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ssd tiering
ok so looking in to if i can add some speed to me NAS
i have 4) 10tb drives
thinking about putting some ssd's in the last 2 bays still leaving me room to grow
i have some 500g WD blue ssd both ...
There is is an explanation on page 10 here: https://www.downloads.netgear.com/files/GDC/READYNAS-100/ReadyNAS_FlexRAID_Optimization_Guide.pdf
Also here: https://kb.netgear.com/000049513/ReadyNAS-OS-6-9-Metadata-Tiering
One ambiguity is the statement "The number of SSDs for the SSD tier should be equal to the number of drives in the RAID group." I don't know if that is a suggestion or a requirement.
Note that per the guide, you need to create an SSD tier for each RAID group in the volume.
craer87 wrote:
exp: does it take a high use file off the hdds and "MOVE" it to the ssd or is it a copy
The SSD tier is not a cache. Things stored on it are not duplicated on the mechanical disks.
With 6.9.x firmware the tier only includes metadata, it does not include the actual files. Note that in 6.10.x beta Netgear is expanding the use of the tier to include some files (data). https://community.netgear.com/t5/ReadyNAS-Beta-Release/ReadyNASOS-6-10-0-T185-Beta-2/m-p/1651396#M10285
craer87 wrote:
and what MetaData . what exactly is that on the nas
"Metadata" is the on-disk structures used by the BTRFS file system to describe the files - among other things it includes the filenames, the organization of the files into folders and BTRFS subvolumes, file owners and permissions, and the location of the data in the files on the disks. The equivalent information in the ext filesystem is in "inodes".
YES Thank you to every one.
i know i will be doing a Dule 240gb ssd setup for my 10tb drives. But
one more this i was thinking about and just to save room on the main unit was can you use the readynas expansion chassis(EDA500-100NAS) to house the tier group and keep the local sata ports for the spinners?
other then that i think im veary happy with the responce and help. i will saw the readynas community is the best i have bin apart of thanks.
Oooo and i have wanted to know for a wile but what if any can i use the M.2 port for on the inside of my 528x i just dident want to plug anything in to it wile i was doing a deep cleen one day?
craer87 wrote:
one more this i was thinking about and just to save room on the main unit was can you use the readynas expansion chassis(EDA500-100NAS) to house the tier group and keep the local sata ports for the spinners?
I wouldn't, for two reasons.
First, I don't think it's a good idea to have one volume spanning two chassis. It's more fragile than keeping all the disks together.
Second, SATA port multipler in the EDS500 is a performance bottleneck, and that would reduce and perhaps even eliminate the performance benefit.
StephenB wrote:
craer87 wrote:
one more this i was thinking about and just to save room on the main unit was can you use the readynas expansion chassis(EDA500-100NAS) to house the tier group and keep the local sata ports for the spinners?
I wouldn't, for two reasons.
First, I don't think it's a good idea to have one volume spanning two chassis. It's more fragile than keeping all the disks together.
Second, SATA port multipler in the EDS500 is a performance bottleneck, and that would reduce and perhaps even eliminate the performance benefit.
I agree. This would be a bad idea and totally counterproductive to the point of tiering.
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