RAID 1+0, two volumes - Solving Problems https://forums.softraid.com/solving-problems/raid-10-two-volumes/ SoftRAID Discussion Board en-US Tue, 21 Apr 2026 10:39:44 +0000 wpForo 60 RE: RAID 1+0, two volumes https://forums.softraid.com/solving-problems/raid-10-two-volumes/#post-5615 Sun, 22 Nov 2020 05:21:29 +0000 Yes, fastest, to slowest. Disk manufacturers don't want users to see the performance on the inner tracks. Since users rarely fill disks, they don't.

]]> Solving Problems SoftRAID Support https://forums.softraid.com/solving-problems/raid-10-two-volumes/#post-5615 RE: RAID 1+0, two volumes https://forums.softraid.com/solving-problems/raid-10-two-volumes/#post-5613 Sun, 22 Nov 2020 05:17:10 +0000 @softraid-support interesting- I didn’t realize that volumes were created “outside->in”. 

thanks!

]]> Solving Problems solussd https://forums.softraid.com/solving-problems/raid-10-two-volumes/#post-5613 RE: RAID 1+0, two volumes https://forums.softraid.com/solving-problems/raid-10-two-volumes/#post-5607 Sun, 22 Nov 2020 04:49:28 +0000 You have to understand the mechanics on disk drives. The inner volumes are significantly slower.

 

This is a physics issue.

]]> Solving Problems SoftRAID Support https://forums.softraid.com/solving-problems/raid-10-two-volumes/#post-5607 RAID 1+0, two volumes https://forums.softraid.com/solving-problems/raid-10-two-volumes/#post-5599 Sat, 21 Nov 2020 22:24:24 +0000 I have 4 8TB disks configured as 2 8TB RAID 1+0 volumes and formatted HFS+. One of the volumes benchmarks about 100MB/s slower than the other (the first of the two is faster). 480MB/s vs ~380MB/s.

Any idea why this might be the case? Shouldn't they have virtually identical performance?

I'm using the beta SoftRAID 6 driver and software.

Attached are pictures of the two volumes.

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