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RN 104 poor performance -> unusable
Hi, I have a RN 104 with 3 2TB disks in RAID5. The performance I'm talking about is simply FOLDER ACCESS!! some folders can be accessed normaly, and others are just unbearable slow, like 7 minu...
COW is copy on write, or bit rot protection. There is a performance hit on the 100 series if it is enabled.
Torrent apps do seem to cause problems, one of which is fragmentation.
The first thing I would do is update the firmware to 6.2.1.
Leave antivirus off, the 100 series struggles with it as far as I can see.
Having nfs enabled shouldn't create performance problems like this.
If upgrading the firmware doesn't help, I would do a defrag of the volume.
It is also worth checking the smart stats for the disks, and also running vendor diagnostics on all the disks. This would require removing the disks from the nas with the power off connecting them to a PC and running WD lifeguard extended tests on each disk. If you do this remember to label the disks according to slot number and didn't power up again until the disks are all back in.
Torrent apps do seem to cause problems, one of which is fragmentation.
The first thing I would do is update the firmware to 6.2.1.
Leave antivirus off, the 100 series struggles with it as far as I can see.
Having nfs enabled shouldn't create performance problems like this.
If upgrading the firmware doesn't help, I would do a defrag of the volume.
It is also worth checking the smart stats for the disks, and also running vendor diagnostics on all the disks. This would require removing the disks from the nas with the power off connecting them to a PC and running WD lifeguard extended tests on each disk. If you do this remember to label the disks according to slot number and didn't power up again until the disks are all back in.
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