Benchmarks

Benchmarks of file sharing server transfer speeds.

Comparisons

Upload is a transfer from client to server. Download is a transfer from server to client.

• Server: Debian 12
• Client: macOS Sonoma
• Network: Both connected to the same Wi-Fi AP

Three data points per test case, with the median result is marked in bold below. Lower is better.

Server App	1x 2GB file Upload	Download	1000x 10KB files Upload	Download
Netatalk 3.1.18	42 45 46	44 45 48	84 86 94	50 55 58
Samba 4.17.12	45 47 52	45 48 52	99 100 101	53 53 54
NFS 2.6.2	204 205 208	136 139 139	97 97 99	24 24 25

Unit is seconds, rounded down to the integer