ReadyNAS Pro Series Performance

Performance

Benchmark Results

Note: Benchmark results updated 5/21/2011 with RAIDiator 4.2.16.

Hardware Disclosures

ReadyNAS
ReadyNAS Pro 2, with 2 x Seagate ST32000644NS 2TB Hard Disks
ReadyNAS Pro 4, with 4 x Seagate ST32000644NS 2TB Hard Disks
ReadyNAS Pro 6, with 6 x Seagate ST32000644NS 2TB Hard Disks
RAIDiator 4.2.16
X-RAID2

PC #1
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6700 2.66 GHz, 1GB Memory
Windows 7 Ultimate
3 x Seagate ST3500320NS 500 GB disks Raid 0
Intel Pro/1000 Dual Port Gigabit Server Adapter

PC #2
Intel Xeon Quad-core 2.66 GHz, 8GB Memory
Windows 2008 Server R2
11 x Seagate ST3500320NS 1 TB disks Raid 0
Intel Pro/1000 Dual Port Gigabit Server Adapter

Mac
Apple Mac Pro with 2 x 2.66 GHz Dual-Core Xeon, 1 GB Memory
OS X 10.6.4
3 x Seagate ST3500320NS 500 GB disks Raid 0
Onboard Gigabit Adapter

Network Setup
Switch: NETGEAR GSM7328S
Router: NETGEAR WNDR3700

Tests

Test criteria:

Benchmark tests are run in default mode and jumbo frames mode.
Test client systems are configured with a 3-disk RAID 0 to ensure the client disk is not a bottleneck.
Test data size of 9 GB is used for all tests to avoid caching of data both on the ReadyNAS side and the client side.
Both the ReadyNAS and the client are rebooted before each test, and the first results are recorded. This allows numbers that are easier to reproduce, and again avoids any caching of data to ensure a more thorough analysis of the speed of the ReadyNAS.

The following tests are run:

IOMeter Sequential 256K block reads and writes over CIFS, using Windows 7.
Drag & Drop over CIFS, using Windows 7.
Drag & Drop over AFP, using Mac OS X.
IOMeter Sequential 256K block reads and writes over iSCSI, using Windows 2008 Server R2 iSCSI initiator.
Drag & Drop over iSCSI using Windows 2008 Server R2 iSCSI initiator.

Test results over CIFS: