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Made these reference readings by network connection measuring at one Mac connecting via LAN with 2.5Gps capability between them, using AJA Lite to moont the remote machine's Public Folder and use that for a reference. One pic for one time scan and 3+ scans.
This topic was modified 2 years ago by Henry-In-Florida
Macbook Pro 16" Retina XDR, 2024 M4 Pro internal 2TB storage, 36GB RAM, MacOS 15.6.1 Sequoia, running v8.0 SoftRAID software; Local RAID drives/enclosures: 4M2 OWC Enclosure with 6TB NMe, RAID4 Storage; two external OWC T3 enclosures (2.5TB online storage) populated with JBOD 6x500GB, EVO SSD, RAID 4 array disks/partitions; Local Backup: 2TB.
Posted : 29/03/2024 10:35 am
Thats obviously very slow, but it must be your network. A SoftRAID volume is treated like any other volume to MacOS.
Posted : 29/03/2024 10:45 am
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Thats obviously very slow, but it must be your network. A SoftRAID volume is treated like any other volume to MacOS.
@SoftRAID
Yes. As stated, this is a non-RAID disk speed using a startup disk MacMini internal on the network. I use this as a basis of comparison for a network connection. Yes, I'm testing the comparative network speed with other traffic on the connection that is supposedly rated at 2.5Gbps between the two devices. This is going to be slower than a direct connection of a Thunderbolt "up to 40Gbps" connection, of course, but by how much? And how will the RAID array transfer speed do across the network - same as the non-RAID or different?
Macbook Pro 16" Retina XDR, 2024 M4 Pro internal 2TB storage, 36GB RAM, MacOS 15.6.1 Sequoia, running v8.0 SoftRAID software; Local RAID drives/enclosures: 4M2 OWC Enclosure with 6TB NMe, RAID4 Storage; two external OWC T3 enclosures (2.5TB online storage) populated with JBOD 6x500GB, EVO SSD, RAID 4 array disks/partitions; Local Backup: 2TB.
Posted : 30/03/2024 5:48 am
A SoftRAID volume is identical to an Apple volume with regards to network performance. You can ignore SoftRAID vs Apple format in your considerations.
The only relevant factor for you is volume performance. Whether a single disk, RAID volume, flash vs HDD, the only factors are going to be volume performance vs network performance.
If you have two volumes that have identical local performancs, it does not matter if one is SoftRAID or Apple, or Apple RAID, or any other factor. the bus is a factor, as USB will have limited IO/s capability compared to Thunderbolt, but there are no SoftRAID considerations whatsoever.
Not being any kind of expert on network performance that is for you. I can only assure you that your results will be independent of what driver controls the volume's disks.
I would do initial tests with RAID 0 on flash. Then see how much you lose as you change to RAID 5 for example. But you can ignore whether or not the storage is RAID as a factor.
Posted : 30/03/2024 8:22 am
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The only relevant factor for you is volume performance. Whether a single disk, RAID volume, flash vs HDD, the only factors are going to be volume performance vs network performance.
@SoftRAID Got it. Thanks!
Macbook Pro 16" Retina XDR, 2024 M4 Pro internal 2TB storage, 36GB RAM, MacOS 15.6.1 Sequoia, running v8.0 SoftRAID software; Local RAID drives/enclosures: 4M2 OWC Enclosure with 6TB NMe, RAID4 Storage; two external OWC T3 enclosures (2.5TB online storage) populated with JBOD 6x500GB, EVO SSD, RAID 4 array disks/partitions; Local Backup: 2TB.
Posted : 30/03/2024 9:58 am
