This isn't going to be an issue with sata vs whatever (though I do
suggest running in ahci mode if thats an option)
The issue is probably going to be how mdadm is growing the array, it
will need to do a buttload of disk access to do that reading and writing
every sector on every disk and trying to keep everything in a consistent
state while doing so.
I don't know if it applies to whatever raid level you are using but is
there something like an --assume-clean option you can pass it?
I'd also suggest asking in the mdadm list or perhaps IRC.
http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/archive/1056831 might be of interest.
On 18/03/14 20:02, Rachel Polanskis wrote:
On 18 Mar 2014, at 6:46 pm, Jeff Allison <jeff.alli...@allygray.2y.net> wrote:
That's installed unfortunately didn't fix my problem. How badly configured does
a disk need to be to only run at 4mb
Sorry for the suck eggs question, but you did enable all the features in the
BIOS e.g. turning on SATA II 3gbps support,
write cache disable etc? In the URL link to the forum below they discuss all
the optimum settings. I am using
WD RED NAS drives (2x2tb) and Seagate 3Tb drives (latest model) in my system so
similar to yours….
rachel
On 18/03/2014 3:43 PM, "Rachel Polanskis" <gr...@exemail.com.au> wrote:
On 18 Mar 2014, at 3:14 pm, Jeff Allison <jeff.alli...@allygray.2y.net> wrote:
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
Hi,
The HP BIOS version is the O41072911.ROM as you suggest.
You need this to install the “theBay” ROM as well.
The process is shown online, but in short you copy the HP BIOS using a
DOS/windows installer to a USB stick then copy the “theBay” rom image over the
top. You could try to “dd” the image but it does some weird trickery to make
the stick bootable for installing the BIOS.
You can look for TheBay_Microserver_Bios_041.rar online.
The source information is:
http://www.avforums.com/threads/hp-n36l-n40l-n54l-microserver-updated-ahci-bios-support.1521657/
And it has all the guff on getting the BIOS onto your N54L and also tips on how
to configure it.
I have all the files if you need them….
Once again, these are terrific little servers. It has an internal USB port so
I just loaded FreeNAS
onto an 8Gb USB stick and boot from there. All the internal SATA disks are in
ZFS disk pools which
do my bidding. As I use ZFS, I went with 8gb ECC memory. I also added an
additional Gigabit Ethernet adaptor as the built in broadcom is general
networking and I run the second Gig-E port with Jumbo Frames using a gigabit
crossover (there is such a thing)
to a Mac Mini with the thunderbolt port running Gig-E and doing iSCSI! The Mac
Mini runs esxi 5.5 and
all the data stores (running various species of Linux) hosted off the HP-N54L.
It is like a little tiny
SAN, small but perfectly formed….
rachel
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