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ReadyNAS 524X performance: encryption and transcode
I post again as previous topic got broken and locked!
I just got my new RN524X
* Encrypted tests are done on a single disk, no RAID protection, Seagate NAS 4 TB disk
* Un-encrypted tests are done on a Seagate Enterprise NAS 8TB RAID 1 setup
Common:
- MTU: 1500
- IPv6 disabled (enabling it didn't impact performance of all my tests
- 1 GB LAN connection as I have no 10GB router/Switch/adapter to test
- PC source is a SSD disk and Windows 7 with 32 GB RAM
Encrypted performance tests
NAS performance tester 1.7 http://www.808.dk/?nastester Running warmup... Running a 1000MB file write on \\NAS-01\Test_Crypt 3 times... Iteration 1: 115.55 MB/sec Iteration 2: 115.51 MB/sec Iteration 3: 113.01 MB/sec ----------------------------- Average (W): 114.69 MB/sec ----------------------------- Running a 1000MB file read on \\NAS-01\Test_Crypt 3 times... Iteration 1: 94.30 MB/sec Iteration 2: 94.01 MB/sec Iteration 3: 94.13 MB/sec ----------------------------- Average (R): 94.15 MB/sec -----------------------------
Encrypted with AV/Firewall disabled on PC:
NAS performance tester 1.7 http://www.808.dk/?nastester Running warmup... Running a 1000MB file write on \\NAS-01\backup2 3 times... Iteration 1: 118.22 MB/sec Iteration 2: 118.21 MB/sec Iteration 3: 118.11 MB/sec ----------------------------- Average (W): 118.18 MB/sec ----------------------------- Running a 1000MB file read on \\NAS-01\backup2 3 times... Iteration 1: 112.95 MB/sec Iteration 2: 118.07 MB/sec Iteration 3: 118.27 MB/sec ----------------------------- Average (R): 116.43 MB/sec -----------------------------
Encryped with compression enabled:
NAS performance tester 1.7 http://www.808.dk/?nastester Running warmup... Running a 1000MB file write on \\NAS-01\backup2 3 times... Iteration 1: 103.16 MB/sec Iteration 2: 85.80 MB/sec Iteration 3: 82.74 MB/sec ----------------------------- Average (W): 90.57 MB/sec ----------------------------- Running a 1000MB file read on \\NAS-01\backup2 3 times... Iteration 1: 89.20 MB/sec Iteration 2: 93.65 MB/sec Iteration 3: 89.56 MB/sec ----------------------------- Average (R): 90.81 MB/sec -----------------------------
Encrypted with compression enabled : AV and firewall disabled on PC
NAS performance tester 1.7 http://www.808.dk/?nastester
Running warmup...
Running a 1000MB file write on \\NAS-01\backup2 3 times...
Iteration 1: 102.28 MB/sec
Iteration 2: 75.31 MB/sec
Iteration 3: 71.27 MB/sec
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Average (W): 82.95 MB/sec
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Running a 1000MB file read on \\NAS-01\backup2 3 times...
Iteration 1: 112.26 MB/sec
Iteration 2: 117.24 MB/sec
Iteration 3: 117.05 MB/sec
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Average (R): 115.52 MB/sec
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No encryption and no compression, AV and Firewall disabled on PC
NAS performance tester 1.7 http://www.808.dk/?nastester Running warmup... Running a 1000MB file write on \\NAS-01\backup 3 times... Iteration 1: 118.27 MB/sec Iteration 2: 117.45 MB/sec Iteration 3: 118.27 MB/sec ----------------------------- Average (W): 117.99 MB/sec ----------------------------- Running a 1000MB file read on \\NAS-01\backup 3 times... Iteration 1: 118.38 MB/sec Iteration 2: 118.20 MB/sec Iteration 3: 118.35 MB/sec ----------------------------- Average (R): 118.31 MB/sec -----------------------------
Conclusion
- Encryption is benefiting from the AES-NI set in CPU with no performance drop
- Compression is done with very little performance drop
- My AV and Firewall software on PC are what impacts the most my read performance from the NAS
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Based on smallnetbuilder.com the read/write performance is what to be expected on 1 GB LAN
For the 626X:
10 GB LAN is 3-4x these....
I will upgrade once prices drop
I tested transcoding
- It can perfectly transcode HEVC 1080p videos to x264 at 1080p
- I tested a 30 Mbps HEVC 4K video and it could be transcoded to x264 at 1080p
Probably it will depend on audio embedded and on the bitrate of source
I am happy that it can manage HEVC and 4K transcode for reasonable 30 Mbps bitrates
Thanks for sharing your results!
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