Establish links between Windows and Freena P2P solutions
Establish links between Windows and Freena P2P solutions
Under Services > SMB > Settings, verify that your local network isn’t selected in Bind IP Addresses. Also confirm the SSD cache is enabled for the volume. If the volume is only intended for an SMB share, remove those settings. On ZFS with SSD caching, performance mainly improves for synchronous operations like databases or VMs. FreeNAS and ZFS rely on RAM as a read cache for frequently accessed files. Using an SSD could actually hinder read speeds. A network share primarily handles asynchronous tasks, making a read/write cache ineffective. If the system writes to 192.168.200.0 but reads locally, it might relate to the previously noted checkbox or interface metrics. Setting a static metric lower than your local network can help—by default, FreeNAS reports 0, which may indicate no Internet access if the NIC isn’t responding. If you don’t plan expansion, placing it on a /30 subnet could be beneficial. The perceived slower performance often stems from SMB not being fully optimized for Linux/UNIX systems. With 10Gbps, a single user doesn’t fully utilize the bandwidth, and driver support is limited. Several adjustments are possible if you’d like to explore them, though results have been mixed.
I reviewed both the bind addresses and the metric settings—they were already configured without a subnet and with automatic metric. The testing was performed on an ISCSI share, giving me access to a "letter drive" instead of just a network drive. Performance remained consistent across SMB and ISCSI shares. For the shared folder, it shouldn't have affected things negatively, but if it does, I could use it elsewhere, perhaps for virtual machines.
You can connect a network folder to a network drive via SMB. iSCSI isn't useful unless it provides clear advantages or is essential.
It seems like you're trying to simplify your thoughts. Your current situation is manageable, and the next steps involve improving reading speed and troubleshooting your Plex device. That’s a separate issue to address.
I cleared the SSD cache and set it up as a separate mirrored array for VMs. Now I’m certain there’s an issue. The read speeds remain consistent at 145 MB/s. I’ve tested multiple fixes but haven’t seen any improvement.
Your setup is confirmed. You're using a specific method to assess the read/write speed of the virtual machines.