Hello Everyone,
I recently acquired a IBM x3200 M3 Server and decided that it could do some use as a NAS with all the whistles. I started with FreeNAS not knowing about unRaid until recently. And wow, I have to say I love the ease of setup compared to freeNAS. Although, I do know that I am now missing out on some features such as Snapshots and the ZFS file system. I have successfully installed unRaid and got an array set up and working.
I wanted to know if there are any ways to improve my setup as far as performance goes. Currently I have my unRaid box connected to my router (Gigabit) with CAT6a cable through-out my house. I also have two Netgear Gigabit 8 port switches that lead upstairs as well.
I am getting 112/s MB up / download connection between a PC in between my router. Are there any other settings that I can change in order to gain more speed? (I have attached a screenshot of the shares settings)
If it matters at all I have added my unRaid box to my domain as well.
Specifications:
Drives:
Parity: 1 X 2TB Hitachi 7200RPM
Cache: 1 X 120GB SSD SanDisk Plus
Disk 1: 2TB WD RED 5400RPM (Using M1015 IBM card flashed to IT Mode)
Disk 2: 2TB WD RED 5400RPM (Using M1015 IBM card flashed to IT Mode)
From unRaid:
Model: IBM x3200 M3 73284u
M/B: IBM - 69Y1171
CPU: Intel® Xeon® CPU X3440 @ 2.53GHz
HVM: Enabled
IOMMU: Enabled
Cache: 8192 kB, 32 kB, 256 kB
Memory: 16 GB (max. installable capacity 32 GB)
Network: bond0: adaptive load balancing, mtu 1500
eth0: 1000 Mb/s, full duplex, mtu 1500
eth1: 1000 Mb/s, full duplex, mtu 1500
Kernel: Linux 4.9.10-unRAID x86_64
OpenSSL: 1.0.2k