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Sunday, 21 May 2006 11:49 |
I am still waiting on the 4 last hard disks, they should arrive next week. While mounting everything together in the case, I was thinking on the range of tests I may do with this NAS before putting it online in production.
What kind of operating system will I use?
| OS | Software
RAID 5/6 | Hardware
RAID 5/6 | Remarks | | Windows XP | Need Windows Server BUT there is a workaround | through the Promise EX350 driver | I do not want a fully fledged OS for a file server, but want to look at performances | | Linux OpenFiler | standard using "mdam" | through the Promise EX350 Linux driver | elegant, free and OS footprint can be reduce at it's minimum | | OpenSolaris | using ZFS Raid-Z | no driver support | ZFS is a great file system, and RAID-Z solve some problem of software RAID5 and Hardware RAID5 at the same time! | others?
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And this is how my Network Array Storage looks like: | NAS server |
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| Processor(s) | AMD Athlon 64 3000+ BOX, Socket 939, Venice | | Platform | Asus A8N-VM CSM, mATX, Nvidia 6150/430 Video, socket 939, SATA RAID
BIOS xxxxx | | RAM | Corsair CM72DD512AR-400 (DDR2-400 ECC, reg.)
2x 512 MB, CL3-3-3-10 Timings | | System Hard Drive | Raid 6:
2 Maxtor 7L300R0 MaXLine III, 7200rpm, 16MB, 300GB, IDE, 24/7 server.
4 Western Digital Caviar RE, 7200rpm, 8MB, 320GB, SATA, 24/7
USB attached:
1 Maxtor onetouch USB2/Firewire 300GB
1 Maxtor onetouch2 USB2/Firewire 300GB
| | Mass Storage Controller(s) | Promise SuperTrak EX8350, SATA2, 8 SATA port, Raid6 Controller | | Networking |
| | Graphics Card | On-Board Graphics
NVIDIA GeForce 6150 |
What kind of performances test I will do?
| Sofware |
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| Performance-test | c't h2benchw 3.6
IoZone | | I/O Performance | IOMeter
Fileserver-Benchmark
Webserver-Benchmark
Database-Benchmark
Workstation-Benchmark |
Future client using the NAS fileserver
| Clients |
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Ladtop
Windows XP professional
HP nx7000 | 100Mb NIC
Pentium-M 1.6GHz
1500MB Ram
60GB Harddisk
15,4""WXGA | Home desktop,
Linux SuSe 10.1 | 1000 Mb NIC
AMD Athlon XP 3400+
1500 Mb RAM
Asus A78Nx Nforce2 mainboard |
Of course I will stress the box 1 week before putting any vital/useless data on it!
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Last Updated ( Sunday, 21 May 2006 18:14 )
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