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I looked around at a few posts but most of the problematic posts I ran into involved users having slow bandwidth listed in the wrench section. I tried a few of the listed solutions (such as disabling Direct Unpack, less connections, etc) but I have not been able to resolve my issue.

Container: binhex-sabnzbdvpn
Unraid: 6.12.10
Network: Custom Docker Network
Internet Speed: 1gig

Wrench readout:
System performance (Pystone) 474661 Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-7700K CPU @ 4.20GHz AVX2 Docker
Download folder speed 278.3 MB/s /data/usenet/incomplete
Complete folder speed 277.2 MB/s /data/usenet/complete
Internet Bandwidth 62.92 MB/s 503.36 Mbps

The /data sharer is on a cache drive (SSD) set as primary and the array as secondary with mover set to cache -> array.

As stated on there, my download speed should be in the 60-ishMB/s range but I consistently only download at 30MB/s. It is very rare to see this climb to 40MB/s, and even then it doesnt stay at that speed for longer than a blip. It sucks to know that I can reach the 60MB/s (though I can acknowledge with VPN I am taking a bit of a hit. I am still not reaching the listed high speed) and am only downloading at half that speed.

I currently have two providers. I primarily use Easy News as my primary but bought into Usenet Server as a test to see if I could get full speed. On both I am at 60 connections but have tried a varying amount of numbers between them to see if that would make a difference. Which it did not.

Any assistance or suggestions is highly appreciated. Thank you.

Also 30-40 MB/s for the 100MB resp 1GB test download (via SABnzbd's Wrench)?
Also without VPN?

Read this explanation from a knowledgeable SABnzbd on Unraid user: https://github.com/sabnzbd/sabnzbd/disc ... nt-9583601

Yes, I have tried all the test download options and its the same speed. I have not tested a container without the VPN (the container has vpn baked into it).

As for the article you provided.... to clarify does that mean I will need the "incomplete" folder to be in its own share? I currently do have Permit Exclusive Shares enabled but am realizing that I am not taking advantage of it due to the secondary storage being set.

Also, I did follow the trash guides on this. Specifically the unRAID 6.12 (cache) route which does suggest my current application of the share (Cache to Array).

lokifromasgard wrote: ↑January 7th, 2025, 7:00 pm Yes, I have tried all the test download options and its the same speed. I have not tested a container without the VPN (the container has vpn baked into it).

Well, the great thing about docker: stop that container with VPN built in, start a SAB docker without VPN, and test it.

lokifromasgard wrote: ↑January 7th, 2025, 7:00 pm Yes, I have tried all the test download options and its the same speed. I have not tested a container without the VPN (the container has vpn baked into it).

As for the article you provided.... to clarify does that mean I will need the "incomplete" folder to be in its own share? I currently do have Permit Exclusive Shares enabled but am realizing that I am not taking advantage of it due to the secondary storage being set.

No idea.
Keep Incomplete inside your docker for best speeds.

Tested the non-vpn container writing to the same incomplete directory and I am getting full 100MB/s speed. I guess this comes down to a limitation with my current vpn? (NordVPN)

So I saw my NordVPN was actually just about to expire. Decided to go PIA with Wireguard config for this next test. Sure enough, I am getting full speed now in SAB. I guess NVPN wasnt too friendly with SAB. In any case, issue solved. Thanks for your help @sander.

Good. You're welcome.

PS:

Can you post the output of the SABnzbd wrench (like in your opening post)? I wonder if you now get a nice 100 MB/s instead of your ealier "Internet Bandwidth 62.92 MB/s 503.36 Mbps"