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Bandwidth Question

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Overnight I'm maxing out @ < 1MB on download speeds.

Internet testing showing 900mpbs (112.5 MB/s)

sabnzbd status showing = Internet Bandwidth 10 MB/s 80 Mbps

I've updated, reinstalled, setup the application to use a VPN and nothing changes, multiple providers and I can't get more than 1 MB/s with 8+ sessions each.

Is this my ISP and am I shit out of luck?
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Re: Bandwidth Question

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If even with a VPN it's so slow, I don't think it's your ISP.

My first guess would be your usenet / news provider. Which usenet / news providers do you use?

And: In SABnzbd's upper right corner, click on the wrench symbol ("Status and interface options"), then click on first tab Status, and there click on the Refresh Arrow. Post the values of the lower part here.
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Re: Bandwidth Question

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System performance (Pystone) 29718 FreeBSD-13.1-RELEASE-p7-amd64-64bit-ELF SSE2
Download folder speed 99.2 MB/s /usr/local/share/media/downloads/incomplete
Complete folder speed 94.3 MB/s /usr/local/share/media/downloads/complete
Internet Bandwidth 10.5 MB/s 84 Mbps

vs.

General Speedtest: 812.11Mbps

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news.supernews (in use for 5+ years no issues, however now I'm seeing a lot of timeouts)
usnews.blocknews (in use for 5+ years no issues)
news.frugalusenet (just added to traige my issue)
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Re: Bandwidth Question

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System performance (Pystone) 29718 is very low. Old CPU?
And what is your OS setup? FreeBSD? Straight on hardware, or docker/ jails?

Anyway: reading back your post "Overnight I'm maxing out @ < 1MB on download speeds." ... do you mean it's slow at night, and fast during the day? Or ... do you mean it was fast, and now it's suddenly slow 24x7?
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Re: Bandwidth Question

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The setup is old but was solid. Overnight meaning it worked for years without this issue. I orignally thought it was an issue with the jails as they hadnt been updated in a while so I did a fresh install with new jails but no change.

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6 * WD Red 2TB in RAIDZ2 - Datapool
2 * Intel 530 120GB in MIRROR - Jails
Fractal Design Node 304 with CORSAIR CS450M
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Re: Bandwidth Question

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I would do this: install and configure SABnzbd on another system (PC, Mac), and do a few test downloads (1GB, 10GB).

If that is fast, you know the problem is in the NAS setup, and not your ISP or news providers.

BTW: 1 MB/s looks like ethernet speed (10 Mbps), so bad cable / bad ethernet switch. But that is ruled out by the Internet speed you measure.
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Re: Bandwidth Question

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Is Supernews you top priority server or do they all have the same priority? If it's your top server and it's having timeout problems then that is the most likely cause.
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Puzzled wrote: March 14th, 2023, 12:16 pm Is Supernews you top priority server or do they all have the same priority? If it's your top server and it's having timeout problems then that is the most likely cause.
Frugal currenly has the lowest priority for this reason.
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Re: Bandwidth Question

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sander wrote: March 14th, 2023, 11:32 am I would do this: install and configure SABnzbd on another system (PC, Mac), and do a few test downloads (1GB, 10GB).

If that is fast, you know the problem is in the NAS setup, and not your ISP or news providers.

BTW: 1 MB/s looks like ethernet speed (10 Mbps), so bad cable / bad ethernet switch. But that is ruled out by the Internet speed you measure.
It's something on the NAS, thank you.

1GB test on NAS
Nametest_download_1000MB
Completeda few seconds ago
StatusCompleted
Size1.0 GB
CategoryDefault
Path/usr/local/share/media/downloads/complete/test_download_1000MB
Sourcehttps://sabnzbd.org/tests/test_download_1000MB.nzb
DownloadDownloaded in 2 mins 47 seconds at an average of 6.4 MB/s
Age: 233d
ServersFrugal=1.0 GB
Repair[sometestfile-1GB] Quick Check OK
Unpack[sometestfile-1GB] Unpacked 2 files/folders in 4 seconds

1GB test on Windows
Nametest_download_1000MB
Completeda few seconds ago
StatusCompleted
Size1.0 GB
CategoryDefault
PathC:\Users\XXXXX\Downloads\complete\test_download_1000MB.1
Sourcehttps://sabnzbd.org/tests/test_download_1000MB.nzb
DownloadDownloaded in 19 seconds at an average of 54.1 MB/s
Age: 233d
ServersFrugal=1.0 GB
Repair[sometestfile-1GB] Quick Check OK
Unpack[sometestfile-1GB] Direct Unpack - Unpacked 2 files/folders in 2 seconds
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Re: Bandwidth Question

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at an average of 6.4 MB/s
OK ... so much better than 1 MB/s, right?
gaius41 wrote: March 14th, 2023, 9:36 am Internet Bandwidth 10.5 MB/s 84 Mbps

vs.

General Speedtest: 812.11Mbps
Wait ... how did you measure that "General Speedtest:", which tool, on which system, and if on NAS: in the jail, or outside it?
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Re: Bandwidth Question

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... and ... ?
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Re: Bandwidth Question

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I would do this: install and configure SABnzbd on another system (PC, Mac), and do a few test downloads (1GB, 10GB).
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