I'm running
OS: Windows 2k3 Server
MotherBoard: MSI 7145 / RS480M
SATA Card: SYBA SD-SATA2-4IR PCI SATA II Controller Card RAID 0/1/5/10 JBOD - Retail
CPU: AMD Sempron 3300+
RAM: 2GB
Drives: IDE 40GB(OS) / SATA 1.5TB(Storage / SATA 600GB(Backup / Windows-RAID5)
Now I have the OS on a IDE 40GB Maxtor Drive. It runs fine.
I then got the 1.5TB and added it to the on-board SATA Controller.
Later on I got a 320GB and 3x300GB drives all SATA. Well one of the 300GB drives were DOA so now I have a 320GB and 2x300GB all on RAID5. The RAID is setup with Windows. It is not the software that came with the Controller card or HARDWARE RAID.
Instead of putting it on the MOBO controller I decided to put it on my SATA CARD so if and when I upgrade the MOBO I won't have to worry about getting another with the same controller I can just move the SATA card.
I decided not to move the 1.5TB because last time I moved a SATA drive with data to another controller I lost all the data.
Well now when I transfer data to the RAID5 the speeds suck major ass. If I transfer a 6GB file it will take up to 109 Minutes.
If I transfer a 2GB file from the RAID5 to the 1.5TB it takes 45 seconds. So I figure 2/3 minutes max for a 6GB File.
I have:
No Anti Virus installed
I do not have windows indexing turned on
I do not have defrag setup or running.
I do not have anything else accessing the disks that I know of when I ran these tests.
Tests done with HDTune and HDTach. Screen shots for each drive are here.
What gets me is that the RAID5 does not show up as 1 partition but, each individual drive. I was told over at TomsHardware that this shouldn't be. However the people over at TH are starting to worry me because they are insisting that I setup my drive as a RAID0 and put my OS on it even though I'm using to backup data.
I have an external drive that I'm getting ready to setup for external backup. So please don't go on explaining that this is not proper way to backup data. Right now I have a 160GB External Drive due to the actual data that needs to be backed up is less than 160GB it's more like 60-90GB and mostly pictures and documents. I'm interested in the write speed of the RAID5 being so slow not how to properly backup data.
I don't mean to be rude about it but this is the 3rd place I have gone and the other 2 are basically just preaching about it not being a proper way to backup data rather then addressing the issue of the RAID5 being so slow.
I assume it's slow due to it being a "Windows RAID5" and not a "Hardware RAID5" which I do not have the money for. Also Right now I'm waiting on another 300GB to be RMA'ed and I will probably kill the RAID5 and Go with 2x300GB in RAID0 + RAID1 or what I believe is called RAID10.
Please take a look at the screenshot's from HDTune and HDTach.
40GB:
http://vnc.3r14nd.com:8080/ima...Computer/drives/40.JPG
http://vnc.3r14nd.com:8080/ima...mputer/drives/40GB.JPG
1.5TB
http://vnc.3r14nd.com:8080/ima...mputer/drives/1500.JPG
http://vnc.3r14nd.com:8080/ima...uter/drives/1500GB.JPG
320GB
http://vnc.3r14nd.com:8080/ima...omputer/drives/320.JPG
http://vnc.3r14nd.com:8080/ima...puter/drives/320GB.JPG
300GB - 1
http://vnc.3r14nd.com:8080/ima...puter/drives/300-1.JPG
http://vnc.3r14nd.com:8080/ima...ter/drives/300-1GB.JPG
300GB -2
http://vnc.3r14nd.com:8080/ima...puter/drives/300-2.JPG
http://vnc.3r14nd.com:8080/ima...ter/drives/300-2GB.JPG
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OS: Windows 2k3 Server
MotherBoard: MSI 7145 / RS480M
SATA Card: SYBA SD-SATA2-4IR PCI SATA II Controller Card RAID 0/1/5/10 JBOD - Retail
CPU: AMD Sempron 3300+
RAM: 2GB
Drives: IDE 40GB(OS) / SATA 1.5TB(Storage / SATA 600GB(Backup / Windows-RAID5)
Now I have the OS on a IDE 40GB Maxtor Drive. It runs fine.
I then got the 1.5TB and added it to the on-board SATA Controller.
Later on I got a 320GB and 3x300GB drives all SATA. Well one of the 300GB drives were DOA so now I have a 320GB and 2x300GB all on RAID5. The RAID is setup with Windows. It is not the software that came with the Controller card or HARDWARE RAID.
Instead of putting it on the MOBO controller I decided to put it on my SATA CARD so if and when I upgrade the MOBO I won't have to worry about getting another with the same controller I can just move the SATA card.
I decided not to move the 1.5TB because last time I moved a SATA drive with data to another controller I lost all the data.
Well now when I transfer data to the RAID5 the speeds suck major ass. If I transfer a 6GB file it will take up to 109 Minutes.
If I transfer a 2GB file from the RAID5 to the 1.5TB it takes 45 seconds. So I figure 2/3 minutes max for a 6GB File.
I have:
No Anti Virus installed
I do not have windows indexing turned on
I do not have defrag setup or running.
I do not have anything else accessing the disks that I know of when I ran these tests.
Tests done with HDTune and HDTach. Screen shots for each drive are here.
What gets me is that the RAID5 does not show up as 1 partition but, each individual drive. I was told over at TomsHardware that this shouldn't be. However the people over at TH are starting to worry me because they are insisting that I setup my drive as a RAID0 and put my OS on it even though I'm using to backup data.
I have an external drive that I'm getting ready to setup for external backup. So please don't go on explaining that this is not proper way to backup data. Right now I have a 160GB External Drive due to the actual data that needs to be backed up is less than 160GB it's more like 60-90GB and mostly pictures and documents. I'm interested in the write speed of the RAID5 being so slow not how to properly backup data.
I don't mean to be rude about it but this is the 3rd place I have gone and the other 2 are basically just preaching about it not being a proper way to backup data rather then addressing the issue of the RAID5 being so slow.
I assume it's slow due to it being a "Windows RAID5" and not a "Hardware RAID5" which I do not have the money for. Also Right now I'm waiting on another 300GB to be RMA'ed and I will probably kill the RAID5 and Go with 2x300GB in RAID0 + RAID1 or what I believe is called RAID10.
Please take a look at the screenshot's from HDTune and HDTach.
40GB:
http://vnc.3r14nd.com:8080/ima...Computer/drives/40.JPG
http://vnc.3r14nd.com:8080/ima...mputer/drives/40GB.JPG
1.5TB
http://vnc.3r14nd.com:8080/ima...mputer/drives/1500.JPG
http://vnc.3r14nd.com:8080/ima...uter/drives/1500GB.JPG
320GB
http://vnc.3r14nd.com:8080/ima...omputer/drives/320.JPG
http://vnc.3r14nd.com:8080/ima...puter/drives/320GB.JPG
300GB - 1
http://vnc.3r14nd.com:8080/ima...puter/drives/300-1.JPG
http://vnc.3r14nd.com:8080/ima...ter/drives/300-1GB.JPG
300GB -2
http://vnc.3r14nd.com:8080/ima...puter/drives/300-2.JPG
http://vnc.3r14nd.com:8080/ima...ter/drives/300-2GB.JPG
For some reason my img's are not showing up the way I want them...
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The above does not work here so...links are what you get...