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Readynas NV+ slow performance despite best efforts!
[Setup / Devices]
ReadyNAS NV+ / 1GB RAM - RAIDiator 4.1.8 [1.00a043], X-RAID, 4 disks
SAMSUNG Spinpoint F4 HD204UI 2TB 5400 RPM 32MB SATA 3.0Gb/s (3.5 of 5.4TB free)
ASUS Black Diamond Gigabit ASUS RT-N56U Wireless Router (brand new), but got same slow results before upgrading from a Cisco Linksys WRT320N
ASUS Gigabit NIC on motherboard
Windows 7 Home Premium
2500k Intel i5 Quad Core Sandy Bridge, at 3.1Ghz, 8GB DDR3 1666 RAM
128GB OCZ Vertex 3 SSD
[Notes]
* Readynas NV+ and PC NIC are connected through ASUS RT-N56U router
* Readynas uses a static ip configuration / 1000Mbit with full duplex is auto-negotiated
* Auto-journaling disabled
* PC and Router are using static ip configurations (I tried both with and without)
* On the readynas there are no 3rd party add ons running. Enabled services are cifs/afp/ftp
* I also connected the PC directly to the NAS without any router in between, but it made ZERO difference
[Issue]
I am experiencing SEVERE performance issues. Honestly, I think these issues have existed since I bought the ReadyNAS 1 year ago. My read/write speeds are pathetic. Typically 4-5MB/s, and never any higher than 9-10MB/s (which only lasts for short intervals during some of my troubleshooting). I only noticed the slow transfer speeds because my new Canon T2i camera takes 1080p video and it was choppy and unwatchable over the NAS!
[Tests]
I've been running tests off/on for 30 days using IOMeter as outlined on this site. Nothing helps.
-I went through the optimization guide, and no luck.
-Jumbo frames off/on, no difference, or worse... And I enabled/disabled them on my PC NIC as well to correlate appropriately.
-changed my CAT6 cables
-upgraded my router from the Linksys WRT320N to the ASUS Black Diamond
-utilized static IP addresses
[Closing]
I don't know what the heck to do?! I'm so frustrated. I can't even play/edit my pictures and movies from my NAS because it's so slow, which completely undermines my plan of using my 128GB SSD as my PC powerhouse with storage on my 8TB NAS.... please help. I'm desperate.
ReadyNAS NV+ / 1GB RAM - RAIDiator 4.1.8 [1.00a043], X-RAID, 4 disks
SAMSUNG Spinpoint F4 HD204UI 2TB 5400 RPM 32MB SATA 3.0Gb/s (3.5 of 5.4TB free)
ASUS Black Diamond Gigabit ASUS RT-N56U Wireless Router (brand new), but got same slow results before upgrading from a Cisco Linksys WRT320N
ASUS Gigabit NIC on motherboard
Windows 7 Home Premium
2500k Intel i5 Quad Core Sandy Bridge, at 3.1Ghz, 8GB DDR3 1666 RAM
128GB OCZ Vertex 3 SSD
[Notes]
* Readynas NV+ and PC NIC are connected through ASUS RT-N56U router
* Readynas uses a static ip configuration / 1000Mbit with full duplex is auto-negotiated
* Auto-journaling disabled
* PC and Router are using static ip configurations (I tried both with and without)
* On the readynas there are no 3rd party add ons running. Enabled services are cifs/afp/ftp
* I also connected the PC directly to the NAS without any router in between, but it made ZERO difference
[Issue]
I am experiencing SEVERE performance issues. Honestly, I think these issues have existed since I bought the ReadyNAS 1 year ago. My read/write speeds are pathetic. Typically 4-5MB/s, and never any higher than 9-10MB/s (which only lasts for short intervals during some of my troubleshooting). I only noticed the slow transfer speeds because my new Canon T2i camera takes 1080p video and it was choppy and unwatchable over the NAS!
[Tests]
I've been running tests off/on for 30 days using IOMeter as outlined on this site. Nothing helps.
-I went through the optimization guide, and no luck.
-Jumbo frames off/on, no difference, or worse... And I enabled/disabled them on my PC NIC as well to correlate appropriately.
-changed my CAT6 cables
-upgraded my router from the Linksys WRT320N to the ASUS Black Diamond
-utilized static IP addresses
[Closing]
I don't know what the heck to do?! I'm so frustrated. I can't even play/edit my pictures and movies from my NAS because it's so slow, which completely undermines my plan of using my 128GB SSD as my PC powerhouse with storage on my 8TB NAS.... please help. I'm desperate.
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mdgm wrote: That looks pretty good. Perhaps your 1GB memory module is bad or incompatible.
Seems like that was a real possibility...
And for the record, I just adjusted my settings for "optimal mode" as listed from the performance section by enabling Jumbo frames on my NAS and on my NIC.
Latest results:
Read 37 Mbps
Write 29 Mbps
That seems to correlate well with the expected results. If things stay at this rate I'm happy! Thanks again! Despite my frustration of things not just working, I am very impressed with the customer support on this forum.- And I'm a fellow ReadyNAS user like you. I don't work for NetGear and never have. It's a great community forum.
- So..... For 48 hours, speeds were good and I was happily using data on my NAS at 30-40Mbps Read speeds.
Tonight, i start browsing and it feels ridiculously slow. I run IOMeter and my read speeds spontaneously dropped to 8Mbps ?!? Thoughts? Absolutely nothing significant changed since my last post. - No thoughts? I feel like I'm on a rollercoaster, and all I want to do is get off the ride somewhere around 20-30MB/s so that I can watch my 1080p video from my camera :(
- Are you running any add-ons?
What services are enabled? mdgm wrote: Are you running any add-ons?
ReadyDLNA streaming, UPnP Discovery service, no add-onsmdgm wrote: What services are enabled?
CIFS file protocol is active.- MDGM, can you confirm from my partition.log that my disks are 4k aligned correctly now?
I just don't even know where to look next on this :/ mab45 wrote: MDGM, can you confirm from my partition.log that my disks are 4k aligned correctly now? Disk /dev/hdi doesn't contain a valid partition table
Disk /dev/hdc: 2000.3 GB, 2000388448256 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 243200 cylinders, total 3907008688 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00000000
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hdc1 32 4096031 2048000 83 Linux
...
Based on your last partition.log posted, they are aligned properly. The start position (32 in your case) is divisible by 8.- Okay, that's good, but I wonder what could be bogging me down so much still. thanks
- Are you still running via a direct connection or are you going through a switch/router?
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