File transfer speeds are really slow on desktop and browser client

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Yes, it does take a long time to transfer a bunch of small files

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Yeah, I think Iā€™m switching to ownCloud. File transfers are not made in parallel, so thatā€™s why itā€™s taking so much time

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To Nextcloud and OneDrive same upload-duration?

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No, OneDrive is way faster, and I can see multiple files being uploaded at the same time. With NextCloud, thatā€™s not the case. Itā€™s way slower and according to my research, it uploades files one by one, which makes it slow with uploading a bunch of small files

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You should not worry about that. - How often will you upload so many files like today?

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is it possible you ran into this bug? [Bug]: per-account network settings changed when upgrading to 3.17, leading to slow sync Ā· Issue #8743 Ā· nextcloud/desktop Ā· GitHub

Try removing the automatic limit if so

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I have NextCloud Server (installed a year and a half ago), currently running version 31.08. Everything is installed via Docker. I havenā€™t noticed any speed issues before. My PC is Windows 10, client is the latest 3.17.2.
So today I decided to upload a folder with my projects to the cloud. And I was surprised at how slow the speed was! I removed the sync folder and started experimenting. I created a test folder and started uploading files, and this is what I got:

  • Different files ā€“ was the client retrieving the same file somewhere around 3-5 seconds apart?!
  • Large files > 100 MB, writing 100 MB at a time with the same 3-5 second intervals.

At first I thought it was the serverā€¦ Then I read that someone had used the previous version of the client and their speed had returned to normal.

I started experimenting. Result - client version 3.16.6:

  • .nef photo files 14Gb - 2m 10sec
  • various files - no more pauses
  • large files 620Mb - 6-8 seconds

Conclusion: version 3.17 has issues.

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To add a little bit of clarification to @DanScharon ā€™s answer, the fix is to change the desktop clientā€™s settings and disable automatic bandwidth throughout. The issue and the fix are explained in [Bug]: Automatic upload bandwidth hangs client Ā· Issue #6349 Ā· nextcloud/desktop Ā· GitHub