB/sec
                  pi@retropie:~ $ df -h -T
                  Filesystem     Type      Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
                  /dev/root      ext4      117G  4.5G  108G   4% /
                  devtmpfs       devtmpfs  1.8G     0  1.8G   0% /dev
                  tmpfs          tmpfs     1.9G     0  1.9G   0% /dev/shm
                  tmpfs          tmpfs     1.9G  9.5M  1.9G   1% /run
                  tmpfs          tmpfs     5.0M  4.0K  5.0M   1% /run/lock
                  tmpfs          tmpfs     1.9G     0  1.9G   0% /sys/fs/cgroup
                  /dev/mmcblk0p1 vfat      256M   49M  207M  20% /boot
                  /dev/sda1      vfat      1.9T  4.2G  1.9T   1% /home/pi/RetroPie
                  tmpfs          tmpfs     384M     0  384M   0% /run/user/1000
                  pi@retropie:~ $ dd if=/dev/urandom of=/home/pi/RetroPie/test.file bs=1M count=1024
                  1024+0 records in
                  1024+0 records out
                  1073741824 bytes (1.1 GB, 1.0 GiB) copied, 59.2516 s, 18.1 MB/s
                  
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                  • mituM
                    mitu Global Moderator
                    last edited by mitu

                    @comet424 said in how do you get faster write speeds to SSD only getting 24mb/s:

                    none of them mounted.. unless i change the fstab uuid

                    My example was without the UUID, just using the partition inode directly. If you re-format the drive, it's label may change, so the UUID may not match.

                    EDIT: add the entry to /etc/fstab, then try running

                    mount -a -t exfat
                    

                    and if the drive is mounted (mount -t exfat).

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                      comet424 @mitu
                      last edited by comet424

                      @mitu

                      ok so not sure what to change in my fstab

                      proc            /proc           proc    defaults          0       0
                      PARTUUID=e22bcd10-01  /boot           vfat    defaults          0       2
                      PARTUUID=e22bcd10-02  /               ext4    defaults,noatime  0       1
                      # a swapfile is not a swap partition, no line here
                      #   use  dphys-swapfile swap[on|off]  for that
                      UUID=3FDD-79EC  /home/pi/RetroPie       vfat    nofail,user,uid=pi,gid=pi 0     2
                      

                      is my current Fat32 for the 2TB drive
                      everytime i format it changes the UUID so then i re change it in the fstab

                      and what i was meaning is /home/pi/RetroPie vfat
                      i changed the vfat to "ext4" "exfat" "exfat4"
                      when i had it formated as exFat or whatever the proper wording is for it

                      to see if it would mount.. it would sometimes mount as /media/usb0

                      so wehre in the fstab do i add /etc/fstab

                      and i guess reformat the drive to exfat right?

                      and i did try where vfat is when i had "ntfs" i tried changing it to "ntfs-3g" but that didnt help either as i read that in a different retropie article someone said worked but didnt work for me
                      when i had it as ntfs

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                      • mituM
                        mitu Global Moderator
                        last edited by

                        Sorry, but it's getting difficult to follow your replies without any phrasing or punctuation. Can you make an effort and organize your replies better ? I understand English may not be your native language, but try to make an effort and put some structure into it.

                        • First, make sure you format your drive as exfat, use the mkfs.exfat command I've mentioned. Use cfdisk /dev/sda or fdisk -l /dev/sda to confirm the drive is properly formatted.

                        • 2nd, modify /etc/fstab and replace the last line with the entry I mentioned a couple of replies ago:

                        /dev/sda1  /home/pi/RetroPie       exfat   nofail,user,uid=pi,gid=pi	0	2
                        
                        • 3rd, try the mount commands from my previous reply to make sure that you've correctly modified /etc/fstab and mounting works. If none of the commands fail, then you can disable the usbmount service and reboot to see if the external disc is mounted correctly (to /home/pi/RetroPie).
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                          comet424 @mitu
                          last edited by comet424

                          @mitu
                          sorry try my best as i have dislexia and its sounds clear to me

                          what i was say
                          in fstab file
                          vfat line i changed it to "ext4" "exfat" "exfat4" for Exfat
                          non of these settings "mounted" the drive tp /home/pi/RetroPie
                          only to /media/usb0 and you had to have the Auto USBmount service Enabled in the Menu.. Disabled wouldnt mount

                          when it was ntfs i treid "ntfs" and "ntfs-3g"

                          and i was sayin since its in Fat32 i guess i have to reformat it

                          and i said i had to change the UUID in the Fstab every single time when i formated the drive

                          pi@retropie:/etc $ sudo mkfs.exfat /dev/sda1
                          mkexfatfs 1.3.0
                          Creating... done.
                          Flushing... done.
                          File system created successfully.
                          pi@retropie:/etc $ cfdisk /dev/sda
                          cfdisk: cannot open /dev/sda: Permission denied
                          pi@retropie:/etc $ cfdisk /dev/sda1
                          cfdisk: cannot open /dev/sda1: Permission denied
                          pi@retropie:/etc $ fdisk -l /dev/sda
                          fdisk: cannot open /dev/sda: Permission denied
                          pi@retropie:/etc $ ls -l /dev/disk/by-uuid/
                          total 0
                          lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Feb 28 16:34 8988cf8f-d459-476f-9a4a-16c56702dc40 -> ../../mmcblk0p2
                          lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Feb 28 17:51 B862-4CA4 -> ../../sda1
                          lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Feb 28 16:34 C367-3F28 -> ../../mmcblk0p1
                          pi@retropie:/etc $ sudo nano fstab
                          pi@retropie:/etc $
                          pi@retropie:/etc $ fdisk -l /dev/sda1
                          fdisk: cannot open /dev/sda1: Permission denied
                          

                          i rebooted and ran your 2 commands again

                               `"""'     The RetroPie Project, https://retropie.org.uk
                          
                          pi@retropie:~ $ ls -l /dev/disk/by-uuid/
                          total 0
                          lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Feb 28 17:58 8988cf8f-d459-476f-9a4a-16c56702dc40 -> ../../mmcblk0p2
                          lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Feb 28 17:58 B862-4CA4 -> ../../sda1
                          lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Feb 28 17:58 C367-3F28 -> ../../mmcblk0p1
                          pi@retropie:~ $ df -h -T
                          Filesystem     Type      Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
                          /dev/root      ext4      117G  4.5G  108G   4% /
                          devtmpfs       devtmpfs  1.8G     0  1.8G   0% /dev
                          tmpfs          tmpfs     1.9G     0  1.9G   0% /dev/shm
                          tmpfs          tmpfs     1.9G  9.4M  1.9G   1% /run
                          tmpfs          tmpfs     5.0M  4.0K  5.0M   1% /run/lock
                          tmpfs          tmpfs     1.9G     0  1.9G   0% /sys/fs/cgroup
                          /dev/mmcblk0p1 vfat      256M   49M  207M  20% /boot
                          tmpfs          tmpfs     384M     0  384M   0% /run/user/1000
                          pi@retropie:~ $ cfdisk /dev/sda1
                          cfdisk: cannot open /dev/sda1: Permission denied
                          pi@retropie:~ $ fdisk -l /dev/sda
                          fdisk: cannot open /dev/sda: Permission denied
                          pi@retropie:~ $ fdisk -l /dev/sda1
                          fdisk: cannot open /dev/sda1: Permission denied
                          pi@retropie:~ $
                          
                          proc            /proc           proc    defaults          0       0
                          PARTUUID=e22bcd10-01  /boot           vfat    defaults          0       2
                          PARTUUID=e22bcd10-02  /               ext4    defaults,noatime  0       1
                          # a swapfile is not a swap partition, no line here
                          #   use  dphys-swapfile swap[on|off]  for that
                          UUID=B862-4CA4  /home/pi/RetroPie       exfat   nofail,user,uid=pi,gid=pi 0     2
                          
                          pi@retropie:/etc $ mount -a -t exfat
                          mount: only root can use "--all" option
                          pi@retropie:/etc $ sudo mount -a -t exfat
                          FUSE exfat 1.3.0
                          WARN: volume was not unmounted cleanly.
                          fuse: mountpoint is not empty
                          fuse: if you are sure this is safe, use the 'nonempty' mount option
                          pi@retropie:/etc $
                          
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                          • mituM
                            mitu Global Moderator
                            last edited by

                            The errors below

                            cfdisk: cannot open /dev/sda1: Permission denied
                            pi@retropie:~ $ fdisk -l /dev/sda
                            fdisk: cannot open /dev/sda: Permission denied
                            pi@retropie:~ $ fdisk -l /dev/sda1
                            fdisk: cannot open /dev/sda1: Permission denied

                            are because I forgot to prefix them with sudo (they need root access). Try

                            sudo fdisk -l /dev/sda
                            

                            and check if the /dev/sda1 partition is reported as NTFS/exFAT.

                            The same with the mount commands.

                            sudo mount -a -t exfat
                            FUSE exfat 1.3.0
                            WARN: volume was not unmounted cleanly.
                            fuse: mountpoint is not empty
                            fuse: if you are sure this is safe, use the 'nonempty' mount option

                            The first message is because the fuse variant is installed, though it shouldn't interfere. You can uninstall it first by running

                            sudo apt remove exfat-fuse
                            

                            and the mounting will use the native Linux exfat support. Re-try then to run

                            > sudo mount -a -t exfat -o nonempty
                            

                            and then check by running mount that /home/pi/RetroPie is mounted using exfat.

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                              comet424 @mitu
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                              @mitu

                              pi@retropie:~ $ sudo fdisk -l /dev/sda1
                              Disk /dev/sda1: 1.8 TiB, 2000397795328 bytes, 3907026944 sectors
                              Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
                              Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
                              I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
                              Disklabel type: dos
                              Disk identifier: 0x00000000
                              pi@retropie:~ $ sudo apt remove exfat-fuse
                              Reading package lists... Done
                              Building dependency tree
                              Reading state information... Done
                              The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
                                libmicrodns0 rpi-eeprom-images
                              Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them.
                              The following packages will be REMOVED:
                                exfat-fuse
                              0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
                              After this operation, 64.5 kB disk space will be freed.
                              Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Y
                              (Reading database ... 130482 files and directories currently installed.)
                              Removing exfat-fuse (1.3.0-1) ...
                              Processing triggers for man-db (2.8.5-2) ...
                              pi@retropie:~ $ sudo mount -a -t exfat -o nonempty
                              pi@retropie:~ $ df -h -T
                              Filesystem     Type      Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
                              /dev/root      ext4      117G  4.5G  108G   4% /
                              devtmpfs       devtmpfs  1.8G     0  1.8G   0% /dev
                              tmpfs          tmpfs     1.9G     0  1.9G   0% /dev/shm
                              tmpfs          tmpfs     1.9G   26M  1.9G   2% /run
                              tmpfs          tmpfs     5.0M  4.0K  5.0M   1% /run/lock
                              tmpfs          tmpfs     1.9G     0  1.9G   0% /sys/fs/cgroup
                              /dev/mmcblk0p1 vfat      256M   49M  207M  20% /boot
                              tmpfs          tmpfs     384M     0  384M   0% /run/user/1000
                              /dev/sda1      exfat     1.9T  2.2M  1.9T   1% /home/pi/RetroPie
                              pi@retropie:~ $ sudo hdparm -Tt /dev/sda1
                              
                              /dev/sda1:
                               Timing cached reads:   1608 MB in  2.00 seconds = 804.45 MB/sec
                               Timing buffered disk reads: 866 MB in  3.00 seconds = 288.37 MB/sec
                              pi@retropie:~ $
                              
                              pi@retropie:~ $ dd if=/dev/urandom of=/home/pi/RetroPie/test.file bs=1M count=1024
                              1024+0 records in
                              1024+0 records out
                              1073741824 bytes (1.1 GB, 1.0 GiB) copied, 58.2039 s, 18.4 MB/s
                              pi@retropie:~ $
                              

                              copying over network from windows still get 2-10mb/s

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                              • mituM
                                mitu Global Moderator
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                                OK, so the disc is not formated as exfat and mounted via the native kernel support, without fuse. This should take out the extra CPU consumed by using fuse and ntfs.

                                If you're copying just a large file over the network, do you get the same - low - speed ? Is this over a wired or wireless conenction ?

                                I know the NesPi case - the older versions ? - had an issue with the SATA controller used in the case (see this topic), it might be worth checking if the case you're using falls has the SATA controller that is problematic.

                                Just

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                                  comet424 @mitu
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                                  @mitu
                                  i thought the disk got formated as exfat

                                  /dev/sda1      exfat     1.9T  2.2M  1.9T   1% /home/pi/RetroPie
                                  

                                  so what do you mean exactly by "OK, so the disc is not formated as exfat and mounted via the native kernel support, without fuse. This should take out the extra CPU consumed by using fuse and ntfs."

                                  explain it for someone that doesnt know the fuse and the native kernel support or the extra cpu consummed etc

                                  network is cabled 1gb connection..
                                  its copying any file.. that i getting only 2-10mbs the dd command shows 18mb/s is that saying its only read writting? large or small just doesnt matter ):

                                  im using the nespi 4 from my how to guide i made
                                  https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/28848/guide-how-to-setup-nespi-4?_=1646095106362

                                  so i dont know if it falls under that i thought i solved the slow problem speeds with my article about mounting the sata controller as i think i read that article and thats how i made my article from it

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                                  • mituM
                                    mitu Global Moderator
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                                    @comet424 said in how do you get faster write speeds to SSD only getting 24mb/s:

                                    explain it for someone that doesnt know the fuse and the native kernel support or the extra cpu consummed etc

                                    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NTFS-3G#Performance

                                    so i dont know if it falls under that i thought i solved the slow problem speeds with my article about mounting the sata controller as i think i read that article and thats how i made my article from it

                                    Did you add the quirks configuration to /boot/cmdline.txt ? Can you try without it ?

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                                      comet424 @mitu
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                                      @mitu
                                      yes and no

                                      i actually still running the same nintendo nesp case you see in the article i made.. all i did for myself was upgrade from 250gb to a 2tb and i use the 250gb in a new system for a friend.. and speeds were fine for it..

                                      so i didnt need to change the cmdline as i made thes changes back in 2020 .. but ill try removing the part in the cmdline to see if it works for a 2tb i had to add it for the 250 and 500gb

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                                        comet424 @comet424
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                                         `*****@@**'  IP Address.........: 192.168.0.52
                                          `*******'   Temperature........: CPU: 52°C/125°F GPU: 52°C/125°F
                                            `"""'     The RetroPie Project, https://retropie.org.uk
                                        
                                        pi@retropie:~ $ df -h -T
                                        Filesystem     Type      Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
                                        /dev/root      ext4      117G  4.5G  108G   4% /
                                        devtmpfs       devtmpfs  1.8G     0  1.8G   0% /dev
                                        tmpfs          tmpfs     1.9G     0  1.9G   0% /dev/shm
                                        tmpfs          tmpfs     1.9G  9.4M  1.9G   1% /run
                                        tmpfs          tmpfs     5.0M  4.0K  5.0M   1% /run/lock
                                        tmpfs          tmpfs     1.9G     0  1.9G   0% /sys/fs/cgroup
                                        /dev/mmcblk0p1 vfat      256M   49M  207M  20% /boot
                                        /dev/sda1      exfat     1.9T   18G  1.9T   1% /home/pi/RetroPie
                                        tmpfs          tmpfs     384M     0  384M   0% /run/user/1000
                                        pi@retropie:~ $ sudo hdparm -Tt /dev/sda1
                                        
                                        /dev/sda1:
                                        Timing cached reads:   1546 MB in  2.00 seconds = 772.88 MB/sec
                                        Timing buffered disk reads: 1088 MB in  3.00 seconds = 362.55 MB/sec
                                        pi@retropie:~ $ dd if=/dev/urandom of=/home/pi/RetroPie/test.file bs=1M count=1024
                                        1024+0 records in
                                        1024+0 records out
                                        1073741824 bytes (1.1 GB, 1.0 GiB) copied, 58.393 s, 18.4 MB/s
                                        pi@retropie:~ $
                                        

                                        so windows shows now anywhere from 2-50mbs its better that way but i dunno... is there a test file size that you copy from windows to find out the actually speed?

                                        i gonna try to copy over some couple gig files

                                        so copying just random files i get 3-5mbs
                                        random files of 159gb i jsut sliding over is going to take 8hours

                                        so removing the cmdline info i added didnt help ):

                                        but its a limit with this usb hot swap and 2TB maybe its only good for 1TB and less?

                                        i dont have a smaller SSD anymore to test it ):

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                                          comet424
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                                          so selecting 4 files all together 8 gb
                                          it started at 90mbs then dropped down to 2mb then up and down but finished

                                          thats with the removal of the extra for the the cmdline.txt

                                          but the other file copying of smaller more files is at 2.38mb/s saying going to take 15 hours now to copy 156gb

                                          i selected 73 files that equaled 159gb to test to copy.... it peaks at 90mbs/ averages like 60mb and says takes 35min to transfer 159gb not the 15 hours for the smaller files ...

                                          should i re add the info to the cmdline.txt and see what happens ..

                                          is it an issue then for small files? and if so anyway to improve speeds for small files

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                                            comet424
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                                            had to re add

                                            usb-storage.quirks=152d:0562:u

                                            to the cmdline.txt when you did a reboot was ok.

                                            but when you turned it off.. and turned back on... the usb drive wouldnt not mount

                                            so i re added

                                            usb-storage.quirks=152d:0562:u

                                            then rebooted then the drive mounted..

                                            it can copy big files like 70 meg/s but small files etc slow and takes forever i dont get it.. but if i copy to my windows to unraid server is faster for small files is it possibly not fast cpu?

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