Ok, so I'm a long time coming to this party but just bothered to set up an Amazon account so I can store some of my data off-premise and was totally underwhelmed by the upload performance. Google it, you will see the same lamentations of upload speed plaguing folks using the Synology Glacier or regular Backup (with S3 destination) packages.
Basically, I get about 160Kbps upload for both the Synology Backup to S3 and Glacier packages on a cable connection which should by rights get me 2Mbps. Unacceptable for transfering 100's of GB of data, unless you like waiting months for your initial load to complete.
I tested (one of the many available tools) S3 Browser to upload from my PC rather than directly from the NAS. Lo and behold it will push my connection to 1.2Mbps (with maxed-out config on the free version). Looking at the basic config between the Synology provided tools and S3 Browser, I surmise that Synology's tools don't use multi-part uploads or multi-threading.
Suffice it to say, a lack of decent integration to major cloud storage services is pretty lame.
Basically, I get about 160Kbps upload for both the Synology Backup to S3 and Glacier packages on a cable connection which should by rights get me 2Mbps. Unacceptable for transfering 100's of GB of data, unless you like waiting months for your initial load to complete.
I tested (one of the many available tools) S3 Browser to upload from my PC rather than directly from the NAS. Lo and behold it will push my connection to 1.2Mbps (with maxed-out config on the free version). Looking at the basic config between the Synology provided tools and S3 Browser, I surmise that Synology's tools don't use multi-part uploads or multi-threading.
Suffice it to say, a lack of decent integration to major cloud storage services is pretty lame.
