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Performance/Admin Page Access - Does available disk space affect access to the ReadyNas
Hey All,
System Details:
ReadyNas 104 - Current OS: 6.2.5
4x3TB Seagate (8.17 TB Available - currently 550 GB free)
Network a mix of Win 7 Pro/Ult SP1 and Win 10 Pro devices
Networked through Linksys router and switches throughout.
The ReadyNAS 104 has recently been having issues where the device becomes unresponsive (Slow accessing the Admin Page, Music playing, through network share using Window Media Player, seems to be "skipping" on local network.). The system seems to be fine after a reboot (and even then, had to unplug to get to reboot) but it eventually over time starts to show the above characteristics. At first I thought it might have been the OS so reverted back to 6.2.4 but the issues seems to return. Went back to 6.2.5 and again, same issues.
So my question is does the available disk space affect the network performance? I haven't ran a scrub or defrag yet but am a bit concerned about data loss. I know the party line will be "backup before doing anything..." ...typical CYA move but finding 7+ TB of backup space...not going to happen. Is there a "safe" percentage of disk space that should be available for scrub/defrag?
In addition, can I send log files to see if there is something else that could be an issue (i.e. SAMBA - noted some error items in logs
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[2015/09/09 06:17:56.684266, 0] ../lib/util/fault.c:79(fault_report)
INTERNAL ERROR: Signal 11 in pid 30714 (4.2.0)
Please read the Trouble-Shooting section of the Samba HOWTO
[2015/09/09 06:17:56.825187, 0] ../lib/util/fault.c:81(fault_report)
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Thanks for any help...
Dave
Best practice would be to keep volume usage to 80% or less. You may be able to go a little higher and maintain good performance if you do regular volume maintenance esp. balance, defrag (note if using snapshots a defrag will increase your volume usage so you may wish to not schedule defrags if using snapshots).
If you value your data then backups are important no matter how much data you have or what device you primarily store it on.
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Definitely too full and this will affect performance, particularly with the 104.
I don't think a scrub or defrag will make much of a difference, what you need is more space.
Is the data replaceable?
Hi vandermerwe,
Thanks for the quick response...
If you mean re: "replaceable", able to wipe and start over...unfortunately no. I can start to move items off to free up space but what would be the threshold for space availablility to affect performance?
I kind of hate this factor of having to have "free" space for a device to work up to specs. For example, having to have 1TB free to ensure performance and stability is not very good...
What is the defined % or amount of space you need to have free for the device to work optimally?
Is there no firmware solution to this type of issue?
Sorry if I seem to be ranting but thanks again...
Dave
Well, on OS6 Netgear starts warning at 70% full. I think there's some margin there. My RN102 is running at 85%, but I am quite careful on snapshot use - and the NAS a true backup, so if one of the volumes needs to be rebuilt there is no problem. But I don't want to see it go any higher.
My warnings about backup are not CYA (I don't work for Netgear, and I don't do direct intervention on other folks ReadyNAS). They are underscoring the simple truth that if you have no backup you will at some point lose your data. It's only a matter of time.
I have at least as much data as you, and I have two backups of everything.
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