Hi.  I have several low capacity drives.  I have a several Sata 3, Sata 1, and SSD.  I want to ask what's the best setup so as not to slow down access to shares.  When I access my shares from Windows 10 File explorer, I have to wait sometimes up to 5 seconds before folders show up.  But when folders do show up, It's quicker to access subfolders and files already.  

 

I recently noticed that I have some Sata 1 grouped with Sata 3 drives, in 1 share.  These are all connected to my HBA controller, Dell Perc H310.  The Dell Perc H310 has 2 mini-sas ports.  Does it matter if I group them all together? Or do I have to keep them on separate mini-sas ports?  I also keep my SSD connected to my MB onboard SATA port, as it supports Sata 3.  

 

Does it help to group slow drives to 1 share, and fast drives to another share?  Will accessing the (fast) share spin up the (slow) shares?  They spin up in groups correct?  By group, it's shares right?  Will the (slow) shares still cause delay?

Edited September 13, 20187 yr by jang430

 

1 hour ago, jang430 said:

I have to wait sometimes up to 5 seconds before folders show up.

Time need for spin down to up not relate SATA 1 nor 3, all just spin down compromise.

7 hours ago, jang430 said:

Does it help to group slow drives to 1 share, and fast drives to another share?  Will accessing the (fast) share spin up the (slow) shares?  They spin up in groups correct?  By group, it's shares right?  Will the (slow) shares still cause delay?

No, drives dont spin up in group unless you set them up in the same spin up group, which is not a share.

When you access a share, the host will have to tell you what is in that particular folder. If that information is not in memory then it has to scan the folder to know and tell you. This spins up drives but not always.

While the SATA version does not influence spin up time, I used to have an older drive that seems to spin up about 1s slower than the other. So perhaps slower spin up just correlates with lower SATA revision due to age (and perhaps technology).

 

If you split it properly into "fast" and "slow" shares then yes, accessing the fast share wont spin up the slow one.

@Benson, thanks for your input.  I seem to agree with @testdasi that maybe it's just the overall design of newer drives vs older drives.  Older drives, due to technology, is slower.

 

Thanks for your inputs!