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Improving Readynas 104 performance with Autodesk and Adobe applications
Hi,
We have the following set up:
- Readynas 104 with 4 WD Red 2TB drives set up with a single X-Raid volume (RAID-5).
- It is connected to a Dlink DGS-1008D Gigabit ethernet switch which also has 2 Windows 8 PCs connected to it.
- The Dlink switch is connected by ethernet to the router which is a EE brightbox 2 from our ISP.
The problem is that the users of the two Windows 8 PCs are complaining that it takes too long to open files in Autodesk applications such as Autocad and 3DSMax, as well as Adobe applications such as Illustrator.
I'm wondering if someone can give me some advice on how I can diagnose and troubleshoot the problem? For example. what would be the best way to measure the length of time it is taking one of these applications to open a file?
Thanks in advance
Not sure why you'd want ReadyDLNA in a small office.
If you are a Windows shop you can turn off upnp and afp. (You probably can do that even if you run Apple, since Apple has supported SMB for a long time).
I don't think these will improve performance much, but it's good practice to turn off services you don't need.
Services that have a bigger impact on performance:
-Snapshots/bitrot protection can create performance problems if there are a lot of files being updated in the share.
-Antivirus will slow performance.
BTW, if the Autodesk /adobe share is relatively small, you could install an SSD drive as its own volume, and put the share on it. That would certainly speed up random access to files.
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Nastester is a good way to test throughput. http://www.808.dk/?code-csharp-nas-performance
Browsing folders is often slower than file transfer. I don't know of a good tool to measure that. However, it is often helpful to create subfolders if you have folders with lots of files in them.
Thanks for the link.
I will run it on the two PCs when the staff leave for the day.
We have a pretty neat directory structure so no folder contains too much.
In the ReadyNAS admin interface, under System > Settings > Services, I have the following services running:
- SMB
- AFP
- ReadyDLNA
- UPnP
- HTTP
- HTTPS
I'm wondering if switching off any of these would help improve things in anyway.
Not sure why you'd want ReadyDLNA in a small office.
If you are a Windows shop you can turn off upnp and afp. (You probably can do that even if you run Apple, since Apple has supported SMB for a long time).
I don't think these will improve performance much, but it's good practice to turn off services you don't need.
Services that have a bigger impact on performance:
-Snapshots/bitrot protection can create performance problems if there are a lot of files being updated in the share.
-Antivirus will slow performance.
BTW, if the Autodesk /adobe share is relatively small, you could install an SSD drive as its own volume, and put the share on it. That would certainly speed up random access to files.
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