I recently built a FreeNAS system with the following configuration:
CPU: i3 2120
Mem : 16GB
HBA: supermicro sas2lp-h8ir
4 x SAS Disk 450GB 15K RPM (RAIDZ)
1 x 120GB (configured as ZIL)
4 x Intel NIC (2 x LAG, 1 x mgmt)
I set it up as NFS target for my ESXi machine running 5.5.
My previous setup was a Synology DS412+ (3 x 2TB WD RED, ext4).
I've run benchmark to compare both and i'm suprised the Synology (with EXT4) is performing better in 100%Read/100%Random tests.
Here's a quick rundown of the result (i use io_analyzer; with the secondary disk in the NFS DS only)
IOPS TEST
OLD:
297.63 4k_50%Read_100%Random
127.94 4k_0read_100rand
1631.95 4k_100read_100rand
NEW (FreeNAS)
2346.06 4k_50%Read_100%Random
531.58 4k_0read_100rand
774.4 4k_100read_100rand
Anyone have tips in improving the result?
I'll primarily use the FreeNAS as a Shared Storage for my ESXi home lab.
Also - anyone know a good benchmarking for FreeNAS/Disk Subsystem. I'm from Virtualization world so i only know IOMETER/ IO-Analyzer.
Thank a lot.
CPU: i3 2120
Mem : 16GB
HBA: supermicro sas2lp-h8ir
4 x SAS Disk 450GB 15K RPM (RAIDZ)
1 x 120GB (configured as ZIL)
4 x Intel NIC (2 x LAG, 1 x mgmt)
I set it up as NFS target for my ESXi machine running 5.5.
My previous setup was a Synology DS412+ (3 x 2TB WD RED, ext4).
I've run benchmark to compare both and i'm suprised the Synology (with EXT4) is performing better in 100%Read/100%Random tests.
Here's a quick rundown of the result (i use io_analyzer; with the secondary disk in the NFS DS only)
IOPS TEST
OLD:
297.63 4k_50%Read_100%Random
127.94 4k_0read_100rand
1631.95 4k_100read_100rand
NEW (FreeNAS)
2346.06 4k_50%Read_100%Random
531.58 4k_0read_100rand
774.4 4k_100read_100rand
Anyone have tips in improving the result?
I'll primarily use the FreeNAS as a Shared Storage for my ESXi home lab.
Also - anyone know a good benchmarking for FreeNAS/Disk Subsystem. I'm from Virtualization world so i only know IOMETER/ IO-Analyzer.
Thank a lot.