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emk2203
Asked: 2016-09-07 00:58:16 +0800 CST

File manager with better performance over CIFS than Nautilus?

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I want to manage media files on Ubuntu, but since the server has a lot of files and folders, it takes ages over CIFS to update the directory changes. This is clearly a Nautilus issue - Windows 10 is much faster and also caches results. I can enter a subdirectory and go back without delay, not so on Ubuntu.

Is there a suitable replacement for Nautilus with better performance?

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2 Answers

  1. While the cifs mounts are working and cutting down time from 13 s to 2 s in Nautilus in one example, it's not the flexibility you need if you want to browse several servers.

    Lately, I work with Lubuntu-next (LXQt) a lot - PCManFM-Qt is caching the results, unlike Nautilus.

    So, the long wait times with gvfs only occur once, and if changes are made, again after you refresh with F5.

    In the example above, Nautilus would make you wait 13 s every time you re-enter the directory, while PCManFM-Qt lets you jump to another directory and back without waiting time.

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  2. Not the best answer but as @Bruni suggested in the comments mounting over CIFS MAY help (YMMV).

    For me it doesn't help BUT if I copy the files through the cp command through the terminal it works. Once it's mounted via CIFS I'm able to saturate my link from 600Mbps to the maximum 1 Gbps on my network. I hate having to break my workflow from nautilus to terminal but I haven't found a better solution... yet :(

    I have this in my fstab:

    //192.168.x.x/myfiles /mnt/myfiles cifs credentials=/home/myuser/.smbcredentials,iocharset=utf8,vers=3.11,rw 0 0

    Refer to $ man mount.cifs on how to create a credential file.

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