I recently built my first unRAID server (or any computer) and am really quite happy.  But, I was wondering if I posted some information, could you guys take a look and let me know if my speeds seem normal?  I'm running 4.6

 

hardware;

SUPERMICRO MBD-X7SPA-HF-O Mini ITX Intel Atom D510 processor Server Motherboard

G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 200-Pin DDR2 SO-DIMM DDR2 667 (PC2 5300) Dual Channel Kit Laptop Memory Model F2-5300CL5D-4GBSA

 

parity WDC_WD20EARS-00M_WD-WCAZA2442274

disk1 WDC_WD20EARS-00M_WD-WMAZA1850629

disk2 WDC_WD20EARS-00M_WD-WMAZA1829827

disk3 WDC_WD10EACS-00D_WD-WCAU43940708

disk4 WDC_WD10EADS-00L_WD-WCAU4A270012

disk5 SAMSUNG_HD203WI_S27KJ1MSC02559

 

root@unRAID:~# ethtool eth0
Settings for eth0:
       Supported ports: [ TP ]
       Supported link modes:   10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full 
                               100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full 
                               1000baseT/Full 
       Supports auto-negotiation: Yes
       Advertised link modes:  10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full 
                               100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full 
                               1000baseT/Full 
       Advertised auto-negotiation: Yes
       Speed: 1000Mb/s
       Duplex: Full
       Port: Twisted Pair
       PHYAD: 1
       Transceiver: internal
       Auto-negotiation: on
       Supports Wake-on: pumbag
       Wake-on: g
       Current message level: 0x00000001 (1)
       Link detected: yes

root@unRAID:~# ifconfig eth0
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:25:90:09:9b:e4  
         inet addr:192.168.0.100  Bcast:192.168.0.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
         UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
         RX packets:46360464 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
         TX packets:25886940 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
         collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
         RX bytes:683614449 (651.9 MiB)  TX bytes:701978772 (669.4 MiB)
         Memory:fe9e0000-fea00000 

 

root@unRAID:~# /root/mdcmd status | strings | grep rdevName
rdevName.0=sda
rdevName.1=sdg
rdevName.2=sdd
rdevName.3=sdc
rdevName.4=sdb
rdevName.5=sdf
root@unRAID:~# hdparm -tT /dev/sdf

/dev/sda:
Timing cached reads:   1670 MB in  2.00 seconds = 835.41 MB/sec
Timing buffered disk reads:  334 MB in  3.01 seconds = 111.09 MB/sec

/dev/sdg:
Timing cached reads:   1678 MB in  2.00 seconds = 838.68 MB/sec
Timing buffered disk reads:  334 MB in  3.01 seconds = 110.83 MB/sec
root@unRAID:~# hdparm -tT /dev/sdd

/dev/sdd:
Timing cached reads:   1668 MB in  2.00 seconds = 834.01 MB/sec
Timing buffered disk reads:  340 MB in  3.02 seconds = 112.73 MB/sec
root@unRAID:~# hdparm -tT /dev/sdc

/dev/sdc:
Timing cached reads:   1662 MB in  2.00 seconds = 831.29 MB/sec
Timing buffered disk reads:  274 MB in  3.01 seconds =  91.07 MB/sec
root@unRAID:~# hdparm -tT /dev/sdb

/dev/sdb:
Timing cached reads:   1686 MB in  2.00 seconds = 843.46 MB/sec
Timing buffered disk reads:  260 MB in  3.01 seconds =  86.44 MB/sec
root@unRAID:~# hdparm -tT /dev/sdb

/dev/sdf:
Timing cached reads:   1656 MB in  2.00 seconds = 828.43 MB/sec
Timing buffered disk reads:  324 MB in  3.01 seconds = 107.81 MB/sec
root@unRAID:~# hdparm -tT /dev/sdg

 

root@unRAID:~# dd if=/dev/zero of=//mnt/disk1/test.dd count=8192000
8192000+0 records in
8192000+0 records out
4194304000 bytes (4.2 GB) copied, 153.101 s, 27.4 MB/s

root@unRAID:~# dd if=/dev/zero of=//mnt/disk2/test.dd count=8192000
8192000+0 records in
8192000+0 records out
4194304000 bytes (4.2 GB) copied, 156.412 s, 26.8 MB/s

root@unRAID:~# dd if=/dev/zero of=//mnt/disk3/test.dd count=8192000
8192000+0 records in
8192000+0 records out
4194304000 bytes (4.2 GB) copied, 129.676 s, 32.3 MB/s

root@unRAID:~# dd if=/dev/zero of=//mnt/disk4/test.dd count=8192000
8192000+0 records in
8192000+0 records out
4194304000 bytes (4.2 GB) copied, 134.791 s, 31.1 MB/s

root@unRAID:~# dd if=/dev/zero of=//mnt/disk5/test.dd count=8192000
8192000+0 records in
8192000+0 records out
4194304000 bytes (4.2 GB) copied, 177.866 s, 23.6 MB/s

 

Also, If there are other tests I should run, please let me know.

thanks,

sean

syslog-2011-01-01.txt

Looks completely normal to me.  Hopefully you remembered to jumper your EARS drives...

 

The real question is are you happy with the real-world performance you are seeing?

Thanks for responding, Rajahal. 

 

I did remember to jumper my ears drives (hi aiden ) and am pleased with the performance.  I was just hoping to get confirmation from one of you fine folk with the expertise.

 

Next project; sab and sickbeard.

 

thanks again!