RN104-Utility to tell what it is processing/doing?
Greetings, My RN104 has run well but I hope this is the right section to as a nagging question I have. I am familiar with the reporting/log area where the readynas logs major events like making a snapshot, etc. However, there are times it appears that my readynas is active although I am not at that time reading or writing to the unit.
Is there any utility or snap-in or something that would tell me what it is doing with a little more detail than that log?
At one point someone mentioned it may be my router....but since then I have had to replace my router with a totally new model and no change. Not constant, but just random times when based on the sounds coming from it (apparently read/writes) "something" is going on. Not constand thrashing but at random times.
Re: RN104-Utility to tell what it is processing/doing?
StephenB,
Thanks for the suggestion....I am more than into tweaking things (I build my own PC's), however I would like to keep my RAID "stock" and a little nervous about installing some of the items required to run those utilities. I did research it but am hopeful there is a way to figure it out with standard Netgear tools (perhaps an add-in?) or windows-based utilities that look at the hard drive via the network.
Since my unit has that LCD display is there anyway to get IT to display what is going on? My snapshops are noted in the log and are not happening during the day when I see the access. I have antivirus turned off as I was concerned about it's impact on speed so that is not it.
The blue "act" light is either constantly on or blinking. Now the only device that directly should be looking for the RAID on a regular basis is a WD live device which is usually off. I also pulled the network cable and nothing changed.
The Ver6 web page says all is healthy with disks and CPU temps, etc. so maybe I should just ignore the "Act" light! 🙂 And this is my first RAID so perhaps this is "normal" behaviour. I wonder if having it auto turnoff once a day would help, although I assume there are the same arguements about turning RAID's on and off and just keeping them on that there are with servers and PC's.
Just curious if you have any other suggestions.
Also, is there some kind of RAID throughput test to run? I was having flawless HD playback from the 104 to a WD live player. However after my router went south and I installed a new one (and based on tests it was at least as fast if not faster and everything is wired), now I am having some intermittent buffering on my WD live player from the RAID. Could be a coincidence, network traffic, the router, or RAID, but at this point I can't figure it out.
Re: RN104-Utility to tell what it is processing/doing?
I wouldn't worry about the activity light.
For performance testing, try NasTester (http://www.808.dk/?code-csharp-nas-performance). It only tests CIFS (windows file sharing) performance, but it should give you an overall idea on how the RN102 is functioning over the network. What router are you using?
Re: RN104-Utility to tell what it is processing/doing?
BJB wrote:
StephenB,
Thanks for the suggestion....I am more than into tweaking things (I build my own PC's), however I would like to keep my RAID "stock" and a little nervous about installing some of the items required to run those utilities...
No installation is needed. On the RN102, ssh can be enabled from the services menu. top (like most other standard linux utilities) is already installed.
You do need something like putty installed on the PC to connect. In all ReadyNAS, the user name for ssh is "root", the password is the same as the NAS admin password.
Re: RN104-Utility to tell what it is processing/doing?
StephenB wrote:
I wouldn't worry about the activity light.
For performance testing, try NasTester (http://www.808.dk/?code-csharp-nas-performance). It only tests CIFS (windows file sharing) performance, but it should give you an overall idea on how the RN102 is functioning over the network. What router are you using?
Thanks, will check it out. I am using a D-Link DIR-860L router. It replaced a 5 year old D-Link DGL-4100 router and based on the numbers, if anything, should be faster? I am currently using a standard windows share as it was working fine although I understand another share type might provide better performance. Thanks again,
