Transfer from HDD to HDD is taking a long time.
Transfer from HDD to HDD is taking a long time.
I'm using Windows 10 64 with an M.2 SSD. I recently added a RAID 5 setup with four 12TB mechanical drives for better storage of Plex content and backups, including one drive that can fail. I'm trying to move files from another mechanical drive—transferring is quick (20-30 seconds) but then very slow (12-20 MB/s). A crystalDisk test showed around 170 MB/s, which is still decent. The RAID drive reads are consistently in the 400-500 MB/s range, and they're WD Red 12TB drives. I'm on an MSI Z470 board with all drives plugged directly into the board. I considered testing by removing the drive and connecting it via USB, but that wouldn't be ideal for RAID testing. Is this speed normal for this configuration? Thanks!
I used a dedicated server setup tool and configured the following parameters: RAM allocation, CPU cores, network bandwidth, and storage type.
I completed the raid in the Intel app for MSI Bios. It's a RAID 5 setup using four drives, totaling 12 drives.
I'm attempting to move a Toshiba Hdwq140 with 256 MB cache, 7200 rpm SATA 3, 6.0Gb/s speed. The RAID 5 options include WD Red Plus 12TB NAS HDD - 7200 RPM Class SATA 6Gb/s, CMR, 256MB cache, 3.5 inch model WD120EFBX. Appreciate your assistance!
The raid 5 settings are set within the Intel BIOS and appear to be a hardware-based solution. Comparing Raid 5 to Raid 10 suggests a preference for faster read speeds, though this may be due to parity calculations in Raid 5 slowing it down slightly. The perceived speed drop could happen when the cache is nearly empty and starts processing more data. Confirm if this matches your experience or if you've missed any specific limitations. Thanks!
The chipset raid setup is a bit unusual. It seems it’s leveraging CPU power for the redundancy tasks. A RAID 10 would likely perform better here, but RAID 5 should still copy files more efficiently than a single HDD. Adjusting the NTFS cluster size to 256k and setting columns to 3 should yield solid performance.
You want to adjust the RAID 5 settings to use a 256KB allocation size and set columns to 3. The current display shows only the default partition size, but you're aiming for a more specific configuration. When applying these changes, ensure the tool supports column adjustments and that the system recognizes the new settings. If the interface doesn't allow direct column control, you may need to modify the RAID parameters through advanced options or a different method.