magicdotjs
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On old machine like my E8500, RDM does improve speed by over 50%. Another benefit I just realized is that the RDM can direct migrate to bare-metal Xpenology.
Did you have a problem where it starts off quick and slows?
Mine seems to be random, up and down if it is a large file.
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i would;
leave the n54 as a hypervisor with the SSD as a local data store
move the 3 hdd's to the n40 and setup a non-redundant array (add extra disk if you like)
setup the ds6100 with an nfs folder/share for an esx data store
setup all your vms and data on the ds6100 and back it all up to the n40 regularly
as your tv stuff is on the ds6100, run plex on that or mount a remote folder in dsm to the ds6100 tv folder and add that to the plex library
Thanks very much, the SSD is the datstore for the OS (4 x VMs)
The DS6100 doesn't have much on it at the moment, my TV/Film is all on the LaCie.
Can I use the LaCie to provide data stores to my N54L or N40L which will be running XPEnology giving me more space for Film/TV?
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Just been using LAN SpeedTest.
I have 1 Volume (1 x 2TB disk) - starts off rapid and then just grinds to a halt when testing a 1GB file.
Version 1.3.2
OS Version: Windows 8
Processor: Intel® Core i7-4790K CPU @ 4.00GHz
Date: 12/30/2015
Time: 14:20:16
Program Parameters: 0
High Performance Timer: 0.000000256
Test File: \\10.0.1.3\test_1\NW_SpeedTest.dat
Write Time = 47.0813169 Seconds
Write Speed = 169.9187840 Mbps
Read Time = 8.8635690 Seconds
Read Speed = 902.5709600 Mbps
Started a 2nd test for a 5GB file, got to 952MB and froze, then shot to 1200MB, then 1400MB and seemed to continue like that.
It performs the same on another DISK so I don't think the DISKs are at fault.
No other VMs are running on the host and there isn't any other traffic on the network. This is extremely frustrating though cause I much prefer this OS over FreeNAS.
Willing to try anything at this point, I don't think it is this but I could split the virtual switch and give the VM its own or even 2
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Which server you bought?
I just installed on a N54L via ESXI and it was really simple using a guide I found on here.
I am sure it listed both ESXI and none ESXI.
http://xpenology.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=3132 <-- this is one I followed.
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I didn't want to over complicate my other thread http://xpenology.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=10686 so starting a new one.
I have made the switch from FreeNAS and I am very happy with it which has prompted another purchase for a 2nd XPEnology NAS but not quite sure what way to go about things.
I run a little HomeLab for work/study and also all my media and backup needs. I will list what kit I have available first and then what I need to run, then I would just like suggestions on what to run on on where.
Western Digital DS6100
16GB ECC
4 x 3TB WD SE
Server 2012 R2 Essentials
HP N54L -16GB - ESXI 6.0 U1
2 X 2TB, 2 X 1TB, 1 X 250GB SanDisk SSD, 1 x 500GB 2.5 HDD
HP NC360T
LaCie Big 5TB
HP N40L 4GB ECC- N/A
My plan was to buy 4 x WD Red drives for the N40L and run that as a dedicated XPEnology (not a VM) and also maybe fit the NC360T and buy the NC364T for my N54L.
I will list my needs;
VMs
Domain Controller
SQL Server x 2
Kali
Web Server
vCenter Server
Lubuntu
XPEnology with PlexMediaServer
The more space I have the better, things like my TV archives I would like stored with redundancy should I run into problems, the plan would be to put the most important stuff on the new N40L which will have ECC memory and new WD Red drives.
I don't feel like I have even asked a question yet so will probably make it a bit clearer;
Should I run ESXI on the new N40L or just dedicated install of XPEnology? (unlikely I will run any other VMs until I upgrade the 4GB ram but it would be nice)
Will the N54L benefit from any more upgrades and does it need the SSD or would it be better for caching on the other NAS?
Should the N40L and N54L swap places? (Making the N54L a dedicated NAS and the N40L run the VMs)
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I was having a nightmare with FreeNAS and JAILS so decided to spend the time switching to XPEnology. The process went smoothly, I had my VM booting up without any issues and I was extremely impressed with XPEnology so hats of to people who work on that because my problems/issues are outside of that.
I have setup PlexMediaServer which also went smoothly so at this point I was really happy but then it come to transferring my media and it all came crashing down
My transfers start out about 100MB/s but then they come to crawl <5MB/S.
I have been formatting the disks, trying different RAID types or individual Volumes but still having the same issues.
I have just removed the disks, put them in my desktop and ran some tests which were all fine. I also didn't have speed issues with FreeNAS nor do any other VMs on the Host so I think I have something configured wrong.
I have seen a couple of posts about setting up RDM, but I have also seen people report stable 100MB/s with a HP N54L so I don't think I need to go down that road.
Specs;
HP N54L - 16GB RAM (6GB to XPEnology)
HP NC360T + Onboard (3 x GB)
I have teamed the 2 x HP so it shouldn't be a network bottleneck.
2 X 2TB Samsung Drives + added 1TB for SHR.
I was that impressed with XPEnology I have ordered another HP N40L and was going to put in my spare 2GB ECC memory into that making it 4GB ECC. Populate it with4 x 3/4TB drives making it a dedicated NAS for media and VMs but that will go on hold now until I know if running this one as a VM is the issue.
Does anyone have any suggestions for what could be causing my speed issues?
I am just wiping the disks now as I type help and will try all 3 disks in a SHR group again to see if anything has changed.
HPN54L ESXI 6.0.0 Update 1a - Transfer Speeds drop
in DSM 5.2 and earlier (Legacy)
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Just transferred a file, seemed fine then had a little drop but then stayed on 99% for about 3-4 minutes.