TremorAcePV
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- Jun 20, 2013
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Hi guys,
Firstly, system specs:
Two 4-core Xeons (E5450's) CPUs
32GB of DDR2 667MHz ECC Fully Buffered RAM
One 4TB Seagate HDD
One 40GB SSD & One 60GB SSD
CAT 6A ethernet between me and the server with Gigabit ports all along the way (no 10/100 ports).
So I upgraded from FreeNAS 9.2.1.5 to 9.2.1.7, and then upgraded Plex from 0.9.9.7 to 0.9.9.13.
Before doing this, I could stream multiple 1080p videos just fine and my RAM sat at around 19-23GB depending on what was going on.
After doing this, I can't stream a single HD video (720p+) because it will work for about 10-15 seconds then buffer. Then I wait for a minute or so to watch another 10-15 seconds and repeat. Music & Photos work fine.
My RAM sits at 25GB used whether streaming or not, and I haven't added content at all between upgrades. I have about 1TB of media and 1TB of backups on this server on a single 4TB HDD. The 40GB SSD is used for the jails themselves to live on while the 60GB SSD has yet to be put to work on anything specific.
When transferring things to this server, I get 80-90 MB/s transfer speeds, so I don't believe it's a bottleneck with the storage. The reporting on the GUI shows little HDD activity and around 30-40% CPU loads when streaming.
My idea (although I know little about the internal workings of FreeNAS) is that the RAM is running out although I have 7GB left. Something I read about FreeNAS using 80% at max and leaving the rest for other things which could be irrelevant here, but I'm not sure. 0.8*32 = 25.6GB which is right where it's at.
Any help is appreciated. Deduplication is not on.
Firstly, system specs:
Two 4-core Xeons (E5450's) CPUs
32GB of DDR2 667MHz ECC Fully Buffered RAM
One 4TB Seagate HDD
One 40GB SSD & One 60GB SSD
CAT 6A ethernet between me and the server with Gigabit ports all along the way (no 10/100 ports).
So I upgraded from FreeNAS 9.2.1.5 to 9.2.1.7, and then upgraded Plex from 0.9.9.7 to 0.9.9.13.
Before doing this, I could stream multiple 1080p videos just fine and my RAM sat at around 19-23GB depending on what was going on.
After doing this, I can't stream a single HD video (720p+) because it will work for about 10-15 seconds then buffer. Then I wait for a minute or so to watch another 10-15 seconds and repeat. Music & Photos work fine.
My RAM sits at 25GB used whether streaming or not, and I haven't added content at all between upgrades. I have about 1TB of media and 1TB of backups on this server on a single 4TB HDD. The 40GB SSD is used for the jails themselves to live on while the 60GB SSD has yet to be put to work on anything specific.
When transferring things to this server, I get 80-90 MB/s transfer speeds, so I don't believe it's a bottleneck with the storage. The reporting on the GUI shows little HDD activity and around 30-40% CPU loads when streaming.
My idea (although I know little about the internal workings of FreeNAS) is that the RAM is running out although I have 7GB left. Something I read about FreeNAS using 80% at max and leaving the rest for other things which could be irrelevant here, but I'm not sure. 0.8*32 = 25.6GB which is right where it's at.
Any help is appreciated. Deduplication is not on.