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Thread ID: 129651	2013-03-04 23:35:00	Amahi Home Server	SolMiester (139)	Press F1

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1331268	2013-03-05 19:58:00	Pretty sure the free RAM limit of 5.1 is 32GB. RAID5 by definition is slower on writes than reads.... But not THAT much slower. I'm guessing you have seen this? doc.freenas.org - it actually doesn't give that much info but there is no mention of needing anything other than the generic LAN drivers for VMware.	Alex B (15479)
1331269	2013-03-05 20:19:00	Hi Alex, installing 5.1 now...looks like the RAID battery is not charging now either...might switch the array to RAID 10 of 2TB....RAid 5 is slower but yeah, no where near that slow especially with 700MB files!...I think it was to do with VM tools not being installed on the FreeNAS VM, although strange that reads were around what I excepted.... Ill see how I go with 5.1, as I do want to use the box for VM testings, not just a media storage box, if thats still an issue, I might try Server 2012 and try out MS's new Hyper-V (~~shiver~~)....	SolMiester (139)
1331270	2013-03-05 22:15:00	So lucky, such a nice server... Can I come live with you? :D	Chilling_Silence (9)
1331271	2013-03-05 22:37:00	Pretty sure the free RAM limit of 5.1 is 32GB. RAID5 by definition is slower on writes than reads.... But not THAT much slower. I'm guessing you have seen this? doc.freenas.org - it actually doesn't give that much info but there is no mention of needing anything other than the generic LAN drivers for VMware. Cant bridge a network adapter in ESXi...	SolMiester (139)
1331272	2013-03-05 22:44:00	So lucky, such a nice server... Can I come live with you? :D Hehe, I told the boss, we need some a new unit, the 2008 DL380 G5 has nosiey fans in the front and its a bit distracting. Getting a G8 DL380 and will put the G5 on standby for DR), the 3rd unit is G7, this ML G5, was my R&D Host and because it was using 1 of our 3 licenses, we would have to remove it....I suggested to him that I need it at home to play with VMs etc as sandbox VMs on a corporate network dont work so well with proxies etc.....just so happens I have filled my Dlink 323 750GB NAS box, so timing is excellent... Now I just need to get ethernet out to my garage....dont think ESXi will play with WiFi very well, so that leaves me EoP or somehow getting a cable out there when I have a concrete pathway to consider.....will probably have to go via the roof and span the carport to the fence, along that and into the garage...what a mission!	SolMiester (139)
1331273	2013-03-05 23:54:00	Okay, still have shocking performance on the RAID5 array, 2100KBps, highest latency is 166 ms, this is with 3rd party/independent tools.....and E1000 NIC adapter for FreeNAS....wonder if I should try a different adapter, as network is peaking at 1915KBps.....truly awful!	SolMiester (139)
1331274	2013-03-05 23:57:00	Thats odd I'm sure I've had the E1000 working faster than that on some old hardware I had at my last job, with FreeNAS? What drivers are you using for the HDDs?	Chilling_Silence (9)
1331275	2013-03-06 03:02:00	Thats odd I'm sure I've had the E1000 working faster than that on some old hardware I had at my last job, with FreeNAS? What drivers are you using for the HDDs? Drivers for HDDs?...using ESXi LSI logic SAS for controller..... I have deleted the x64 FreeNAS VM, will try x86 instead, but dont hold up must hope.....Im quite sure its the vNIC thats the issue, Alex B linked a page for a FreeNAS VM on VirtualBox which uses a bridged adapter for the NIC, which I cant do on ESXi.. For now Ill install Win8 ENT..just to get something going, I can import the volumes later if I get the FreeNAS build working fast enough when writting	SolMiester (139)
1331276	2013-03-06 04:43:00	Ok, Im still getting poor writes with a windows VM, so now wondering if my cheap little switch might be the issue, however can't remember ever transferring large data over it anyway, least not to a box on the same switch....might have to move the server to the sever room	SolMiester (139)
1331277	2013-03-06 07:34:00	I have had that issue when I had my server and Win7 computer on the same switch Active@ took 5 hours to image my C drive to the server. Moved the server to the garage and plugged it into another switch and speeds leapt up	gary67 (56)
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