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superboss
PostPosted: Thu Jun 05, 2008 4:54 pm 
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Hehe okay here are my results with 'n' set to 5000:

Code:
D:\diskWriggler-1.0.1.win32\diskWriggler.exe -NTSC -C -t -n 5000 -o \\192.168.0.11\disk-0
Frame Resolution  : 720 x 486
Bytes / Pixel     : 2,00 (packed) (8 bit, 4:2:2 sampling)
Frame Size        : 699,840 bytes
File Type         : All frames in one container file (3,499,200,000 bytes).

Writing 5000 x 699840 byte frames into file \\192.168.0.11\disk-0/framestream.dat
429 frames in 5,00 secs ==> 85,80 FPS (57,26 MB/s)
515 frames in 5,00 secs ==> 103,00 FPS (68,74 MB/s)
453 frames in 5,00 secs ==> 90,60 FPS (60,47 MB/s)
521 frames in 5,00 secs ==> 104,20 FPS (69,55 MB/s)
442 frames in 5,08 secs ==> 87,04 FPS (58,09 MB/s)
279 frames in 5,00 secs ==> 55,80 FPS (37,24 MB/s)
301 frames in 5,00 secs ==> 60,20 FPS (40,18 MB/s)
284 frames in 5,00 secs ==> 56,80 FPS (37,91 MB/s)
291 frames in 5,20 secs ==> 55,93 FPS (37,33 MB/s)
267 frames in 5,00 secs ==> 53,40 FPS (35,64 MB/s)
289 frames in 5,00 secs ==> 57,80 FPS (38,58 MB/s)
286 frames in 5,00 secs ==> 57,20 FPS (38,18 MB/s)
206 frames in 5,00 secs ==> 41,20 FPS (27,50 MB/s)
151 frames in 5,03 secs ==> 30,01 FPS (20,03 MB/s)
170 frames in 5,09 secs ==> 33,37 FPS (22,27 MB/s)
116 frames in 2,77 secs ==> 41,94 FPS (27,99 MB/s)

Write Summary : 5000.00 frames in 78,17 secs
              :   30,01(min)   63,96(avg)  104,20(max) FPS
              :   20,03(min)   42,69(avg)   69,55(max) MB/s

Reading 5000 x 699840 byte frames from file \\192.168.0.11\disk-0/framestream.dat
444 frames in 5,00 secs ==> 88,80 FPS (59,27 MB/s)
444 frames in 5,00 secs ==> 88,80 FPS (59,27 MB/s)
432 frames in 5,02 secs ==> 86,13 FPS (57,49 MB/s)
411 frames in 5,00 secs ==> 82,20 FPS (54,86 MB/s)
432 frames in 5,00 secs ==> 86,40 FPS (57,67 MB/s)
444 frames in 5,00 secs ==> 88,80 FPS (59,27 MB/s)
441 frames in 5,00 secs ==> 88,20 FPS (58,87 MB/s)
447 frames in 5,00 secs ==> 89,40 FPS (59,67 MB/s)
450 frames in 5,00 secs ==> 90,00 FPS (60,07 MB/s)
434 frames in 5,00 secs ==> 86,80 FPS (57,93 MB/s)
427 frames in 5,00 secs ==> 85,40 FPS (57,00 MB/s)
194 frames in 2,23 secs ==> 86,83 FPS (57,95 MB/s)

Read Summary : 5000.00 frames in 57,25 secs
             :   82,20(min)   87,34(avg)   90,00(max) FPS
             :   54,86(min)   58,29(avg)   60,07(max) MB/s


Reads seems to be pretty much rock solid but writes are all over the place... NickC have you tried switching the raid controller to a regular PCI-slot instead of the PCI-X one to see how this affects the numbers? I'm tempted to do so..
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NickC
PostPosted: Thu Jun 05, 2008 5:46 pm 
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Sounds like a reasonable test : RAID card > PCI from PCI-X; VGA card from PCI > PCI-X;

I may try with and without the PCI-X 3Com NIC as well.
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superboss
PostPosted: Tue Jun 10, 2008 10:17 am 
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Okay I bought an external USB drive (WD MyBook) and am about to backup all my data on the NL-box. I will then run diagnose utility on each drive to verify that they are 100% ok and also wipe each drive with low level format. Then I will create the array from scratch and put a brand new install of NL2 on the USB-stick and keeping my fingers crossed. Not sure what I'm hoping for here but I just want to make sure the drives are 100% ok. Might try swapping the raid controller to the PCI slot instead of the PCI-X while I'm at it. Just to rule everything out.. if I still end up with the same numbers I basically have two options. Deal with the numbers I'm getting and wait for a new version of NL2 (with support for areca controllers? yay!) or just move to a different solution altogether.
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superboss
PostPosted: Thu Jun 12, 2008 5:33 am 
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All drives checked 100% error free. Any recommendations for stripe sizes? 4 drive RAID 5 serving mostly 700MB+files but also some smaller jpgs and documents. Rarely ever more than one user accessing the NL-box.
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superboss
PostPosted: Thu Jun 12, 2008 6:18 am 
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Created a RAID-0 array just to check the numbers....

Code:
C:\Documents and Settings\Henke\Desktop>D:\diskWriggler-1.0.1.win32\diskWriggler
.exe -NTSC -C -t -n 5000 -o \\192.168.0.11\disk-0
Frame Resolution  : 720 x 486
Bytes / Pixel     : 2,00 (packed) (8 bit, 4:2:2 sampling)
Frame Size        : 699,840 bytes
File Type         : All frames in one container file (3,499,200,000 bytes).

Writing 5000 x 699840 byte frames into file \\192.168.0.11\disk-0/framestream.da
t
577 frames in 5,00 secs ==> 115,40 FPS (77,02 MB/s)
296 frames in 5,00 secs ==> 59,20 FPS (39,51 MB/s)
446 frames in 6,67 secs ==> 66,85 FPS (44,62 MB/s)
188 frames in 5,00 secs ==> 37,60 FPS (25,09 MB/s)
350 frames in 5,00 secs ==> 70,00 FPS (46,72 MB/s)
593 frames in 6,17 secs ==> 96,08 FPS (64,13 MB/s)
424 frames in 5,02 secs ==> 84,54 FPS (56,42 MB/s)
519 frames in 5,39 secs ==> 96,28 FPS (64,26 MB/s)
377 frames in 5,67 secs ==> 66,47 FPS (44,36 MB/s)
377 frames in 5,73 secs ==> 65,74 FPS (43,88 MB/s)
378 frames in 5,95 secs ==> 63,50 FPS (42,38 MB/s)
376 frames in 5,88 secs ==> 64,00 FPS (42,71 MB/s)
 99 frames in 1,06 secs ==> 93,18 FPS (62,19 MB/s)

Write Summary : 5000.00 frames in 67,55 secs
              :   37,60(min)   74,02(avg)  115,40(max) FPS
              :   25,09(min)   49,40(avg)   77,02(max) MB/s

Reading 5000 x 699840 byte frames from file \\192.168.0.11\disk-0/framestream.da
t
271 frames in 5,00 secs ==> 54,20 FPS (36,17 MB/s)
281 frames in 5,02 secs ==> 56,02 FPS (37,39 MB/s)
294 frames in 5,00 secs ==> 58,80 FPS (39,24 MB/s)
304 frames in 5,00 secs ==> 60,80 FPS (40,58 MB/s)
303 frames in 5,00 secs ==> 60,60 FPS (40,45 MB/s)
289 frames in 5,00 secs ==> 57,80 FPS (38,58 MB/s)
280 frames in 5,00 secs ==> 56,00 FPS (37,38 MB/s)
302 frames in 5,02 secs ==> 60,21 FPS (40,19 MB/s)
294 frames in 5,00 secs ==> 58,80 FPS (39,24 MB/s)
289 frames in 5,00 secs ==> 57,80 FPS (38,58 MB/s)
297 frames in 5,00 secs ==> 59,40 FPS (39,64 MB/s)
290 frames in 5,00 secs ==> 58,00 FPS (38,71 MB/s)
293 frames in 5,00 secs ==> 58,60 FPS (39,11 MB/s)
281 frames in 5,00 secs ==> 56,20 FPS (37,51 MB/s)
290 frames in 5,00 secs ==> 58,00 FPS (38,71 MB/s)
288 frames in 5,02 secs ==> 57,42 FPS (38,32 MB/s)
284 frames in 5,02 secs ==> 56,62 FPS (37,79 MB/s)
 70 frames in 1,09 secs ==> 64,00 FPS (42,71 MB/s)

Read Summary : 5000.00 frames in 86,16 secs
             :   54,20(min)   58,03(avg)   64,00(max) FPS
             :   36,17(min)   38,73(avg)   42,71(max) MB/s


Still seem very low to me..
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superboss
PostPosted: Thu Jun 12, 2008 12:07 pm 
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Switched back to RAID-5 and now getting the same numbers as before.. oh well at least now I know its not my hardware being faulty.
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superboss
PostPosted: Sat Jun 14, 2008 2:26 pm 
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Tried installing Windows 2003 just for the hell of it, here are my numbers:

Code:
D:\diskWriggler-1.0.1.win32\diskWriggler.exe -NTSC -C -t -n 5000 -o k:\
Frame Resolution  : 720 x 486
Bytes / Pixel     : 2,00 (packed) (8 bit, 4:2:2 sampling)
Frame Size        : 699,840 bytes
File Type         : All frames in one container file (3,499,200,000 bytes).

Writing 5000 x 699840 byte frames into file k:\/framestream.dat
795 frames in 5,00 secs ==> 159,00 FPS (106,12 MB/s)
807 frames in 5,00 secs ==> 161,40 FPS (107,72 MB/s)
806 frames in 5,00 secs ==> 161,20 FPS (107,59 MB/s)
807 frames in 5,00 secs ==> 161,40 FPS (107,72 MB/s)
778 frames in 5,00 secs ==> 155,60 FPS (103,85 MB/s)
220 frames in 5,13 secs ==> 42,93 FPS (28,65 MB/s)
 64 frames in 5,30 secs ==> 12,08 FPS (8,06 MB/s)
 72 frames in 5,02 secs ==> 14,36 FPS (9,58 MB/s)
 73 frames in 5,11 secs ==> 14,29 FPS (9,54 MB/s)
 73 frames in 5,11 secs ==> 14,29 FPS (9,54 MB/s)
 49 frames in 5,00 secs ==> 9,80 FPS (6,54 MB/s)
456 frames in 4,27 secs ==> 106,90 FPS (71,35 MB/s)

Write Summary : 5000.00 frames in 59,92 secs
              :    9,80(min)   83,44(avg)  161,40(max) FPS
              :    6,54(min)   55,69(avg)  107,72(max) MB/s

Reading 5000 x 699840 byte frames from file k:\/framestream.dat
283 frames in 5,00 secs ==> 56,60 FPS (37,78 MB/s)
477 frames in 5,00 secs ==> 95,40 FPS (63,67 MB/s)
478 frames in 5,00 secs ==> 95,60 FPS (63,81 MB/s)
478 frames in 5,00 secs ==> 95,60 FPS (63,81 MB/s)
477 frames in 5,00 secs ==> 95,40 FPS (63,67 MB/s)
478 frames in 5,00 secs ==> 95,60 FPS (63,81 MB/s)
478 frames in 5,00 secs ==> 95,60 FPS (63,81 MB/s)
479 frames in 5,00 secs ==> 95,80 FPS (63,94 MB/s)
478 frames in 5,00 secs ==> 95,60 FPS (63,81 MB/s)
478 frames in 5,00 secs ==> 95,60 FPS (63,81 MB/s)
416 frames in 4,36 secs ==> 95,43 FPS (63,69 MB/s)

Read Summary : 5000.00 frames in 54,36 secs
             :   56,60(min)   91,98(avg)   95,80(max) FPS
             :   37,78(min)   61,39(avg)   63,94(max) MB/s


Improved speeds yay! But obviously the dip in the writes is 100% hardware related. I'm using a crossover cable so the switch is not the issue here. The PCI slot on this motherboard will not let you install the PCI-X card as there are capacitors in the way.. but it would have been a good way to see if there was indeed still issues with the PCI-X slot on this MB.
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superboss
PostPosted: Sat Jun 14, 2008 4:55 pm 
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Just bit the bullet and bought an areca controller so until NL adds support for the arecas I'm sticking with window server 2k3. Me being a student it's actually free as well through dreamspark :)
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sandor
PostPosted: Wed Sep 10, 2008 3:40 pm 
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superboss wrote:
Just bit the bullet and bought an areca controller so until NL adds support for the arecas I'm sticking with window server 2k3. Me being a student it's actually free as well through dreamspark :)



did the new card address the write speed issues?
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superboss
PostPosted: Wed Sep 10, 2008 4:07 pm 
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Yes indeed.. here are my results with the Areca card on Windows 2003:

Code:
D:\diskWriggler-1.0.1.win32\diskWriggler.exe -NTSC -C -t -n 5000 -o k:\
Frame Resolution  : 720 x 486
Bytes / Pixel     : 2,00 (packed) (8 bit, 4:2:2 sampling)
Frame Size        : 699,840 bytes
File Type         : All frames in one container file (3,499,200,000 bytes).

Writing 5000 x 699840 byte frames into file k:\/framestream.dat
804 frames in 5,00 secs ==> 160,80 FPS (107,32 MB/s)
771 frames in 5,00 secs ==> 154,20 FPS (102,92 MB/s)
804 frames in 5,00 secs ==> 160,80 FPS (107,32 MB/s)
805 frames in 5,00 secs ==> 161,00 FPS (107,45 MB/s)
802 frames in 5,00 secs ==> 160,40 FPS (107,05 MB/s)
802 frames in 5,00 secs ==> 160,40 FPS (107,05 MB/s)
212 frames in 1,52 secs ==> 139,88 FPS (93,36 MB/s)

Write Summary : 5000.00 frames in 31,52 secs
              :  139,88(min)  158,65(avg)  161,00(max) FPS
              :   93,36(min)  105,89(avg)  107,45(max) MB/s

Reading 5000 x 699840 byte frames from file k:\/framestream.dat
491 frames in 5,00 secs ==> 98,20 FPS (65,54 MB/s)
492 frames in 5,00 secs ==> 98,40 FPS (65,67 MB/s)
492 frames in 5,00 secs ==> 98,40 FPS (65,67 MB/s)
492 frames in 5,00 secs ==> 98,40 FPS (65,67 MB/s)
492 frames in 5,00 secs ==> 98,40 FPS (65,67 MB/s)
491 frames in 5,00 secs ==> 98,20 FPS (65,54 MB/s)
491 frames in 5,00 secs ==> 98,20 FPS (65,54 MB/s)
491 frames in 5,00 secs ==> 98,20 FPS (65,54 MB/s)
492 frames in 5,00 secs ==> 98,40 FPS (65,67 MB/s)
490 frames in 5,00 secs ==> 98,00 FPS (65,41 MB/s)
 86 frames in 0,88 secs ==> 98,29 FPS (65,60 MB/s)

Read Summary : 5000.00 frames in 50,88 secs
             :   98,00(min)   98,28(avg)   98,40(max) FPS
             :   65,41(min)   65,59(avg)   65,67(max) MB/s
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