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Is there a way to have responsive file system access over a network? My internet connection is 50Mb downloads/5Mb uploads, my server connection is 1Gb symmetrical. Ping to server is 50ms on average.
I have been using sshfs
for a long time (using ExpanDrive as a client on Windows) and to be honest I am quite tired of it. After about 5 minutes of no activity if I want to access the remote dir everything stops for a bit, sometimes i have to wait for about two minutes.
Also, browsing directories or opening a file is really slow.
I don't think it is a connection issue or slow computing (both computers have an i7 and >16GB RAM).
So my question is:
- Am I missing something? Is there any better way to access remote drives without lags like that?
Or: - Is my
sshfs
not configured correctly?
Quite often when I don't have access to my PC and I need to change something in the projects, I can just install ExpanDrive or Dokan or when I am on Linux just mount sshfs
and I am set - don't need to install the whole dev environment, but these terrible lags put me off and I can't find a solution to that.
You can use Hamachi to create a secure VPN between your server and client machine. From here you can browse the server's shared resources as if it were in your own network. – kobaltz – 2011-10-29T00:29:54.940
I have instaled Hamachi and created a network. It seems like it is working much better hmm... i'll let you know after few days. Thanks for hint - anyways i haven't heard of it and it sounds like a great idea. – pablox – 2011-10-29T01:40:33.727