Smb-slow

"It’s just a 5GB folder," Leo muttered to his cold coffee.

Across the office, Sarah, the lead animator, marched over. "Leo, I started that file transfer during the morning meeting. It’s lunch now. Why is it moving at 2 MB/s?"

"Well, put together a story for the bosses," Sarah sighed. "They think we need a new server. I think we just need a miracle."

"It’s the 'thousand tiny files' curse," Leo explained, gesturing to the screen. "SMB treats every single file like a separate conversation. 'I have a file,' says the server. 'I’m ready,' says your computer. 'Here it is,' says the server. 'I got it,' says your computer. Multiply that by ten thousand icons, and the network just chokes".

"Leo!" Sarah shouted from her desk ten seconds later. "What did you do? It's finished!"

Leo leaned back, finally taking a sip of his now-ice-cold coffee. "I just told the protocol to stop chatting and start working."