A little better with the giga card in there,
into
http://img34.imageshack.us/img34/5724/freenasgig.jpg
I feel like it should be higher though. I'm going to loook into it ;)
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A little better with the giga card in there,
into
http://img34.imageshack.us/img34/5724/freenasgig.jpg
I feel like it should be higher though. I'm going to loook into it ;)
It should be way higher, if all the network is using gigabit ports.
Cabling might be the issue. You should use cat6 cabling.
That throughput looks low, actually very low, now I'm going to ask you the obvious question , are you using Cat5e or Cat6 leads ? That is the first point also if your router supports data reporting check on the actual throughput on the router.
What's the difference?Quote:
Originally Posted by Artemis
Cat6 has a higher theoretical bandwidth and less cross-talk. Simply put, the more machines on the network segment, the more the need for Cat6 to prevent signal degradation. In a SOHO environment Cat5e is the better option because it is cheaper to purchase.Quote:
Originally Posted by PozarynicoetaWhat's the difference?Quote:
Originally Posted by Artemis
Is the router Gigabit? Which model is it? (sorry if you said this before, but I didn't read the whole thread.)
1 post above yours bud. Link and everything.
I just noticed on my switch that the lead coming from the server is orange while the others are green. If im not mistaken green is GB and orange is 100 Mbs so I have some inspecting to do. More details soon.
The 1000 GB LED is on on my new network card in the server but it is orange on the switch. I'm a bit confused. I have to look up where I bought the cable as there are no markings on it.
Edit: So I went to the Egg to look up some specs on the NIC and I found an interesting review
Glad I got it for $20 locally so I'm not too pissed. I will however need a new card can anyone suggest a decent one like? I'm looking at this one or maybe this one. The 2nd one is 64 bit if that makes a difference. Opinions?Quote:
Bought this NIC for a FreeNAS server (FreeBSD). The NIC was recognized but would not run at 1000Mbps speeds - FreeBSD driver doesn't fully support this chipset. Tried installing it in a Linux Ubuntu box just to see if it would work; it did. However the machine would either lock up or lose network connectivity at least once an hour.
Google a little and try to find if freeBSD is compatible with such chips.
Or maybe opposite, find which chips are freebsd compatible, and then look for cards with them.
Sucks to have happened that way. *nix drivers always sucked.
Meh, I'm getting a headache. I got an Intel card locally that is supposed to be compatible then installed it and realized the orange light I was looking at was supposed to be there! It is from my WDTV Live which is not GB so my switch was seeing the Freenas box as GB after all. I restarted Freenas and had to reconfigure it all again (is there a way to save the config so when I restart it I don't have to re-config all over again?) Then my speeds were dead slow. i tried it in the 66mhz slot and here are the new speeds, needless to say they are about the same :huh:
http://img682.imageshack.us/img682/4222/freenas2.jpg
Can anyone think of what I am doing wrong?
On another note What is this bay for on my server
By all means ignore the RED arrow I stole this pic from somewhere
http://img32.imageshack.us/img32/494...edge600sc1.jpg
I think I may just change cases anyway. I have my trusty old antec900 unused. The Mobo should fit right in, no? Reason being I need more HDD space as I'm ordering another SATA card and some new HDD's as well :). I think the 900 will work well as the case works great with some silent fans. Airflow on that baby is great. Seems the dell case is way noisy. I changed the stock 140mm fan to an enermax one and that helped but stoill it's pretty loud.
Ok,Ok....sorry your pm got buried with others, or maybe I just don't care :PQuote:
Originally Posted by Detale
The bay isn't actually a bay, the front part of the space is for a system fan to bring air in and fan it over the expansion cards while the blue locking mechanism's are actually to lock full size 64bit PCI server cards into place and hold them there securely (hence the front fan to cool them).
You can transfer your existing parts over to the antec case without in anyway altering any of the system utility of the server.
The case in it's day was larger and more powerful than a standard case because it had a far more powerful PSU and larger internal expansion, that time has well and truly passed and the Antec will actually provide better cooling.
Thanks Art you ROCK!. BTW I am sending your stuff out tomorrow bud ;)
OK so I haven't yet transferred the server innards to my Antec 900 because I can't seem to find documentation on the front panel headers anywhere. on the current dell board there is one large pin connector that I don't know what pins go where when trying to use standard case pins. so I'm stuck for now :(
Also I have been trying my hardest to get Freenas to run from a USB but in the bios I can't seem to find anywhere to "boot from a USB" or anything like that so I don't think this is an option to me at the moment, right?
Without installing onto a USB is there any way to save my configuration so I don't have to re-enter all my disks when I restart the server?
On another note I'm thinking of getting this board to use as a server next
MBD-X7SLM-L-O LGA 775 945GC mATX Server Motherboard
It's only $55 used at MC and I have a 775 CPU and a bunch of 1GB sticks or DDR2 ram. Do you guys think it's worth it to spend the $55 seeing as I'm sure I can boot from USB and it has an integrated GB NIC? Not to mention on board SATA II ports (4).
My setup boots from CD-ROM, and reads the config file from a USB-attached floppy drive. :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by Detale
I was trying to remember how I told it to save to the floppy, but after some googling it seems you only need to have a USB stick or a floppy inserted and FreeNAS should auto-save the config file to either location for you.
There should also be a option in the web interface to download and/or restore the FreeNAS configuration file manually.
I'll add to this post as I think of points to answer your query Detale, but the first point regarding the Servers BIOS a. it is an older machine from when bootable USB devices were first being used. More importantly though it is designed as a Server there is no specific need for it to be booted from a USB bootable device unlike a desktop, it is simply an option that is not needed.
If you could take a pic of the connector(s) that you aren't sure of that would help.
@ cousin Art ;) I will take a pic tomorrow. My problem is that I want to be able to save the configuration so i don't have to add then mount each disk every time I reboot and then enable the services. Kind of a PITA.
@Lee I have a USB stick inserted and it reads it as da0. There is an option to save the config file as XML but I can't get the server to read it. It always says something like "no config file found using default settings". When I try to restore the config file it reboots and doesn't help either. I tried formatting it as NFTS and now Fat32 should I try formatting it as UFS??
BTW I added another TB disk and decided to format it as UFS and my transfer speeds are now around 200Mb/s. I'm currently moving all the data on another TB drive formatted NTFS to the UFS drive so I can reformat the first drive to UFS as well. Seems file system had something to do with it.
http://img188.imageshack.us/img188/5732/capturecm.jpg
From the FreeNAS documentation pages:Quote:
Originally Posted by Detale
If I'm not mistaken, by "MSDOS formatted" they would mean just FAT right? I'd try that and then UFS if FAT doesn't work.Quote:
The floppy disk or USB key must be already MSDOS formatted (FreeNAS will not format it).
Well I tried it UFS formatted I guess when I have time I'll try regular Fat next.
Been a while now and all was working well until last night when I had to shut the system down to clean the floors in my house. When I turned the system back on and had to reconfigure everything once again 2 of my disks weren't showing up and the others that were showing were acting odd. I could see the disks but couldn't save to them or delete them. A few options later (reinstall freenas, new install CD, etc) later I got fed up put the apprentice on a USB drive, watched it and went to bed.
OK so this morning I decided to see what would happen if I used my old Gigabyte mobo (GA-EP45-UD3R) and an E3300 I have laying around. a 2gb stick of ram and a crappy vid card I rescued from a junked computer. Some old raedon I didn't even look, but it's good for this :). I threw it all into my Antec 900 case which has plenty of room for HDD's and has on board SATA ports, and gigabit Ethernet so I don't have to use controller cards either. Not to mention fantastic airflow. It's working GREAT!!! My throughput speeds are better than ever. I Installed onto a USB stick finally (which I couldn't do due the server not allowing a boot from USB). Now when I restart I don't have to reconfigure everything!!! Thats huge for me!
Here's a shot of the speeds compared:
OLD
http://img682.imageshack.us/img682/4222/freenas2.jpg
Older as well
http://img188.imageshack.us/img188/5732/capturecm.jpg
NEWEST!!!
http://img245.imageshack.us/img245/8480/freeiq.jpg
Now this is transferring a 4.7GB file in about 60 sec. Thats great for me. Honestly I don't even care what was wrong with the server anymore I'm a' keepin' this one :)
Thanks guys again for all your help ;)
Forgive me for being off topic, but what application are you using to generate those speed benchmark charts?
No worries pal, It's on the Freenas OS under the Status-Graph tabs.
Hey guys. Please correct me if I'm wrong but JBOD will lump together different disks of different sizes into 1 large disk right?
For the life of me I can't seem to figure out how to do it here :huh:
nm, i got it now. I didn't format the disks after creating the jbod array. :)
Glad to hear it's all working so well for you now. I think I'm going to have to look at getting everything on Gbit ethernet. Those speeds are just too juicy looking.
Don't know your location but it's not that expensive really. Just keep in mind when you are upgrading something to but a gigabit part.
Installed FreeNAS last night and had it up and running for my popcorn box after 45 minutes. This thing is just fantastic. Lots of options and something for everyone whatever disks they may have.
Got it running around 400-500Mbps without any issues. I'm using 2 1TB WD GP disks right know and I can't get more than 40MB/s write speed to the damn thing and from one computer to another (both have WD black disks) I get 60+ MB/s so I guess I have try those instead.
Edit:
Got the 750GB black disks around 47 MB/s.
Maybe I have to get a HW RAID card instead of software or something, or what do you guys think?
Problem fixed itself somehow. Got around 60MB/s.
I had the same issue for a time. I tried different ethernet cards for a bit and it worked itself out. What specs are you talking about here? Are all of your parts gigabit or?
Me?Quote:
Originally Posted by Detale
I just run it on some Asus Formula thingy with a Q6600 (my old gaming computer) and using the internal NICs and gigabit is working fine.
Haven't had a single issue with the box since I set it up.
Ahh great. If you were having NIC probs I have a bunch of cards laying around that I could have sent to you if you lived in the USA. Thats why I asked man.
Out of curiosity, which filesystem are you guys using? ext3/ext4/ whatever ?
Im using the UFS and have 4 1TB drives in Raid 0. I plan on upgrading to 6 2TB drives after xmas ;)
Just a minor update. I upgraded to Freenas 8 beta and I have to say it works a bit better but the gui is crappy in comparison to v .7. Also you can't add a drive without formatting it so I can't add my old data. It was fine with the majority of my movie collection but I did backup some on another drive in hopes of re-importing it. So that sucks. I did however save my freenas OS on a USB drive so I can easily restart it using the old USB drive and move the files that way but it's a PITA to say the least.