NAS104 Raid decision? Xraid vs Raid 10 etc #24296869

mdgm wrote:

Thanks. I just took a look at the issue raised with product engineering seeking an explanation for this. Here's the explanation they gave: That's right in the expected range for RAID6 on a RN10x. RAID6 parity calculation is a very computationally intensive operation, and the CPU on the RN104 is not capable of doing RAID6 without a significant performance drop vs. other RAID levels. It's similar to using encryption on RN10x. RAID10 may be a better option if faster performance is desired. If you choose to continue to use RAID6, you can safely use the system normally with full data redundancy during the resync. So it shouldn't really matter how long the resync takes.

Thanks for looking because they haven't told me anything. On the phone, the escalation level support people I spoke with said that it absolutely shouldn't take that long and the engineering team believe there is a software bug. It just finished building, it ended up taking about 48 hours.