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Hey All,
Looking for some clarification about proper ways to maximize the throughput of my Synology NAS
I have a DS1813+ with 8x 4TB drives, one kept as a hotspare.
My Current array is a single volume SHR2 (raid 6ish) of 7 drives.
Only using one of the 2 gigabit ethernet ports at this time.
One folder (for open projects) gets backed up to a second, smaller NAS and is most active. A second Folder (main storage) holds all other data and doesn't require an active backup.
I usually have 2-3 users using the volume at once, working out of the open projects folder. I see that its utilization is near or at peak during heavy use but the overall disk utilization never moves above 60%. My users have some performance drops during these times.
With link aggregation, I feel its possible to better utilize the arrays full throughput, but would like to confirm two things:
One: Since the volume's utilization is maxed out, does that bottleneck transfer rates?
Two: If I created 2 working volumes + 1 storage volume, would that better distribute resources?
Three: Am I totally off? if so, whats the best way to handle this issue other then buying more stuff.
Looking for some clarification about proper ways to maximize the throughput of my Synology NAS
I have a DS1813+ with 8x 4TB drives, one kept as a hotspare.
My Current array is a single volume SHR2 (raid 6ish) of 7 drives.
Only using one of the 2 gigabit ethernet ports at this time.
One folder (for open projects) gets backed up to a second, smaller NAS and is most active. A second Folder (main storage) holds all other data and doesn't require an active backup.
I usually have 2-3 users using the volume at once, working out of the open projects folder. I see that its utilization is near or at peak during heavy use but the overall disk utilization never moves above 60%. My users have some performance drops during these times.
With link aggregation, I feel its possible to better utilize the arrays full throughput, but would like to confirm two things:
One: Since the volume's utilization is maxed out, does that bottleneck transfer rates?
Two: If I created 2 working volumes + 1 storage volume, would that better distribute resources?
Three: Am I totally off? if so, whats the best way to handle this issue other then buying more stuff.