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DIY WHS Media Server - Help with parts
Hi Couj, Just in case it slipped under your radar, the EP45 board won't have an onboard video card so you'll need to source a PCI-E or PCI video card. -
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My DIY NAS performance (Ubuntu)
Fanstastic! Congratulations on your excellent speeds. Would you share your tuning tips for Ubuntu 9.04 server? -
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Reproducible hang on network transfers
I don't have any real insight into your problem as I'm running just to stand still when it comes to all the nuances of file transfers. But here's my braindump on this. 1. I notice a very small CPU "peak" on one or more cores before each drop in throughput. Could some other task on the client be... -
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Network File Copy Performance.
Here are two quick and dirty tests. The first image shows a 700MB file being copied by native drag-n-drop, totalcopy and then test2. TotalCopy is an old program I had floating around on my pc which claims to speed up the copying process. The second image shows a test with a 3195MB file. The... -
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Network File Copy Performance.
Possibly more depending on the part of the disk being read/written. Any other tests you would like me to do? -
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Network File Copy Performance.
That sucks. Really makes you want to kick something. I used ProcMon to monitor any changes to the system when trying the method you referenced and it only seems to effect that single registry setting. The CPL -> System -> Advanced method is definitely more user-friendly and probably quicker... -
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Network File Copy Performance.
This is a continuation of a discussion in another thread. Link I got myself caught up a bit on XP/Vista and SMB1/SMB2 by reading these threads (great stuff): How To Build a Really Fast NAS - Part 6: The Vista (SP1) Difference Building High Performance NAS / HTPC 00Roush, based on your quote... -
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My DIY NAS performance (Ubuntu)
Thanks 00Roush. Will do some testing and post results in a new thread now that we've wandered far away from DIY NAS setup. Maybe I'll post it in the general NAS discussion forum. -
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My DIY NAS performance (Ubuntu)
Hi 00Roush, To answer your questions: - 750GB drive is less than half full. - RAID level is Linux RAID10 - Explained here - Client and server are connected to same gigabit switch. Cables are < 10m and ping times <1ms. I have found some interesting things while testing which may... -
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My DIY NAS performance (Ubuntu)
Sorry I've taken so long to post again. Some preliminary results with 00Roush's copy engine: [Client] OS: XP SP3 x86 OS HDD: Western Digital 400GB WD4000KD CPU: E8400 RAM: 2GB LAN: Realtek 8111B - Driver=5.724.423.2009 FS HDD: Western Digital 750GB WD7500AAKS Controller: Intel ICH9R SATA AHCI... -
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My DIY NAS performance (Ubuntu)
Thanks for posting your program 00Roush. As soon as I have my NAS set up I will post results but it looks good based on sammynl's experience. Well done! -
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My DIY NAS performance (Ubuntu)
@00Roush - Thanks for your input, keep me in mind for testing your program. I'm happy to run pre-alpha/alpha/beta software. @sammynl - Thanks for keeping us updated on your build. Hopefully I will have my parts here by wednesday. -
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My DIY NAS performance (Ubuntu)
Hi all, Just joined after being inspired by thiggins' "How To Build A Fast NAS" and "Build Your Own Atom-based NAS" articles and also sammynl's great results. Thanks guys. :) I'll be ordering a DIY NAS soon and I will post about my experiences. Complete Linux noob but am ready to learn...