Very slow data transfer to RAID 1 NAS

[stevetilsed]

Hi all,

I wonder if you guys could point in the right direction here.

I have recently purchased a ICY BOX NAS IB-NAS3221 and set it up in a RAID 1 configuration. Inside i have two 1.5tb disks one is a WD Green and the other a Seagate drive both only 5400RPM.

I know these are not extremely fast drives but i'm only reaching copy speeds of around 8-9mb/sec.

I have tried several ways of doing this, copying from different drives, using gigabyte connection and cross over cables but it seems no matter what i do i am only reaching a max of 8-9mb.

I noticed the RAM was only 128 from the specifications could this make a huge difference?

I’ve manually updated to the latest firmware so no issues there.

I'm really quite stuck here so any information will be helpful.

Thanking in advanced,

Steve

 

[goobaah]

That is the speed I get copying over a 100mb connection. Can you check your network utilization percentage on your box to see if you are running gigabit. If you see 90-100% util then you are not. I'm not sure how much you can dig around inside that ICY BOX to see what is going on there.

Best of Luck

 

[stevetilsed]

Thanks Goobaah, turns out i was only using 100mb connection however is that still not a little slow for my NAS?

 

[goobaah]

No, you are maxing out your network connection. I get the same thing with my router limiting my connection to 100mb.