Post your performance results

[yoh-dah]

espringer92 wrote:

I hate to reveal myself as a newbee, but that's what I am, at least when it comes to NAS. The IO tests for this "Post your performance results" forum topic were done in ~2006. I wonder if anything about ReadyNAS NV+ has changed since then to improve the read/write scores? Now here's where I really show my green colors. If one is getting scores like the test results of 16/16 read/write, does that translate into a real user performance that is even slower than having an external hard drive connected by USB2 or Firewire? My ethernet and router operate at 100 mbps, but I suppose that's not going to be of any use if the storage system is operating at 16 mbps. I'm looking at purchasing a NV+ 4410, or maybe waiting for the Pro model coming soon. Speed is important, at least to do better than my three external WD 500 gigabyte drives connected via USB2. I have ~ 1 terabyte of digital images that I need to protect, and the storage size keeps getting larger. With increasing frequency I am saving or retrieving thousands images at a time at 6+ mbytes per file into/from storage. As a general rule, I avoid working with other programs while transferring images from my computer hard drive to storage, so I want to minimize my wait time. Tell me please, have the read/write speeds with the NV+ systems improved since 2006? If not, I am wondering if the Pro model will be much better? A Netgear tech told me on the phone yesterday the read/write is much faster for the Pro model. Afterwards I wondered if those scores came from a system using Raid 0 or Raid 5? Thanks

Please be aware that this thread is just for posting your results. If you have questions, please create a new thread. 😎

[dbott67]

espringer92 wrote:
Tell me please, have the read/write speeds with the NV+ systems improved since 2006? If not, I am wondering if the Pro model will be much better? A Netgear tech told me on the phone yesterday the read/write is much faster for the Pro model. Afterwards I wondered if those scores came from a system using Raid 0 or Raid 5? Thanks

As yoh-dah mentioned, please start another thread so that this one can be kept on topic (and then we can all start drooling over the Pro's performance! 🙂 ). In the meantime, here's some stuff to look at:

Performance rates for NV+ can be found here:
http://www.readynas.com/?page_id=193 (scroll down to "Performance Section")

Performance rates for Duo can be found here:
http://www.readynas.com/?p=177

No definitive benchmarks for the Pro have been posted yet, except for this:

[bbaraniec]

Hey,

I did some tests today and:

I've started with 2x500GB drives and the content that has been stored then I can copy Nas->PC using TeraCopy is around 20ish MB/s.

But then I expanded to 4x1TB and now using TeraCopy I have
25 MB/s write (PC->Nas)
38 MB/s read (Nas->PC)

Very very happy with performance. Journaling disabled.

[lacika76]

Hibbaraniec!

Could you tell me more details about you test? (old HDD, new HDD, jumbo frames on or off)

Thanks,
L.

[bbaraniec]

Hey,

I made some more changes 🙂 but lets start from beginning.

I bought nas with two 500GB drives running in x-raid. At the point I had:

15MB/s write (PC->Nas)
21MB/s read (Nas->PC)

But 500GB wasn't enough of space and I put 4x1GB Seagate drives. I noticed that copying/moving new content from nas or to nas while data where divined between all 4 drives was much faster then the data that has been there before expanding to 4 drives. At that point I had:

20MB/s write (PC->Nas)
30MB/s read (Nas->PC).

Next step was to disable journaling and like I posted I had:

25 MB/s write (PC->Nas)
38 MB/s read (Nas->PC)

Today I decided to enable jumbo frames and current results are:

35-38 MB/s write (PC->Nas)
35-38 MB/s read (Nas->PC)

I set on router Jumbo Frames to 9000 and the same value on network cards.

As I wrote this my asked my wife (she has new pc) to run copy one movie from and to nas, and she had:

38 MB/s write (PC->Nas)
43 MB/s read (Nas->PC)

Both pc are running Windows XP+SP2, both network cards are NVIDIA nForce Networking Controller bot mobo chipsets are Nvidia ones.
One thing that worries me is sometimes I have like 1 sec lag/spike no idea how to call it and transfer drops to 21-25MB/s and goes back to 35-38MB/s. Sometimes is like 1 time per 700MB sometimes 1 time per 3GB, sometimes its flawless thru whole copy/moving process but I'm guessing it's the network card or maybe my hdd in pc can handle more 😛
I wll try Intel Pro 1000 on my Notebook and the I let you know.

[chirpa]

bbaraniec wrote:
ReadyNas NV+ 4.01b1-p2-T10 [1.00a042] 1024 MB [ 2.5-3-3-7 ]

Time to update that firmware 😉 There is a newer beta out.

[bbaraniec]

chirpa wrote:
bbaraniec wrote: ReadyNas NV+ 4.01b1-p2-T10 [1.00a042] 1024 MB [ 2.5-3-3-7 ] Time to update that firmware 😉 There is a newer beta out.

I wanted wait till final version :lol:
Wlihe upgrading firmware my settings will stay? What about addons?

[lacika76]

Hi bbaraniec!

It's a fantastic result!

What kind of file system could you get these result:
"38 MB/s write (PC->Nas)
43 MB/s read (Nas->PC)"

I can reach about 35-36MB/s with my two drives config, but the read speed far from your result.

I've a question about four drive configuration. It's every time faster than two drive config? Chirpa what do you think?

Thanks,
Lacika76

[Webaccess]

ReadyNAS Setup
ReadyNAS NV+
4 - Seagate ST31000340NS 1TB hard disks, 32 MB cache
RAIDiator 4.00c1-p2

Enable jumbo frames: On
Disable full data journaling: Grayed out
Disable Journaling: On
Optimize for OS X: Off
Enable fast CIFS writes: On
Enable fast USB disk writes: Off
UPS: Not present

PC Setup
ADM Athlon64 X2 Dual Core 4200+
4 GB Memory (3GB Memory seen by OS)
Windows XP Pro, Service Pack 3
NVIDIA nForce NIC, Jumbo frame 9000 bytes, Optimized for Throughput, Drive version 50.2.5.0

Network Setup
Switch: NETGEAR GS108, 16Gbps non-blocking backplane, Jumbo Frame Support (9000)

IOMeter Results
Test: 256KB Sequential Read, and 256KB Sequential write pattern
Read: 37.76 MB/s
Write: 43.50 MB/s

[vilden66]

Hi Guys,

This was all I came up with. :x

IOMeter Results
Test: 256KB Sequential Read, and 256KB Sequential write pattern
Wireless
Read: 0.15 MB/s
Write: 1.14 MB/s
Wired cat.5
Read: 1.29 MB/s
Write: 3.78 MB/s

I have the following Setup:

ReadyNas Duo
Amilo 1520 Core2Duo Vista SP1 leatest firmwear on both wire and wireless NIC
Linksys WRT54G latest firmwear

I found this faults reported in networktab

Auto-negotiation 3
Bad packets 0
Disconnect 3
False carrier 68
Idle errors 0
Link failures 0
Receive errors 0
Symbol errors 0
VLAN tags 0
TCP Retransmits 422
Unrecovered TCP Retransmits 101

Please, help someone...

/vilden

[Plukkie]

Vilden,

Don't use cat.5 cabling if you connect at gigabit speed.
Use cat5e or cat6 else you get interference of signals, which cause drops and resends, which lowers your throughput.

[vilden66]

Plukkie wrote:
Vilden, Don't use cat.5 cabling if you connect at gigabit speed. Use cat5e or cat6 else you get interference of signals, which cause drops and resends, which lowers your throughput.

Hi Plukkie,

Do you mean that I cant use cat.5 because I have gigabit on the NAS?

My router doesen't support gigabit at all, nore do my laptop. The NAS identify the network as 100 Mbit full duplex.

Before I installed the Duo I had a Qnap TS-109, worked like a charm.

/vilden

[bavman]

Vaio SZ 2.0ghz w/ 2gig of RAM - Vista Business SP1

Running the latest radiator (got the device on Tuesday) - 2x750gb

Jumbo Frames Off
All journaling Options Off
mtu = 1496

Netgear DG834GT (54mbps wireless)

Read/Write - Wireless 2.5mbps
Read/Write - Ethernet - 6mbps.

Bought the NAS purely so i could get rid of my external hd and create some space on my desk - itunes streaming fine (only me on the network so don't need the server)

Anyone know of a special way to squeeze out a few extra mbps?

[bbaraniec]

From wireless you will not get much more, since you running b/g.
Wired network:

- enable jf
- read this, no point to copy/paste it 🙂 http://www.readynas.com/?p=310

[mike_]

Had my ReadyNas DUO now for a while and love it.
Ran the performance test with the following configuration.

Readynas Duo
RAIDiator 4.1.4
(upgraded ram to 1024MB) Crucial CT12864X335

1 x Seagate ST3500320AS 500GB
1 x Seagate ST3500630AS 500GB in X-RAID
All journalling disabled
Fast writes on

P.C.
Intel E6750 2.66ghz
4GB RAM
GIGe Ethernet
Windows Vista x86 SP1

NETGEAR GS116 ProSafe 16-Port Unmanaged Gigabit Ethernet Switch (no jumbo frames)
Cat 5e cabling

Using IO Meter config as per front page

IO Meter Write: 30.044067 MBps
IO Meter Read: 42.544788 MBps

[damianp]

NV 1 GB ram RAIDiator 4.1.4
AFP, 4 X 500Gb
Gig E Linksys and Gig E Airport

OS X 10.5.5 iMac Gig E client running X Bench

Sequential
Uncached Write 7.32 4.50 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Write 57.80 32.70 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Uncached Read 20.73 6.07 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Read 124.83 62.74 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Random
Uncached Write 40.14 4.25 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Write 98.66 31.58 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Uncached Read 829.61 5.88 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Read 335.23 62.20 MB/sec [256K blocks]

Running a real file copy of a VMware image from the NV gave me a consistent 49 MB/s
Doing a write to the NV gave me a relatively consistent 27MB/s

Kudo's to the developers!! AFP rocks on RAIDiator 4.1.4.

[bollar]

Preparing for the arrival of my PRO, I performed the following benchmarks:

NV+ 256MB RAM RAIDiator 4.1.4
AFP, 4 x 1.5TB
Netgear GSM7224 Gigabit L2 Managed Switch

5GB ZIP of a VMWare image file.

OS X 10.5.5 iMac Gig E client running Net Monitor Speedometer.
Jumbo Frames (8192 on Mac)
Journaling Off, Optimize for Mac OS X On, Enable Fast CIFS Writes On

Write Mac to NAS:
Average: 33.3 MB/s
Peak: 42.4 MB/s

Read Mac from NAS:
Average: 44.6 MB/s
Peak: 50.1 MB/s

Write Mac to Mac:
Average: 49.1 MB/s
Peak: 60.9 MB/s

[bollar]

bollar wrote:

Preparing for the arrival of my PRO, I performed the following benchmarks: NV+ 256MB RAM RAIDiator 4.1.4 AFP, 4 x 1.5TB Netgear GSM7224 Gigabit L2 Managed Switch 5GB ZIP of a VMWare image file. OS X 10.5.5 iMac Gig E client running Net Monitor Speedometer. Jumbo Frames (8192 on Mac) Journaling Off, Optimize for Mac OS X On, Enable Fast CIFS Writes On Write Mac to NAS: Average: 33.3 MB/s Peak: 42.4 MB/s Read Mac from NAS: Average: 44.6 MB/s Peak: 50.1 MB/s Write Mac to Mac: Average: 49.1 MB/s Peak: 60.9 MB/s

Preliminary results with a Pro:

Pro RAIDiator 4.2.1
AFP, 4 x 500GB
Netgear GSM7224 Gigabit L2 Managed Switch
802.3ad Link Aggregation ON

5GB ZIP of a VMWare image file.

OS X 10.5.5 iMac Gig E client running Net Monitor Speedometer.
Jumbo Frames (8192 on Mac)
Journaling Off, Optimize for Mac OS X On, Enable Fast CIFS Writes On

Write Mac to NAS:
Average: 48.4 MB/s
Peak: 67.3 MB/s

Read Mac from NAS:
Average: 52.6 MB/s
Peak: 66.2 MB/s

So, it's definitely appreciably faster. Given that the averages now match my Mac to Mac speeds, I think we have reached the best possible throughput for my system. If I feel the need to procrastinate later this morning, I will try some multiple machine scenarios to see what it can handle.

[mskelbel]

IOmeter read: 2.67 write: 3.1967

1. RAIDiator version: Firmware: RAIDiator 4.1.4 [1.00a042]
2. Memory: 1024 MB [2.5-3-3-7]
3. Performance tab settings: Enabled fast CIFS writes, everything else off.
4. Network switch model (and firmware version) D-link DIR-655 version 1.21
5. NIC on your PC:D-link DWA-552
6. Number of disks and disk models: 4 Seagate ST31000340AS 1TB total 4TB
7. The read/write MB/sec numbers from IOMeter or drag & drop test.
8. Psu : yes
9. Core 2 quad w/ 3GB ram

JB on was worse. I played around with all settings. I replaced the cable running from the NV+ and received the best write: 4.429, but read was 1.2547. It didn’t stay that good though. It went back to about 2 on average for both read and write until that one above. Even those were better than I started with: 0.247351 read and write 2.720. At this point I would almost be happy with the teens that everyone else is unhappy with. I average about 3.0 for write with drag and drop after the 4.4. Although I am no beginner with computers, networking is still fairly new to me. I have errors but, I don’t know what I can do to fix those errors:

Network Errors [Ethernet 1]
Auto-negotiation 3
Bad packets 4
Disconnect 3
False carrier 5802
Idle errors 77797
Link failures 0
Receive errors 0
Symbol errors 430
VLAN tags 0
TCP Retransmits 829
Unrecovered TCP Retransmits 304.
I would appreciate any help.

[andy8989]

Had the ReadyNAS a week now. I'm still finding my way a bit but have tried a few set ups with differing results.

One strange thing I've not figured out yet is that in all the tests I've done, regardless of connection, the read speed is consistently slower than the write speed.
I can't see this pattern in any of the other results posted

ReadyNAS config is:
ReadyNAS NV+ with Samsung 2x1TByte disks and 512 Mbytes of memory
Set up for XRAID
Using the default options for performance.
ie
Full data journaling disabled
Fast CIFS writes enabled

My original set up was to connect the ReadyNAS to my Dell Dimension 8300 as follows:
ReadyNAS --> Netgear DG384 --> Hop between 2 Netgear Powerline connectors --> D-LINK Switch --> Dell Dimension
I transferred 60Gbytes of data over this setup and it took nearly 20 hours so the effective write speed was closer to 1 MBps. ouch!!

This triggered an investigation with IOMETER transfering a 1 Gbyte file

The configuration above gave me the following results with IOMETER
Write Speed: 2.87 MBps
Read Speed: 2.51 MBps
Not very good but more optimistic than what I'd already witnessed.

Experimenting with other setups I then got the following.

Dell Dimension 8300 connected via D-Link Switch DES-1008D 100Mbits
Write Speed: 9.01 MBps
Read Speed: 7.40 MBps

Lenova Thinkpad T-60 connected via Netgear DG834 Router 100Mbits
Write Speed: 10.29 MBps
Read Speed: 9.34 MBps

Lenova Thinkpad T-60 direct connect, 1 Gbit, no jumbo frames 😞
Write Speed: 15.92 MBps
Read Speed: 10.80 MBps

Probably should repeat tests with a larger file but given the spread of results I don't think I'm caching much.
Needless to say, the ReadyNAS is now connected to minimise any need to transfer data over Netgear Powerline!

[berkut1]

I currently have two ReadyNAS units: X6 (2005) and an NV+ (2008). Below are my test results and all the configuration info that would affect their performance.

Cheers!

------------------------------------------------------------------
IO Meter Test Results - 01/01/09
------------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------
Transfer        PC<>NAS0    PC<>NAS1
Size           (Wr/Rd)      (Wr/Rd)
(Bytes)        (MB/s)       (MB/s)
------------------------------------------------------------------
256K            18/27        23/32
512K            17/27        27/31
1M              17/28        29/31
10M             17/29        28/32
------------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------
IO_Meter
Version:        2006.07.27
Test File Size: 4096000 Sectors ==> 2GB (Located in the media share)
------------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------
Hostname:       NAS0
Model:          ReadyNAS X6
Firmware:       RAIDiator 4.1.4 [1.00a146]
Memory:         512 MB [2.0-2-2-6]
Volume C:       Online, X-RAID, 4 disks, 86% of 1368 GB used
Drives:         Seagate ST3500630AS - Firmware: 3.AAE
Performance:    Disabled Jounaling, Fast CIFS writes, Fast USB writes
Network:        Static IP, 1000-BaseT, Jumbo Frames Enabled (7K),
UPS:            APC RS1500
Std Services:   CIFS, NFS, HTTPS, Rsync
Streaming:      None
Add-ons:        Nas Monitor, PHP
------------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------
Hostname:       NAS1
Model:          ReadyNAS NV+ [X-RAID]
Firmware:       RAIDiator 4.1.4 [1.00a042]
Memory:         1024 MB [2.5-3-3-7]
Volume C:       Online, X-RAID, 4 disks, 42% of 2743 GB used
Drives:         SAMSUNG HD103UJ - Firmware: 1AA01114
Performance:    Disabled Jounaling, Fast CIFS writes, Fast USB writes
Network:        Static IP, 1000-BaseT, Jumbo Frames Enabled (7K),
UPS:            APC RS1500
Std Services:   CIFS, NFS, HTTPS, Rsync, WebDAV
Streaming:      SlimServer
Add-ons:        Nas Monitor, PHP
------------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------
Hostname:       PC
Model:          ASUS A8N-SLI Premium - AMD64 X2 2.4GHz
Memory:         2 GB [2.0-2-2-5]
OS:             Windows XP Pro - SP3
Volume:         NTFS, RAID 0+1 - 4 disks, 50% of 465 GB used
Drives:         Seagate ST3250823AS - Firmware: ________
Network:        Static IP, 1000-BaseT, Jumbo Frames Enabled (9K),
UPS:            APC RS1500
------------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------
Network Switches:
SMC GS16  16 ports - 10/100/1000T w/ JF 9K Support
SMC 8085T  8 ports - 10/100/1000T w/ JF 9K Support
------------------------------------------------------------------
Network Topology:
PC<->GS16<->NAS0
PC<->GS16<->8085T<->NAS1
------------------------------------------------------------------

[kreischweide1]

My performance results with my ReadyNAS Pro Pioneer Edition using the mentioned default Iometer settings:

Total I/Os per Second:					309.62
Total MBs per Seond:						77.41
Average I/O Response time (ms):		3.2287
Maximum I/O Response time (ms):		173.7743

Using 4x 1.5TB Seagtes, D-Link DGS-1008D Switch, Jumbo Frames enabled, Intel C2D E8200, 8GB RAM and Onboard-NIC.

Most satisfied so far.

[infrantowner]

hello!
readynas pro (6 hdd SAMSUNG HD103UJ ) (4gb memory) (disable journaling- ups- non addons- last radiator (4.2.3) - x-raid (1 fail disk support)-jumbo frame 9000 -rond robin activate)
pc :
vista sp1 64bits
DQ35JO intel motherboard
4gb ddr800
intel xeon 3110
2 hdd st3500320AS (one with OS, second no OS) (all copy read is done with the non os disk)
8600 gt nvidia
network intel(r) 82566DM-2 gigabit (jumbo frame 9000)
network:
netgear gs108-V2
Siemens gigaset sx762 routeurs-modem adsl2/2+

first test is: all directory that Intel NAS Performance Toolkit have create to test my nas is copy from my second hdd (no OS in this hdd) to my nas ( network drive) (90-98 mo/s)

2 test: result of Intel NAS Performance Toolkit 1.6 (1.7 doesn't work with my pc vista)

3 test: all directory that Intel NAS Performance Toolkit have create to test my nas is copy from my nas (network drive) to my second hdd (no OS in this hdd) (94-98 mo/s)

4 test: copy iso mandriva 2008 64 bit from second hdd pc (non OS) to ftp share on my nas ( program use Filezilla) 100-109 mo/s

5 test: copy iso vista 64 bit from http share readynas (internet explorer 7) to the second hdd (no OS) (100-108 mo/s)

6 test: copy iso vista 64 bit from ftp share readynas (internet explorer 7) to the second hdd (no OS) (85-90 mo/s)

7 test: copy iso vista 64 bit from ftp share readynas (filezilla) to the second hdd (no os) (105-121 mo/s)


I m asking if iometer result is trustable: read 65 mo/s write 95mo/s...
If someone know a site better than imageshack, tell me please. I don't know if jpg stay a long time on this site. Thank a lot.

[sfg]

I recently received my readynas pro business and while I am liking it I have not been getting anywhere near the speeds as it seems are possible.
I am getting drag and drop read and write speeds of about 4-6MB/s. I have been trying the various stuff reported here but nothing is seeming to cause much difference.

My setup includes:
Belkin N1 Vision (updated firmware).

Computer 1:
DLink DWA-556 (most recent driver). Connecting to the router at 300MB/s
Vista 64 Ultimate
Intel Q9450
4GB Crucial DDR3

The Readynas:
1GB of memory
3 Seagate 1.5TB (correct firmware)
XRAID
Tried most configurations with little change.

I have 1 XP laptop and 1 Vista laptop connecting with wireless g.
No discernible change in performance from desktop.

Is this the performance I should expect to be seeing through wireless? I was hoping my wireless N desktop would be able to connect at faster speeds.

Lastly I keep getting disconnected from the Nas randomly and have changed MTU settings but it does not seem to help.

If I am posting this in the wrong thread I apologize. I did not want to start a thread for my own personal issues.

[Bernhard_Hartl]

sfg wrote:
I recently received my readynas pro business and while I am liking it I have not been getting anywhere near the speeds as it seems are possible. I am getting drag and drop read and write speeds of about 4-6MB/s. I have been trying the various stuff reported here but nothing is seeming to cause much difference.

The only way to get the full performance of the readynas pro is to connect via GigaBit LAN
You have to use a good GBit Switch and CAT6 cables for connecting the computers and the NAS to the switch

WLAN is always slow - that's not a problem of your NAS but a problem of WLAN