FlangeMonkey
Limp Gawd
- Joined
- Sep 11, 2010
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Hi Guys,
I own two N40L Microservers and use one with FreeNAS, including 4x3TB WD Reds. I've just gone and bought 5x4TB WD Reds and stuck them on an LSI 9211-8i in the other N40L and been running it though its paces and comparing them side by side.
Its been an interesting experience, because of performance results, with some findings on my other N40L with the 4x3TB drives, such as there only running at 3Gbps with the stock SATA interfaces.
I am now considering the purchase of a 6th 4TB drive, but found that with 5 disks, the CPU is spiking to the 100% mark, baring in mind that the IRQ averaging 18% under load due to the LSI.
So should I now be considering an unexpected processor upgrade, in the form of a new server chaise?
Any suggestions on what could replace it?
I own two N40L Microservers and use one with FreeNAS, including 4x3TB WD Reds. I've just gone and bought 5x4TB WD Reds and stuck them on an LSI 9211-8i in the other N40L and been running it though its paces and comparing them side by side.
Its been an interesting experience, because of performance results, with some findings on my other N40L with the 4x3TB drives, such as there only running at 3Gbps with the stock SATA interfaces.
I am now considering the purchase of a 6th 4TB drive, but found that with 5 disks, the CPU is spiking to the 100% mark, baring in mind that the IRQ averaging 18% under load due to the LSI.
So should I now be considering an unexpected processor upgrade, in the form of a new server chaise?
Any suggestions on what could replace it?