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Hello! I travel frequently, and sometimes my NAS ends up thousands of kilometers away from me. I’ve encountered a significant issue: even with fast internet (gigabit speeds at both ends), the SMB share performs unbearably slowly — directory listing takes several seconds, copying each file (even small ones) takes 10–20 seconds, and Time Machine backups never complete — it’s simply unusable. I suspect this is due to the SMB protocol being configured to operate synchronously, leading to an excessive number of requests that wait for each other in sequence. With 200–500ms pings, this turns into a nightmare. I’ve tried various connection methods — WireGuard VPN, ZeroTier, and TailScale — but none of them helped. Even though all these solutions report a DIRECT connection (not through a relay, but directly, since the NAS has a static IP and all ports are open), the speed does not improve. My question is: is there any way to configure SMB to function properly with such high latencies? Or are there alternative workarounds that can fully utilize the available bandwidth? Thank you!
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I had some spare parts laying around, and supplemented with some new adds - amd 3700x - Rog Strix b550-wifi f mobo - 16 gb ddr4 3200 ram - 1660 Super (also have spare amd 6600 lying around) - 1x 256 gb nvme (planned for boot) - 1x 1TB nvme (planned for... something?) -5x 4TB HGST NAS HDDs (renewed from Amazon) My initial plan was using the server for media streaming (primarily), along with photo and document storage. Secondarily, I'd like to add other functionality (either light server hosting for video games like Minecraft, with the family, or smart home integration/security cam integration). My first concern is the setup - Do I need to hardwire the build to the router or will wifi 6 connectivity suffice? My second concern is the Hardware - How much RAM do I actually need for my intended purpose(s)? Which of my video cards are better suited for the purpose? Will my CPU suffice? With 4 people in the house, it's unclear how many streams we'd be running simultaneously (I'd guess 2 or 3 at most). Will my hardware suffice for 4k? Are there any other concerns I'm missing with my proposed setup?
