Tips to improve performance in low very low spec system?

[Rarokillo]

Hello before anyone says anything about it: YES, my hardware is TOO low specs.

My system is:
Intel Atom D525 @ 1.80GHz
4GB of RAM
2 USB docks with 4x3TB each one.
RAIDZ 2 with 8 disks

Using FTP the speed is about 15MB/s it's not the best in the world but I'm using it mainly as a storage for backups so I can live with it.

The trouble is that when I connect to it from Windosws 10 using CIFS the speed is too unstable. Sometime it goes at 15MB/s and suddenly it goes down to 0MB/s, and then suddenly 20MB/s and then falls to 5MB/s.

I know that with my specs It will always be slow as hell but: Is there anything that I can do with the settings that could give a more stable speed?

 

[zambanini]

do you really expect an answer?

 

[Jailer]

It's not that your system is low spec, its below minimum specs. And far below minimum at that.

 

[Bidule0hm]

This thread is good candidate for this one I guess :)

 

[anodos]

Hello before anyone says anything about it: YES, my hardware is TOO low specs.

My system is:
Intel Atom D525 @ 1.80GHz
4GB of RAM
2 USB docks with 4x3TB each one.
RAIDZ 2 with 8 disks

Using FTP the speed is about 15MB/s it's not the best in the world but I'm using it mainly as a storage for backups so I can live with it.

The trouble is that when I connect to it from Windosws 10 using CIFS the speed is too unstable. Sometime it goes at 15MB/s and suddenly it goes down to 0MB/s, and then suddenly 20MB/s and then falls to 5MB/s.

I know that with my specs It will always be slow as hell but: Is there anything that I can do with the settings that could give a more stable speed?

The cheapest solution is to buy a T20. Failing that, perhaps look into installing centos with no GUI and installing / configuring samba. The centos 6.x branch is nice, stable, and trouble-free.

Oh, and get a case that has enough space to accommodate all those drives. Your USB storage array is a terrible idea.

 

[Jailer]

This thread is good candidate for this one I guess :)

I was going to suggest the same thing but couldn't find the thread earlier.

 

[pirateghost]

On top of all that you're using USB with Raidz2?

Oh dear.

 

[Mirfster]

On top of all that you're using USB with Raidz2?

Oh dear.

lol, that was too nice. I have come to expect more from you. :D

 

[pirateghost]

lol, that was too nice. I have come to expect more from you. :D

Me? I'm a nice person!

 

[SweetAndLow]

Install different operating system. Freenas is not for you. Kind of like asking why my motorcycle is so slow when I'm in the lake. Wrong tool for the job.

 

[anodos]

 

[Mirfster]

Ahh, starting to like these fail threads... Always good for a laugh..

 

[raulfg3]

Hello before anyone says anything about it: YES, my hardware is TOO low specs.

I know that with my specs It will always be slow as hell but: Is there anything that I can do with the settings that could give a more stable speed?

as other users says, perhaps you need to test other options like:

1 - Nas4Free for ZFS support (Use BSD for OS base)
2 - OMV that use Debian LINUX for OS. Base (support ZFS using OPENZFS)

 

[anodos]

as other users says, perhaps you need to test other options like:

1 - Nas4Free for ZFS support (Use BSD for OS base)
2 - OMV that use Debian LINUX for OS. Base (support ZFS using OPENZFS)

Actually, the requirements for freenas+zfs and Nas4Free+zfs are basically the same. The point is that with an atom D525, you're probably best off avoiding zfs entirely.

That said, the system as designed has a fundamental flaw that cannot be worked around - the array is composed of USB drives. No OS change is going to fix this.

 

[korrupto77]

Mate, i can understand your desire to build something on your own and maybe re-use some part... But below the minimum requirement system is unstable and you could not trust to store your precious data on it... Specially in term of ram ...


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