Thecus N2100 2.1.01.4 Beta firmware AFP performance
September 5th, 2006 by ktula
Test configuration:
- Powerbook G4 17″ 1 GHz 1 GB RAM running Mac OS X 10.4.7
- Network: 1000 Mbps LAN (path from Powerbook to N2100 involves two Netgear 1000 Mbps switches)
- Thecus N2100 configuration: 2 Seagate Barracuda SATA 3.0 Gbps in RAID 0 configuration with stripe size at 128 KB.
I was a little skeptical when being told that this version of the beta firmware for the Thecus N2100 would provide “noticeable speed difference”. So i ran through an IOzone test, with the same parameters as the previous test i did when i had the 2.1.00.2 version of the firmware.
The results blew me away. The improvement in the write transfer rates range from 116% to 164% for various file sizes! The improvement in the read transfer rates is pretty astounding as well, ranges from 55% to 68%.
I included the results from the previous test in the chart as well for comparison.
After installing the firmware, i have problem mounting share folder in SMB, getting the following error:
I have no problem at all mounting the same SMB folder in my Windows-XP-based notebook. When this issue is resolved, i will post the performance result for SMB.
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Martin
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Hi!
I’ve got a N2100 (firmware V2.1.05) and a Mac OSX 10.3.9
I can reach the N2100 using SMB very fast(!). While using AFP, the Finder is terrible slow showing the files and folders…
I have to use AFP because of the older filenames… but it’s not practicable this way
Have you got any ideas, what I could change on my system?!
thanks a lot!
Greetings from Austria
Martin
Aug 28th, 2007 at 13:27