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ReadyNAS 212 slow to respond
After some time and I have not narrowed this down yet my ReadyNAS is slow to respond from the network and the UI page itself. I am using PLEX on it serving up music and storage or files. I notice ...
It sounds like you have already tried some things, it would be helpful to know what those are.
The only thing I have done is restart when I see the issue.
There are a lot of possibilities. One is that you are actually connected at a slower rate than 1GB. Do the indicators on the router/switch show a 1GB connection?
My setup is I have a TPlink mesh wifi . Ethernet cable comes out of the wifi into a GB switch.
The 2 ports on the Ready NAS are ethernet cabled into the switch.
I don't know how to test the connection rate or know how to test the speed at the wifi device.
Have you tried both NAS Ethernet ports, a new cable, and another port on your router/switch?
Both ethernet ports are used in a round robin setting.
I haven't tried different cables or anything else. I have never seen cables if they are bad all of a sudden slow down after time. But if you feel it is necessary I can change them out.
I'll change some ports on the switch to see if anything changes. It is not a managed switch.
What model drives are installed?
Western Digital 3 TB sata drives in Raid 1
If they are SMR, that will slow things down, Probably not quite in the way you are observing, but good to know in diagnosing.
Do you have SSH enabled? If so, does top show any processes taking up an inordinate amount of CPU time?
SSH no. How do you run top on the NAS
Do you have drive spin-down enabled? If so, have you tried turning it off to see if that helps?
No. I don't know where the spin-down setting is at.
Sorry I can't give you more info.
Let me know what I need to do to get you more info.
I pretty much set it up an don't mess with it at all.
dccihon wrote:
Western Digital 3 TB sata drives in Raid 1
But what model????
Also, I suggest downloading the full log zip file from the logs page, as there could be some clues in there. You'll likely find it hard to interpret, but you can share it with me (via private message) later on if need be.
dccihon wrote:
Both ethernet ports are used in a round robin setting.
It sounds like you have link aggregation set up. If you have an unmanaged switch, then you shouldn't be using that. Try disconnecting one of the cables and see if that makes any difference.
Drives model number: WDC WD30EFRX-68N32NO
i have the log zip file if you want it.
I will disconnect one of the cables.
It might take a few days to find out if it acts up.
I will post here my results as soon as something changes.
dccihon wrote:
Drives model number: WDC WD30EFRX-68N32NO
Great. These are CMR (conventional magnetic recording), and not SMR (shingled magnetic recording). If you ever replace them with mechanical disks, make sure you get CMR. WD Red Plus and Red Pro are both CMR, unfortunately the current WD RED drives are SMR. Seagate Ironwolf are all CMR.
dccihon wrote:
i have the log zip file if you want it.
There is a possibility that whatever is acting up will generate error messages in one of the logs.
If you'd like me to look, then put it into cloud storage (dropbox, google drive, etc), and send me a private message (PM) with a download link. You send a PM using the envelope icon in the upper right of the forum page. Make sure that the permissions are set so anyone with the link can download.
You say your switch is not managed but the two Ethernet ports are set up as round-robin. That won't work. Both sides have to support round-robin teaming, which requires a managed switch. That's not the case here and is likely your problem. Get rid of the teaming and use just one Ethernet cable.
You run top by executing the command top from SSH. But I now doubt a process tying up resources is your issue.
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