Low SMB performance

[Jeffrey]

Hey guys, i switched from truenas Core to Scale 12.12.1

Same Hardware as in Core which had LACP (2x1Gbit) configured and run constantly between 115-125MB/s.

Now on Scale im not getting more than 74MB/s doesnt matter if i use 2 Interfaces LACP (bond) or just 1... it drives me nuts and i cant understand why this is happening..
(tested via PC -ethernet cable connetion & via Iperf3)
Hp Microserver gen8

16Gb Ram
4x4TB HDD - Raid z1
1x 250GB SSD - Cache
1x 120GB SSD- Apps Pool

maybe someone could help me or has a suggestion what to look for.
Thx!

 

[Jeffrey]

here are some Screenshots from my config & testing:

Setup:

Iperf3 Test from my MainPC (2,5Gbit Nic - NVME SSD) to Truenas

 

[Ericloewe]

LACP (bond)

You can forget about that, you're just wasting your time on that.

Iperf3 Test from my MainPC

What happens if you do 2-3 streams in iPerf?

2,5Gbit Nic

Dodgy, was the same desktop in use before when you were getting line speed out of the server?

 

[Jeffrey]

You can forget about that, you're just wasting your time on that.

What happens if you do 2-3 streams in iPerf?

Dodgy, was the same desktop in use before when you were getting line speed out of the server?

I had the same Client with same components before (2,5Gbit onboard nic)

Truenas iperf3 multi

iperf3 multi from PC

i hope i done it right, im just starded with linux stuff

 

[Jeffrey]

seems like i found the "Problem" but still dont understand it, maybe someone could provide me some Infos:

out of curiosity i switched back to Truenas Core V13 and had the same issue & after some tinkering i switched my PC into the same VLAN as my NAS from 10.10.10.x to 10.10.1.x and everything work as expected..

but WHY? i cant imagine just loosing half of bandwith for routing ? my firewall is an Opnsense

 

[Ericloewe]

Well, clearly your router can't keep up. "Why" is a different question, but we don't have much of anything to go on.

 

[Whattteva]

but WHY? i cant imagine just loosing half of bandwith for routing ? my firewall is an Opnsense

Very possible depending on the hardware that runs your OPNSense. I hope you're not running on low-end hardware like an R-Pi.

 

[WI_Hedgehog]

Very possible depending on the hardware that runs your OPNSense. I hope you're not running on low-end hardware like an R-Pi.

There's nothing w-rong with a Raspberry Pi; flog it like a racehorse!

(wait until 3 users are on at once!)

 

[Whattteva]

There's nothing w-rong with a Raspberry Pi; flog it like a racehorse!

(wait until 3 users are on at once!)

Ah, my mistake. I don't think you can even run OPNSense on ARM, though you can indeed run pfSense on ARM though this requires the closed-source version and not the free CE. Let me say it differently. I hope you're not running on some low-end hardware like PC Engines.

 

[WI_Hedgehog]

Ah, my mistake. I don't think you can even run OPNSense on ARM, though you can indeed run pfSense on ARM though this requires the closed-source version and not the free CE. Let me say it differently. I hope you're not running on some low-end hardware like PC Engines.

You're not wrong, depending on the Pi version, RAM, sovtware version, configuraton, and load they can be bogged down. I'm constantly amazed at what large workloads they can actually process without consuming many Watts, Not so much with the Chineese designed stuff though, their micro-PCs seem to hit the wall pretty fast.