I tested using three computers, all on a 100mbit network. The two Win2k3's are on the same VLan, the WinXP is connected through a switch. This is all with jumbo frames enabled.
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:
--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...
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.
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?
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... 🙂
Toms Hardware Review 2006 - Copy still around someplace?
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..
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)
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 !!!!!!!!!!
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
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.
i am condsidering purchasing a Infrant ReadyNAS NV+ 256MB - 1TB (Fitted with Four 250GB Seagate Enterprise Series SATA Disks), we had transfer speed problems with a LaCie Ethernet Disk RAID so i need to know that transfer speeds will be good on a ReadyNAS NV+. so i ran the iometer test on my machine to see if we would get good transfer speeds in our gigabit network, now im not too sure if im looking at the correct figures, so could someone please confirm that i am.
on my excel results spreadsheet it says 9.662824 in the MBps column for the write test and 7.783678 in the MBps column for the read test. i am using a dell inspiron 9400 laptop, 1gb ram, 1.66ghz. i ran the test on my internal drive.
would the results still be accurate if the test is ran on my internal drive or do i need to run on a different drive??
i am condsidering purchasing a Infrant ReadyNAS NV+ 256MB - 1TB (Fitted with Four 250GB Seagate Enterprise Series SATA Disks), we had transfer speed problems with a LaCie Ethernet Disk RAID so i need to know that transfer speeds will be good on a ReadyNAS NV+. so i ran the iometer test on my machine to see if we would get good transfer speeds in our gigabit network, now im not too sure if im looking at the correct figures, so could someone please confirm that i am.
on my excel results spreadsheet it says 9.662824 in the MBps column for the write test and 7.783678 in the MBps column for the read test. i am using a dell inspiron 9400 laptop, 1gb ram, 1.66ghz. i ran the test on my internal drive.
would the results still be accurate if the test is ran on my internal drive or do i need to run on a different drive??
thanks
kamesh, please open a new thread. This thread is reserved for folks running IOMeter with the ReadyNAS.
Here are my IOMeter results, both before and after I upgraded my ReadyNas NV SODIMM.
System: Intel QX6700 on nVidia nForce 680i MB with gigabit LAN, jumbo frames set at 4500, running WinXP Pro SMC GS8 Gigabit switch ReadyNas NV running Radiator 3.01c1-p6 in XRAID 4x Maxtor 300GB 7V300F0 drives (yes, I know Maxtors have been a problem for ReadyNAS, but these seem ok) Disk write cache: ENABLED Journaling: ALL DISABLED Fast CIFS Writes: ON Force CIFS filename case-sensitivity: ON All wired with Cat6 cabling
With original SODIMM, IO-Meter shows: Reads: 23.1 MB/sec Writes: 8.2 MB/sec
I think my slow writes are due to heavy volume fragmentation. I have had better write performance when I first started using the NV, but now that it's 70% full, writes have degraded in performance.
After installing the Patriot SODIMM, the welcome page of the NV showed Memory: 1024 MB 2-2-2-6. IO-Meter benchmarks now show:
Here are my results using the IOMeter supplied configuration with the following setup:
Worker: XP Pro SP2, Athlon FX 60, ASUS A8N32-SLI, NVIDIA GigE LAN, 2GB RAM, Seagate 40GB ATAPI drive
Network: Netgear GS608 Gigabit Hub
Ready NAS NV+ RAIDiator™ v3.01c1-p6 256MB RAM X-RAID 4 x Seagate ST3500641AS-RK (500GB) CIFS only Disable Journaling, Fast CIFS Write, Write Caching On Slimserver streaming off iTunes streaming on UPnP streaming off Speed: Auto-Negotiated MTU: 1500
Read: 15.2 MBps Write: 14.9 MBps
I'm having some errors with the GigE/Jumbo Frames setup, so I'll have to figure that out before posting those numbers.
Ready NAS NV+ with RAIDiator™ v3.01c1-p6 256MB RAM X-RAID with 3 x SATA II (500GB) CIFS only Disable All Journaling, Fast CIFS Write, Write Caching On Slimserver streaming off, iTunes streaming off, UPnP streaming off Speed: Auto-Negotiated
Laptop with Intel Core Duo T2400 with 2GB of Ram and onboard GB nic, with a Dlink gigabit router DI-724GU or direct connection [laptop <easynas>this makes NO difference!)
Results: Read: 18 MB/sec Write: 9 MB/sec
For an EasynNAS nv+ in a gigabit ethernet this is not blazing fast! A lot of people are getting way better results here!
I checked/tried :
- The EasyNAS front-end was not running when testing. - The new and short cat 5e cable was provided to me by Dlink so it must be optimal! - i'm using the lastest Vista-compatible drivers for my network card - i'm not using a UPS - i disabled my trend micro virus scanner - i enabled 'jumbo frames' in Vista and on the EasyNAS but this made things worse or didn't change anything (can't remember) but certainly no improvement! - tried the two add-ons (vistaboost and oplocks), together and seperately but this made things worse or no improvement (can't remember) - tried disabling journaling completely but no improvement whatsoever!
1. Could check the NV+ Network tab and see if there are any network errors (just to help rule that out). I think someone once said that > 100 unrecovered TCP retransmits in 24 hrs was bad.
2. As I recall, they may have removed this option in the p6 firmware, but check the Performance tab and see if you can check "Force CIFS filename case-sensitivity" ... I found this made a big difference for me.
3. What hard drives are in the unit? Have you checked the Health tab and their SMART status? Are there unusually high error counts?
1. Could check the NV+ Network tab and see if there are any network errors (just to help rule that out). I think someone once said that > 100 unrecovered TCP retransmits in 24 hrs was bad.
2. As I recall, they may have removed this option in the p6 firmware, but check the Performance tab and see if you can check "Force CIFS filename case-sensitivity" ... I found this made a big difference for me.
3. What hard drives are in the unit? Have you checked the Health tab and their SMART status? Are there unusually high error counts?
1. Sorry, i looked and i looked but i can't find it. Where are the network errors located?
2. You're right, it's been removed in the last firmware version.
3. Oh oh... maybe bad news here... the drives have a green led, but when i click the Smart link is can see with all three:
Start Stop Count 2 Seek Error Rate 3983913 Power On Hours 91 Power Cycle Count 4 Hardware ECC Recovered 196278575
The Seek Error Rate varies with all 3 drives but is around this number more or less. All the other values are 0. Is this bad? THe drives are new and are installed by the dealer.
I have an NV, not an NV+, but I'm assuming the web GUI is similar. If you go to the Network tab on the left, then Ethernet, then on the page that loads click the "show errors" button on the page, you'll get a pop-up window that lists your network errors.
If the drives the dealer installed are Seagate drives, then that could explain your falsely high error rates. Read the Wiki, and open your NAS up to check what model drive was installed, then check the hardware compability list to make sure the drive is on there.
performance results with iMac, NV+ 1GB, Dlink DIR655
using iMac core2Duo 2.33Ghz 24inch DLINK DIR 655 wireless router/gigabit switch ReadyNAS NV+ 1GB, 4 500GB Seagates from the compatibility list (nice and silent those ones!) Enable Write Cache, Disable Full Journaling, Enable Fast Writes CAT5 cables applied sysctl -w net.inet.tcp.delayed_ack=0 from http://www.infrant.com/wiki/index.php/F ... _can_do.3F
A dump of my results as I went (quite approximate numbers - I was copying a 100MB file back and forth):
over DLINK DIR 655 wireless router/gigabit switch (ReadyNAS Jumbo frames ON)
Mac AFP read 22MBs write 4MBs
Mac SMB read 13MBs write 10MBs
direct connect between Mac and NAS Mac AFP 30MBs read 5MBs write
not a huge improvement compared to passing through the router/switch
Mac SMB 11MBs read 9MBs write
Mac Jumbo frames ON, still direct connect [To enable jumbo gigabit Ethernet frames on the iMac (up to 9000 bytes), you have to select the "jumbo" maximum packet size in System Preferences:Network:Built-in Ethernet:Ethernet. There is an outdated Apple article explaining which devices supported jumbo frames as of the date of the article (4/22/04): http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107962]
AFP read 25MBs write 30MBs serious write boost!
SMB read 11MBs write 15MBs not much better
Mac and NAS Jumbo Frames ON, this time through dlink DIR655 AFP (forget SMB) read 25MBs write 5MBs uh-oh, back to square 1
Jumbo frames OFF on Mac AND NAS AFP read 25MBs write 20MBs ah-ha - back to 'high' write speeds
The DIR655 clearly does not do good with Jumbo frames. Best to set everything back to MTU 1500 in System Preferences:Network:Built-in Ethernet:Ethernet, AND (very importantly) switch off Jumbo on the NAS, too. Use AFP, not SMB of NFS.
Still, I'm not too impressed with the speeds - I want to get to the highs I see on this thread (50MBs). The direct connection with Jumbo frames ON is pretty much the max performance I can expect from my NAS connected to my Mac. Or am I wrong? Anyone know how to boost my performance further? Maybe tune the MTU on the mac to about 7000 instead of 9000, to match the NAS speed better? I'll try that when I get my new switch.
The router is a fast ethernet router, which means maximum throughput is 100Mbit/s (or approximately ~10MByte/s). I'm pretty sure that iometer gives results in MByte/s, so, 10.5MByte/s means you've maxed out your switch.
System: Intel QX6800 on Asus MB P5W64 WS Professional with gigabit LAN, no jumbo mumbo frames, running WinXP Pro sp2 2 GB memory, Areca 1220-Raid 6- pci-e(8x) card with 6x 250 gb drives.
Does anyone know where this setting below is located ? "Force CIFS filename case-sensitivity" ?? cant seem to find it 😞 I read somewhere that disabling it would improve performance ?
Seeing all other results .. I should be happy with this result... :shock: And I am not happy with the speed of it.. I expected more like the speed of the Raid 6 array on one of my video workstations (specs above).. this reads 55.6 MB/sec and writes 48.2 MB/sec also over the network from other simular workstations..
