I noticed slow browsing speeds on a 4tb WD Red which is alone in the array. I thought I would try an SSD to see if I can speed up the IO of small files like photos and documents because I have heaps and I understand the HDD isn't the best at that. what's interesting is the SSD is just as bad it seems when put into the array. I copied all the contents over and went to file explorer to browse and see how it felt. no change. what's also interesting is its blazing fast when not added to the array but instead added as an unassigned device with the plugin. make a share with that and all of a sudden its very fast. switch it back to the array and its slow again.

 

some notes about my config

- No parity

- latest stable unraid version

- PC is HP - 805D

- 1gb port connected to a 1gb switch that two other pcs use.

- attached diagnostics, may say something weird as I was chopping and changing a lot of settings to figure it out, that's half the fun but after several hours I need some help please.

 

 

Edited June 16, 20233 yr by jake2201

If you have a single disk try using the disk share instead, should be similar to unassigned device performance.

Thank you very much Jorge, this was it I think. I need to do some research as I don't understand why its faster.

It bypasses FUSE/shfs, v6.12.0 has a new exclusive share access mode for this, but it only works for shares that use a pool only.

Thank you very much for elaborating. So I should make a pool and share them from there? I was reading that the disk share you have to be careful when copying things because it can cause conflicts. If you were me what would you do to get the best out of the drive? 

Using disk shares is fine as long as you never copy from a disk share to a user share or vice versa,, but if you can use a pool it would be easier with the new exclusive mode.

Awesome I shall update and have a play. Thanks for your help. I was nearly going to buy 2.5gb equipment as I thought 1gb wasn't enough.