https://forums.softraid.com/softraid-volumes/raid-5-perfomance-decreasing/ SoftRAID Discussion Board en-US Sun, 26 Apr 2026 01:06:54 +0000 wpForo 60 https://forums.softraid.com/softraid-volumes/raid-5-perfomance-decreasing/#post-1293 Wed, 13 Apr 2016 04:40:28 +0000 SoftRAID Volumes SoftRAID Support https://forums.softraid.com/softraid-volumes/raid-5-perfomance-decreasing/#post-1293 https://forums.softraid.com/softraid-volumes/raid-5-perfomance-decreasing/#post-1291 Tue, 12 Apr 2016 15:58:44 +0000 A benchmark test will give its best results on a new volume. Then there is no fragmentation and the files written by the test are on the fastest parts of the drive. Once a volume is used, and files are stored all over the volume (from editing/copying/deleting), performance will of course slow down. Benchmarks will exaggerate this effect, as they work best with all clear, contiguous space to write/read to. Hi, Thank you for your quick reply. I´m not sure, but I sense it worsened since I´ve updated to the 5.5. What do you suggest? Should I format the volume and run a test on a empty drive? Thank you.]]> SoftRAID Volumes alecxx https://forums.softraid.com/softraid-volumes/raid-5-perfomance-decreasing/#post-1291 https://forums.softraid.com/softraid-volumes/raid-5-perfomance-decreasing/#post-1290 Tue, 12 Apr 2016 15:26:31 +0000 SoftRAID Volumes SoftRAID Support https://forums.softraid.com/softraid-volumes/raid-5-perfomance-decreasing/#post-1290 https://forums.softraid.com/softraid-volumes/raid-5-perfomance-decreasing/#post-108 Tue, 12 Apr 2016 07:41:38 +0000 SoftRAID Volumes alecxx https://forums.softraid.com/softraid-volumes/raid-5-perfomance-decreasing/#post-108