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ReadyNAS NV+ Seems really slow
I just bought a ReadyNAS NV+ 2x750 and am trying to transfer all of my data from a raid array to it so I can retire my old server. First I tried to use EMC to get all the files over to the NAS, but...
Howdy y'all!
I'll try not to be a curmudgeon this time. ;-)
My NV+ is 256mb RAM, latest Raidiator/OSXRaidar, RAIDX 4x Seagate 1.5TB (firmware SD17, but Seagate claims these are NOT in the required firmware upgrade SN range)
I've hooked up a Seagate FreeAgent 1.5TB USB drive to the NV+ using one of the USB ports on the back. I formatted it with the NV+ to ext3 filesystem, thinking that the NV+ would like this better than FAT32 or HFS+.
I'm now copying over 1.5TB of stuff from the NV+ RAID to the 1.5TB FreeAgent using rsync via a terminal. i.e.:
rsync -a --progress /c/home/captain /USB_HDD_1
...so no data should be going through the network, other than the terminal text, which should be very non-intensive, right? Other access to the NV+ is non-existent during this test, though when I DO access it the rsync rate plummets.
According to rsync I'm only getting, at best, ~3MB/s instantaneous, 2.5MB/s average, transfer speeds, and that's on multi-gigabyte size files. On small files its in the x.xxKB/s area. Doesn't this seem very slow for a pure USB file transfer? Can anyone give me some suggestions, please? Could it still be the firmware on the Seagate drives? If so, is there some way to update the firmware, since Seagate doesn't want to let me in on the secret given my SNs?
hrmm. I just had an idea to shut OFF all services via frontview... That really shouldn't be necessary though, should it? And shouldn't USB rates on a non-hubbed USB direct-connect be closer to 40MB/s?
Ok, ALL services other than rsync and https (for frontview) are turned off, so nothing should be bogging this down. I'm still seeing rsync reporting only around 2.8MB/s.
FWIW, I also have, under System/Performace in Frontview, checked:
Disable full data journaling
Enable fast USB disk writes
Thanks for any ideas!
I'll try not to be a curmudgeon this time. ;-)
My NV+ is 256mb RAM, latest Raidiator/OSXRaidar, RAIDX 4x Seagate 1.5TB (firmware SD17, but Seagate claims these are NOT in the required firmware upgrade SN range)
I've hooked up a Seagate FreeAgent 1.5TB USB drive to the NV+ using one of the USB ports on the back. I formatted it with the NV+ to ext3 filesystem, thinking that the NV+ would like this better than FAT32 or HFS+.
I'm now copying over 1.5TB of stuff from the NV+ RAID to the 1.5TB FreeAgent using rsync via a terminal. i.e.:
rsync -a --progress /c/home/captain /USB_HDD_1
...so no data should be going through the network, other than the terminal text, which should be very non-intensive, right? Other access to the NV+ is non-existent during this test, though when I DO access it the rsync rate plummets.
According to rsync I'm only getting, at best, ~3MB/s instantaneous, 2.5MB/s average, transfer speeds, and that's on multi-gigabyte size files. On small files its in the x.xxKB/s area. Doesn't this seem very slow for a pure USB file transfer? Can anyone give me some suggestions, please? Could it still be the firmware on the Seagate drives? If so, is there some way to update the firmware, since Seagate doesn't want to let me in on the secret given my SNs?
hrmm. I just had an idea to shut OFF all services via frontview... That really shouldn't be necessary though, should it? And shouldn't USB rates on a non-hubbed USB direct-connect be closer to 40MB/s?
Ok, ALL services other than rsync and https (for frontview) are turned off, so nothing should be bogging this down. I'm still seeing rsync reporting only around 2.8MB/s.
FWIW, I also have, under System/Performace in Frontview, checked:
Disable full data journaling
Enable fast USB disk writes
Thanks for any ideas!
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