NASLite Network Attached Storage

Hiya,

I'm used to backing up to a firewire ext hdd, it does not take long.

I've set my simple hdd nasbox up and it takes (as above), I'm not all that bright when it comes to pc's
I guessed the network would be slower than the firewire, but had no idea it was going to be that slow, is this normal ?

If it is not normal, any suggestions as to what I may have set up wrong would be appreciated

Many thanks

Let's see here, fire wire runs at 400Mb/sec and 100tx network runs at 100Mb/sec. Right there we have a four to one difference in speed. But there is likely more to this than just that.

You likely have an issue with IRQs on your NAS box that needs to be resolved. An upgrade to Gigabit might also be a good idea since the hardware can be had for about $75.00 for a pair of NICs and a Gigabit switch.

Post your log file to this thread so we can have a look for any problems.

Mike

Cheers Mike,

400 and 100 sound familar, thinking about it, thats quite a difference

I'll see if I can get a log snapshot now, its still backing up, and I guess it will be a day or so before it finishes.

As far as I can guess, I think Apr 13 should be Apr 21 (the battery is very old that remembers the date)
I look forward to hearing any comments and hope I have the correct bit of log. I thought it would have been a bit longer considering all the work the nas is doing...

Thank you





Apr 13 19:38:07 user.notice kernel: klogd started: BusyBox v1.01 (2007.03.15-22:03+0000)
Apr 13 19:38:07 user.warn kernel: Linux version 2.4.35.NASLite (root@tzt) (gcc version 3.4.6) #2 Sun Aug 12 09:03:16 EDT 2007
Apr 13 19:38:07 user.info kernel: BIOS-provided physical RAM map:
Apr 13 19:38:07 user.warn kernel: BIOS-e820: 0000000000000000 - 000000000009fc00 (usable)
Apr 13 19:38:07 user.warn kernel: BIOS-e820: 000000000009fc00 - 00000000000a0000 (reserved)
Apr 13 19:38:07 user.warn kernel: BIOS-e820: 00000000000e0000 - 0000000000100000 (reserved)
Apr 13 19:38:07 user.warn kernel: BIOS-e820: 0000000000100000 - 000000000a000000 (usable)
Apr 13 19:38:07 user.warn kernel: BIOS-e820: 00000000fec00000 - 00000000fec01000 (reserved)
Apr 13 19:38:07 user.warn kernel: BIOS-e820: 00000000fee00000 - 00000000fee01000 (reserved)
Apr 13 19:38:07 user.warn kernel: BIOS-e820: 00000000fffe0000 - 0000000100000000 (reserved)
Apr 13 19:38:07 user.notice kernel: 0MB HIGHMEM available.
Apr 13 19:38:07 user.notice kernel: 160MB LOWMEM available.
Apr 13 19:38:07 user.warn kernel: On node 0 totalpages: 40960
Apr 13 19:38:07 user.warn kernel: zone(0): 4096 pages.
Apr 13 19:38:07 user.warn kernel: zone(1): 36864 pages.
Apr 13 19:38:07 user.warn kernel: zone(2): 0 pages.
Apr 13 19:38:07 user.info kernel: DMI not present.
Apr 13 19:38:07 user.err kernel: ACPI: Unable to locate RSDP
Apr 13 19:38:07 user.warn kernel: Kernel command line: rw root=/dev/ram0 initrd=NASLite.02 quiet BOOT_IMAGE=naslite.01
Apr 13 19:38:07 user.info kernel: Initializing CPU#0
Apr 13 19:38:07 user.warn kernel: Detected 300.684 MHz processor.
Apr 13 19:38:07 user.warn kernel: Console: colour VGA+ 80x25
Apr 13 19:38:07 user.warn kernel: Calibrating delay loop. 599.65 BogoMIPS
Apr 13 19:38:07 user.info kernel: Memory: 155900k/163840k available (2214k kernel code, 7552k reserved, 642k data, 540k init, 0k highmem)
Apr 13 19:38:07 user.info kernel: Dentry cache hash table entries: 32768 (order: 6, 262144 bytes)
Apr 13 19:38:07 user.info kernel: Inode cache hash table entries: 16384 (order: 5, 131072 bytes)
Apr 13 19:38:07 user.info kernel: Mount cache hash table entries: 512 (order: 0, 4096 bytes)
Apr 13 19:38:07 user.info kernel: Buffer cache hash table entries: 8192 (order: 3, 32768 bytes)
Apr 13 19:38:07 user.warn kernel: Page-cache hash table entries: 65536 (order: 6, 262144 bytes)
Apr 13 19:38:07 user.info kernel: Enabling new style K6 write allocation for 160 Mb
Apr 13 19:38:07 user.info kernel: CPU: L1 I Cache: 32K (32 bytes/line), D cache 32K (32 bytes/line)
Apr 13 19:38:07 user.debug kernel: CPU: After generic, caps: 008021bf 808029bf 00000000 00000002
Apr 13 19:38:07 user.debug kernel: CPU: Common caps: 008021bf 808029bf 00000000 00000002
Apr 13 19:38:07 user.warn kernel: CPU: AMD-K6(tm) 3D processor stepping 0c
Apr 13 19:38:07 user.info kernel: Checking 'hlt' instruction. OK.
Apr 13 19:38:07 user.warn kernel: POSIX conformance testing by UNIFIX
Apr 13 19:38:07 user.warn kernel: mtrr: v1.40 (20010327) Richard Gooch (rgooch@atnf.csiro.au)
Apr 13 19:38:07 user.warn kernel: mtrr: detected mtrr type: AMD K6
Apr 13 19:38:07 user.info kernel: ACPI: Subsystem revision 20040326
Apr 13 19:38:07 user.info kernel: ACPI: Interpreter disabled.
Apr 13 19:38:07 user.info kernel: PCI: PCI BIOS revision 2.10 entry at 0xfdb61, last bus=1
Apr 13 19:38:07 user.info kernel: PCI: Using configuration type 1
Apr 13 19:38:07 user.info kernel: PCI: Probing PCI hardware
Apr 13 19:38:07 user.warn kernel: PCI: Probing PCI hardware (bus 00)
Apr 13 19:38:07 user.info kernel: PCI: Using IRQ router SIS5595 [1039/0008] at 00:01.0
Apr 13 19:38:07 user.info kernel: SiS pirq: IDE/ACPI/DAQ mapping not implemented: (97)
Apr 13 19:38:07 user.info kernel: SiS router unknown request: (97)
Apr 13 19:38:07 user.info kernel: Linux NET4.0 for Linux 2.4
Apr 13 19:38:07 user.info kernel: Based upon Swansea University Computer Society NET3.039
Apr 13 19:38:07 user.warn kernel: Initializing RT netlink socket
Apr 13 19:38:07 user.warn kernel: Starting kswapd
Apr 13 19:38:07 user.info kernel: Journalled Block Device driver loaded
Apr 13 19:38:07 user.info kernel: devfs: v1.12c (20020818) Richard Gooch (rgooch@atnf.csiro.au)
Apr 13 19:38:07 user.info kernel: devfs: boot_options: 0x1
Apr 13 19:38:07 user.info kernel: Installing knfsd (copyright (C) 1996 okir@monad.swb.de).
Apr 13 19:38:07 user.warn kernel: pty: 256 Unix98 ptys configured
Apr 13 19:38:07 user.info kernel: Real Time Clock Driver v1.10f
Apr 13 19:38:07 user.info kernel: FDC 0 is a post-1991 82077
Apr 13 19:38:07 user.warn kernel: RAMDISK driver initialized: 16 RAM disks of 8192K size 1024 blocksize
Apr 13 19:38:07 user.info kernel: loop: loaded (max 8 devices)
Apr 13 19:38:07 user.info kernel: Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Driver - version 7.3.20-k4
Apr 13 19:38:07 user.info kernel: Copyright (c) 1999-2006 Intel Corporation.
Apr 13 19:38:07 user.info kernel: dgrs: SW=$Id: dgrs.c,v 1.13 2000/06/06 04:07:00 rick Exp $ FW=Build 550 11/16/96 03:45:15
Apr 13 19:38:07 user.warn kernel: FW Version=$Version$
Apr 13 19:38:07 user.info kernel: PCI: Found IRQ 11 for device 00:0b.0
Apr 13 19:38:07 user.warn kernel: 3c59x: Donald Becker and others. http://www.scyld.com/network/vortex.html
Apr 13 19:38:07 user.info kernel: 00:0b.0: 3Com PCI 3c905C Tornado at 0xdc80. Vers LK1.1.18
Apr 13 19:38:07 user.info kernel: pcnet32.c:v1.30h 06.24.2004 tsbogend@alpha.franken.de
Apr 13 19:38:07 user.info kernel: ThunderLAN driver v1.15
Apr 13 19:38:07 user.info kernel: TLAN: 0 devices installed, PCI: 0 EISA: 0
Apr 13 19:38:07 user.info kernel: dmfe: Davicom DM9xxx net driver, version 1.36.4 (2002-01-17)
Apr 13 19:38:07 user.info kernel: ns83820.c: National Semiconductor DP83820 10/100/1000 driver.
Apr 13 19:38:07 user.warn kernel: sk98lin: No adapter found.
Apr 13 19:38:07 user.info kernel: forcedeth.c: Reverse Engineered nForce ethernet driver. Version 0.50.
Apr 13 19:38:07 user.info kernel: Uniform Multi-Platform E-IDE driver Revision: 7.00beta4-2.4
Apr 13 19:38:07 user.info kernel: ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override with idebus=xx
Apr 13 19:38:07 user.info kernel: SIS5513: IDE controller at PCI slot 00:00.1
Apr 13 19:38:07 user.info kernel: SiS pirq: IDE/ACPI/DAQ mapping not implemented: (97)
Apr 13 19:38:07 user.info kernel: SiS router unknown request: (97)
Apr 13 19:38:07 user.info kernel: SiS pirq: IDE/ACPI/DAQ mapping not implemented: (97)
Apr 13 19:38:07 user.info kernel: SiS router unknown request: (97)
Apr 13 19:38:07 user.info kernel: SIS5513: chipset revision 208
Apr 13 19:38:07 user.info kernel: SIS5513: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later
Apr 13 19:38:07 user.info kernel: SIS5513: SiS5591/2 ATA 33 controller
Apr 13 19:38:07 user.info kernel: 0-0x4007, BIOS settings: hda:pio, hdb:pio
Apr 13 19:38:07 user.info kernel: ide1: BM-DMA at 0x4008-0x400f, BIOS settings: hdc:pio, hdd:pio
Apr 13 19:38:07 user.warn kernel: hda: ST34321A, ATA DISK drive
Apr 13 19:38:07 user.warn kernel: hdb: HDS725050KLAT80, ATA DISK drive
Apr 13 19:38:07 user.warn kernel: ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14
Apr 13 19:38:07 user.warn kernel: hda: attached ide-disk driver.
Apr 13 19:38:07 user.info kernel: hda: 8404830 sectors (4303 MB) w/128KiB Cache, CHS=523/255/63, UDMA(33)
Apr 13 19:38:07 user.warn kernel: hdb: attached ide-disk driver.
Apr 13 19:38:07 user.warn kernel: hdb: host protected area => 1
Apr 13 19:38:07 user.info kernel: hdb: 976773168 sectors (500108 MB) w/7663KiB Cache, CHS=60801/255/63, UDMA(33)
Apr 13 19:38:07 user.info kernel: Partition check:
Apr 13 19:38:07 user.info kernel: /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0: p1 p2
Apr 13 19:38:07 user.info kernel: /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target1/lun0: p1
Apr 13 19:38:07 user.info kernel: SCSI subsystem driver Revision: 1.00
Apr 13 19:38:07 user.info kernel: Loading Adaptec I2O RAID: Version 2.4 Build 5
Apr 13 19:38:07 user.info kernel: Detecting Adaptec I2O RAID controllers.
Apr 13 19:38:07 user.info kernel: Red Hat/Adaptec aacraid driver (1.1-3 Aug 12 2007 09:05:44)
Apr 13 19:38:07 user.warn kernel: scsi: Detection failed (no card)
Apr 13 19:38:07 user.notice kernel: megaraid: v2.10.10.1 (Release Date: Thu Jan 27 16:19:44 EDT 2005)
Apr 13 19:38:07 user.warn kernel: GDT-HA: Storage RAID Controller Driver. Version: 3.04
Apr 13 19:38:07 user.warn kernel: GDT-HA: Found 0 PCI Storage RAID Controllers
Apr 13 19:38:07 user.warn kernel: 3ware Storage Controller device driver for Linux v1.02.00.037.
Apr 13 19:38:07 user.warn kernel: 3w-xxxx: No cards found.
Apr 13 19:38:07 user.debug kernel: libata version 1.20 loaded.
Apr 13 19:38:07 user.info kernel: raw1394: /dev/raw1394 device initialized
Apr 13 19:38:07 user.info kernel: sbp2: $Rev: 1074 $ Ben Collins
Apr 13 19:38:07 user.err kernel: ieee1394: sbp2: Driver forced to serialize I/O (serialize_io = 1)
Apr 13 19:38:07 user.info kernel: usb.c: registered new driver usbdevfs
Apr 13 19:38:07 user.info kernel: usb.c: registered new driver hub
Apr 13 19:38:07 user.info kernel: host/uhci.c: USB Universal Host Controller Interface driver v1.1
Apr 13 19:38:07 user.info kernel: usb.c: registered new driver usbkbd
Apr 13 19:38:07 user.info kernel: usbkbd.c: :USB HID Boot Protocol keyboard driver
Apr 13 19:38:07 user.info kernel: Initializing USB Mass Storage driver.
Apr 13 19:38:07 user.info kernel: usb.c: registered new driver usb-storage
Apr 13 19:38:07 user.info kernel: USB Mass Storage support registered.
Apr 13 19:38:07 user.info kernel: NET4: Linux TCP/IP 1.0 for NET4.0
Apr 13 19:38:07 user.info kernel: IP Protocols: ICMP, UDP, TCP
Apr 13 19:38:07 user.info kernel: IP: routing cache hash table of 1024 buckets, 8Kbytes
Apr 13 19:38:07 user.info kernel: TCP: Hash tables configured (established 16384 bind 32768)
Apr 13 19:38:07 user.info kernel: NET4: Unix domain sockets 1.0/SMP for Linux NET4.0.
Apr 13 19:38:07 user.notice kernel: RAMDISK: NASLite file system found at block 0
Apr 13 19:38:07 user.warn kernel: <6>Freeing initrd memory: 1962k freed
Apr 13 19:38:07 user.warn kernel: VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem).
Apr 13 19:38:07 user.info kernel: Mounted devfs on /dev
Apr 13 19:38:07 user.info kernel: Freeing unused kernel memory: 540k freed
Apr 13 19:38:07 user.warn kernel: hdb: drive_cmd: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
Apr 13 19:38:07 user.warn kernel: hdb: drive_cmd: error=0x04 { DriveStatusError }
Apr 13 19:38:07 user.err kernel: ext3: No journal on filesystem on ide0(3,65)

After some use, say an hour or so of transfers, are you getting multiple seek errors like these:

Apr 13 19:38:07 user.warn kernel: hdb: drive_cmd: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
Apr 13 19:38:07 user.warn kernel: hdb: drive_cmd: error=0x04 { DriveStatusError }

Ah.. does that mean I have to run the backup again and look for those errors ?

Maybe I'll try a copy (rather than a wipe and start again), which will check all the files, but copy only one or two that have been changed.