Is it the O41072911.ROM? Did you use flashrom of the dos disk thingo.
On 18 March 2014 14:06, gr0ve <gr...@exemail.com.au> wrote: > Seriously, you should flash the BIOS! I get 80mbps reads on ZFS > and depending, 30-40mbps on writes. Without the BIOS mod, you > are getting only IDE speeds there. The original BIOS holds this machine > back and it is perfectly safe. The BIOS ensures AHCI support is operational > as well as the 3gbps SATA II bus. Once you see the improvement, you > can choose to also select write cache enabled|disabled although > this is best with a UPS ;) > > > rachel > > -- > rachel polanskis > <gr...@exemail.com.au> > >> On 18 Mar 2014, at 14:01, Jeff Allison <jeff.alli...@allygray.2y.net> wrote: >> >> I'm still running the stock bios, only have 3gb sata drives and no >> ssd. so I felt staying stock was safer. >> >> I must have misconfigured something though 4MB/s is a joke. >> >>> On 18 March 2014 13:52, gr0ve <gr...@exemail.com.au> wrote: >>> I have one of these. Great machine. I run FreeNAS on mine and use >>> it as an ISCSI target for my esxi datastores and also as a NAS for my >>> workstation automount. >>> >>> First question before we go any further on performance. Have you >>> installed the modified BIOS for this system from "thebay"? >>> >>> This mod enables full SATA performance for the system, enables hotswap >>> drives and overall better IO perfomance with the existing hardware. >>> >>> If you have not done this mod yet, go here >>> >>> http://n40l.wikia.com/wiki/Bios >>> >>> >>> and follow the instructions. If you need help, I have the image for the >>> >>> update handy. More extensive googling on HP N54L Bios will explain it for >>> you. >>> >>> If you have done the mod, you might need to check >>> >>> default blocksizes etc.... >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> rachel >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> rachel polanskis >>> <gr...@exemail.com.au> >>> >>> On 18 Mar 2014, at 13:28, Jeff Allison <jeff.alli...@allygray.2y.net> wrote: >>> >>> OK todays problem. >>> >>> I have a HP N54L Microserver running centos 6.5. >>> >>> In this box I have a 3x2TB disk raid 5 array, which I am in the >>> process of extending to a 4x2TB raid 5 array. >>> >>> I've added the new disk --> mdadm --add /dev/md0 /dev/sdb >>> >>> And grown the array --> mdadm --grow /dev/md0 --raid-devices=4 >>> >>> Now the problem the resync speed is v slow, it refuses to rise above >>> 5MB, in general it sits at 4M. >>> >>> from looking at glances it would appear that writing to the new disk >>> is the bottle neck, /dev/sdb is the new disk. >>> >>> Disk I/O In/s Out/s >>> md0 0 0 >>> sda1 0 0 >>> sda2 0 1K >>> sdb1 3.92M 0 >>> sdc1 24.2M 54.7M >>> sdd1 11.2M 54.7M >>> sde1 16.3M 54.7M >>> >>> I partitiioned the disk with --> parted -a optimal /dev/sdb >>> >>> [root@nas ~]# parted -a optimal /dev/sdb >>> GNU Parted 2.1 >>> Using /dev/sdb >>> Welcome to GNU Parted! Type 'help' to view a list of commands. >>> (parted) p >>> Model: ATA ST2000DM001-1E61 (scsi) >>> Disk /dev/sdb: 2000GB >>> Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/4096B >>> Partition Table: msdos >>> >>> Number Start End Size Type File system Flags >>> 1 1049kB 2000GB 2000GB primary ntfs raid >>> >>> There is no ntfs filesystem on the disk, I've still not worked out how >>> to remove that flag. >>> >>> I've followed the article here --> >>> http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/linux-raid-increase-resync-rebuild-speed.html >>> to attempt to speed it up but no joy. >>> >>> iostat -x -m5 implies that the disk is at 100% when writing at 4.2 >>> MB/s, so there's something very wrong somewhere. >>> >>> Device: rrqm/s wrqm/s r/s w/s rMB/s wMB/s >>> avgrq-sz avgqu-sz await svctm %util >>> sdb 0.00 711.20 0.00 8.40 0.00 4.20 >>> 1024.00 97.42 9441.55 119.05 100.00 >>> >>> Any Ideas what I've done wrong? >>> >>> parted output >>> >>> [root@nas ~]# parted -l >>> Model: ATA ST31000528AS (scsi) >>> Disk /dev/sda: 1000GB >>> Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B >>> Partition Table: msdos >>> >>> Number Start End Size Type File system Flags >>> 1 1049kB 525MB 524MB primary ext4 boot >>> 2 525MB 1000GB 1000GB primary lvm >>> >>> Model: ATA ST2000DM001-1E61 (scsi) >>> Disk /dev/sdb: 2000GB >>> Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/4096B >>> Partition Table: msdos >>> >>> Number Start End Size Type File system Flags >>> 1 1049kB 2000GB 2000GB primary ntfs raid >>> >>> Model: ATA ST2000DM001-9YN1 (scsi) >>> Disk /dev/sdc: 2000GB >>> Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/4096B >>> Partition Table: msdos >>> >>> Number Start End Size Type File system Flags >>> 1 1049kB 2000GB 2000GB primary raid >>> >>> Model: ATA WDC WD25EZRS-00J (scsi) >>> Disk /dev/sdd: 2500GB >>> Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/4096B >>> Partition Table: msdos >>> >>> Number Start End Size Type File system Flags >>> 1 1049kB 2000GB 2000GB primary ntfs raid >>> >>> Model: ATA ST2000DL001-9VT1 (scsi) >>> Disk /dev/sde: 2000GB >>> Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/4096B >>> Partition Table: msdos >>> >>> Number Start End Size Type File system Flags >>> 1 1049kB 2000GB 2000GB primary raid >>> -- >>> SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ >>> Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
