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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 for easy comparison.
You can run IO Meter by following the steps here: http://www.infrant.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=265
Please post your hardware specs, other relevant info, and IO Meter results. Maybe this could get stickied? Or ignored if no one cares :)
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Here's my info:
Stock NV
4 x Seagate ST3250823AS 250gb Hard Disk in X-RAID
All journaling disabled
Fast writes on
Intel D805 2.66ghz dual core cpu
Intel D945GNTLKR motherboard with onboard Intel Gigabit NIC
2 gigs ram
Seagate ST3250824AS 250gb Hard Disk
Windows Vista x86 RC1 (if that makes a difference)
Dell PowerConnect 2708 Gigabit switch (no jumbo frames)
Cat 6 cabling
IO Meter Write: 19.321793 MBps
IO Meter Read: 26.803979 MBps
You can run IO Meter by following the steps here: http://www.infrant.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=265
Please post your hardware specs, other relevant info, and IO Meter results. Maybe this could get stickied? Or ignored if no one cares :)
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Here's my info:
Stock NV
4 x Seagate ST3250823AS 250gb Hard Disk in X-RAID
All journaling disabled
Fast writes on
Intel D805 2.66ghz dual core cpu
Intel D945GNTLKR motherboard with onboard Intel Gigabit NIC
2 gigs ram
Seagate ST3250824AS 250gb Hard Disk
Windows Vista x86 RC1 (if that makes a difference)
Dell PowerConnect 2708 Gigabit switch (no jumbo frames)
Cat 6 cabling
IO Meter Write: 19.321793 MBps
IO Meter Read: 26.803979 MBps
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- IOMeter machine: IBM Stinkpad T41 Pentium M 1.6 GHz, 1 GB RAM, gig ethernet with jumbo frames enabled (9014 - can't change this on the card). Windoze XP Pro SP2 (IBM employee release of XP Pro)
Readynas NV+ 1 GB RAM
4 x Seagate ST3320620AS in Xraid
Firmware: RAIDiator™ v3.01c1-p6 [1.00a034]
Memory: 1024 MB [2.5-3-3-7]
All journaling disabled, write cache on.
The only services I have running are CIFS and printer sharing.
All other services turned off
Jumbo frames enabled
I ran the test twice and came up with some wicked results from IO Meter:
Run 1 (MBps):
Read: 48.380988
Write: 68.071839
Run 2 (MBps):
Read: 43.467033
Write: 60.144747 - --edited and updated after playing with the jumbo frame size----
Hi !
Using a Dell Inspiron 9400 with CoreDuo 1,83 GHz CPU and an ExpressCard GigaBit Agere Systems ET-131x PCI-E Card directly connected to a X6 Rev.B ...
Write Cache Enabling, no Journaling, Fast CIFS Writes, force case sensitive, oplocks enabled ( last 2 shouldnt affect sequential tests )...
Read 27 MB/sec
Write 21 MB/sec
Normally using the Infrant via Wlan (attached to a second network card in the X6, Realtek PCI ) & Piss Poor Performance, plugging in the Agere for large transfers...
Greetings,
Nils - PC: Dell Inspiron 8200 laptop, 2GHz Pentium 4-M, 768MB RAM
Network: Broadcom BCM4306-based 802.11g wireless miniPCI card, 3com OfficeConnect 11g access point, 100M Ethernet connection through Zyxel hub /router to NV+
Performance:
Writes - 3.70 MB/s (when it's working - see below)
Reads - 1.07 MB/s (wtf?)
Writes seem pretty quick given the available bandwidth, though it has a habit of freezing for several seconds at a time which brings the long-term average throughput right down. Reads, however, progress steadily but slowly. patja wrote: I am seeing some pretty strong results...makes me wonder if I missed something in the Iometer setup instructions, but I've triple checked them. I've done 6 runs now and see:
Writes: 35 or 56 MBps (half the time it is 35, half 56)
Reads: 33, 47, and 72 MBps (of my 6 runs I've got two at each of these)
Everything on the ReadyNAS is setup per the instructions on the forum. I am only sharing as CIFS. No SMB and no HTTP.
The network switch is a SMCGS8
My PC is an ASUS A8N-E, Athlon X2 3800+, 2 GB RAM, onboard gig ethernet (Nvidia)
Do you guys see consistent results from one run to the next?
Which OS did you use for the test?sirsycho wrote: Adding my bit...
Using the recommended settings outlined in the performance post on this forum.
Write MBps: 19.452
Read MBps: 30.759
Here's my setup:
Stock NV
1 x 500GB (NORAID)
All journaling disabled
Fast writes on
AMD64 4800+
A8N32-SLI using the Marvell onboard NIC
2 gigs ram
2 x WD Raptors (RAID0+1)
Windows Vista x86 RC2
Netgear GS608 Gigabit switch (no jumbo frames)
Cat 5e cabling
Now that the GA version of Vista is out, did you repeat the test? Which numbers do you get now? Which drivers did you use?
I am interested in buying the same motherboard... :)- Hi! Way back when (I think March 2006), Tom's Hardware did a nice review of the ReadyNAS NV.. The article has since been pulled but the perf. charts are still available as below..
http://images.tomshardware.com/2006/03/ ... re_big.png
http://images.tomshardware.com/2006/03/ ... re_big.png
http://images.tomshardware.com/2006/03/ ... re_big.png
Any chance anybody have the complete article saved someplace? (PDF, Web archive file, or whatever?)
Nonetheless, the above graphs are useful.. Similar charts for the NV+ would be nice..
(awaiting NFS V3 over TCP support so can ReadyNAS NV with VMware)
(wish you could incorporate iSCSI support as well, though this is best postd in the 'features request' forum)
Thanks! - I've got a Dell Dimension 9150
3GHz Pentium D
2GB 533mhz DDR2 RAM
Intel 1000 CL built in NIC
I get 12MB read/write, period.
So I went and bought a Netgear GA311 NIC, turned on Jumbo frames,
and I STILL get only 12MB read/write.
I have an NV+, 512MB memory, 4 Seagate ST3400633AS drives, RAID 5
All the journaling is turned off.
Any ideas? - Hi
All
I use a gigabit switch combined with readynas nv and giga ethercard etc.
Did all that is neces. But i only get a write of approx 10 MB /sec....
It should be 22 approx according to what is written here and there....
Set : jumbo frames, 1000 mbit full duplex, journaling off , optim. etc etc
Stuff is all brand new...
I noticed in the task of xp that network is only about 10% of the max it can handle.... but then again... My system is set to 1000 duplex full etc etc in de driver settings !!!!!!!!!!
Help! - NV+
XRaid
2 - Seagate 500 GB Baracudda
Switch:
Neatgear FS108 - 100 mbs
PC:
Intel 766 Mhz ( yep really that slow)
512 MB memory
intel 100 MB/sec card
Performance:
7.86 MBs write
7.1 MBs read
I will post again after I switch to a better PC and Gigabyte Sec ethernet. - I used the supplied config (copied the 256_Write into 256_Read as well with 100% read as instructed).
Driver: XP Pro, Athlon 2200+, random drive.
Ready NAS NV+
RAIDiator™ v3.01c1-p6 [1.00a034]
X-RAID
2 x Seagate ST3320620NS (320 GB each)
CIFS only
Disable Journaling, Fast CIFS Write, Write Caching On
oplocks toggle on.
Slimserver streaming on.
Pre GIG + DL-624 (Dlink wireless) as switch
Read: 8.716 MBps
Write: 10.37 MBps
SMCGS5 GigE switch + Airlink GigE PCI card + Jumbo on
Read: 23.636 MBps
Write: 19.978
All of these were with my regular use setup. Did not bother doing any direct connection benchmarks at all. All in all, a super useful upgrade going to GigE.
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