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Post your performance results
I thought it might be interesting to see what kind of performance everyone is getting with IO Meter so that we can compare what we're getting. So I thought we could all post our results in this thread...
There are multiple factors at play here. Take a look at ReadyNAS Performance Expectations.
There isn't a resync still under way is there? While the drives are syncing sector-by-sector performance is slower.
With a single 7200rpm disk you might expect to achieve 60 MB/s.
Using RAID-1 (or X-RAID2 with 2 disks) changes things up a little. However you have to remember that writes to either machine have to be written to both disks. If you take a look at the Performance section of the Definitive Guide to the ReadyNAS Pro (a machine with the same CPU and with comparable performance) you'll see that NetGear's setup for optimal performance involved having all drive bays in the ReadyNAS full. Presumably they used a multiple disk array in the PC as well.
LACP is a good teaming mode to use. However with your current configuration of disks you can't take advantage of it. You should find that with a RAID-5 array (3+ disk array with single disk redundancy) in each machine that performance is better.
There is a good community addon for testing the internal disk performance in your ReadyNAS called Bonnie++. Obviously with network overheads performance is going to be slower over your network, but it does give you an idea of what the disk configuration you have is capable of.
There isn't a resync still under way is there? While the drives are syncing sector-by-sector performance is slower.
With a single 7200rpm disk you might expect to achieve 60 MB/s.
Using RAID-1 (or X-RAID2 with 2 disks) changes things up a little. However you have to remember that writes to either machine have to be written to both disks. If you take a look at the Performance section of the Definitive Guide to the ReadyNAS Pro (a machine with the same CPU and with comparable performance) you'll see that NetGear's setup for optimal performance involved having all drive bays in the ReadyNAS full. Presumably they used a multiple disk array in the PC as well.
LACP is a good teaming mode to use. However with your current configuration of disks you can't take advantage of it. You should find that with a RAID-5 array (3+ disk array with single disk redundancy) in each machine that performance is better.
There is a good community addon for testing the internal disk performance in your ReadyNAS called Bonnie++. Obviously with network overheads performance is going to be slower over your network, but it does give you an idea of what the disk configuration you have is capable of.
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