I have a mikrotik hap ax s.
SMB is configured on it, and when I dump files to the drive, either an error occurs or the router reboots.
Files up to 10GB in size.
SanDisk 64GB Ultra Fit USB 3.1 drive (SDCZ430-064G-G46).
Use only in a local network as a small file exchange.
Files of 500MB or smaller ones were downloaded without any problems.
Reading a file from a drive, even a 5GB one, was also no problem, but the problem was when writing.
The solution was not obvious to me but logical.
The drive I used was formatted exFAT, after converting to ext4 format everything started working without any problems and a 10GB file was downloaded without errors and processor load.
periodically there is a failure when downloading a file.
the ping starts to jump a lot, the router processor loads to 100% and goes into reboot.
tell me how to fix this and have you encountered this.
after rebooting the download to the drive goes normally but after a couple of cycles the problem repeats
then the solution will be too specific.. I actually need it to watch movies, so as not to stream them from my computer.
that's why the drive is 64GB, and making a server with such a drive is unprofitable..
But router is a router, not a NAS. It could stall when updating FAT table putting it in the background to focus on routing.
I always state "proper tool for particular job". You can hammer nails with an axe but is it it's main task?
