Need advice on Raid and FreeNas

2006-07-19 Thread Jim Freeze
Hi I am setting up a file server for a small office (10 computers). My first attempt at this I used FreeNas. It was easy to setup and I like that the system is dedicated. One downside of this method is that the write times are slower than I expected. I am using SATA2 drives w/ 8MB buffer on a

Re: Need advice on Raid and FreeNas

2006-07-19 Thread pete wright
On 7/19/06, Jim Freeze [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi I am setting up a file server for a small office (10 computers). My first attempt at this I used FreeNas. It was easy to setup and I like that the system is dedicated. One downside of this method is that the write times are slower than I

Re: Need advice on Raid and FreeNas

2006-07-19 Thread Jim Freeze
On 7/19/06, pete wright [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 7/19/06, Jim Freeze [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi I am setting up a file server for a small office (10 computers). My first attempt at this I used FreeNas. It was easy to setup and I like that the system is dedicated. One downside of this

Re: Need advice on Raid and FreeNas

2006-07-19 Thread Bill Moran
In response to Jim Freeze [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On 7/19/06, pete wright [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 7/19/06, Jim Freeze [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi I am setting up a file server for a small office (10 computers). My first attempt at this I used FreeNas. It was easy to setup and I

Re: Need advice on Raid and FreeNas

2006-07-19 Thread Jim Freeze
Have you checked to make sure the NIC is negotiating at the right speed? Sounds suspiciously like it's running at 10MB/sec. The 100MB light is lit up, but I did not turn off ICMP redirects. I think I'll try this tonight. -- Jim Freeze ___