Factory Reset X-RAID2 on NV+ v2 has HIGH IO wait.

[stereoa]

I can't really figure out what I'm doing wrong. I have a freshly factory reset nv+ v2 and I am getting ~4MB/s transfer.

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top - 12:52:02 up 1 day, 19:57,  1 user,  load average: 0.39, 0.11, 0.03
Tasks:  79 total,   2 running,  77 sleeping,   0 stopped,   0 zombie
Cpu(s):  2.0%us, 13.6%sy,  0.3%ni, 3.8%id, 70.7%wa,  0.0%hi,  9.6%si,  0.0%st
Mem:    246820k total,   226144k used,    20676k free,     3832k buffers
Swap:  1048440k total,    27868k used,  1020572k free,    61856k cached

  PID USER      PR  NI  VIRT  RES  SHR S %CPU %MEM    TIME+  COMMAND
28550 nobody    20   0 15356 3684 3116 R 10.6  1.5   0:12.90 smbd
  755 root      15  -5     0    0    0 S  5.0  0.0   2:16.79 md2_raid5
  162 root      20   0     0    0    0 S  1.7  0.0   0:17.14 pdflush
2316 root      20   0  2372  996  564 S  1.0  0.4   3:39.71 monitor_enclosu
1984 root      20   0 87296 6528 2408 S  0.3  2.6   0:42.10 readynasd
28539 root      20   0  2648 1120  884 R  0.3  0.5   0:08.68 top
28559 admin     22   2 52464  22m 4156 S  0.3  9.5   0:00.82 apache-ssl
    1 root      20   0  2016  128  100 S  0.0  0.1   0:35.02 init
    2 root      15  -5     0    0    0 S  0.0  0.0   0:00.00 kthreadd
    3 root      15  -5     0    0    0 S  0.0  0.0   0:09.50 ksoftirqd/0
    4 root      15  -5     0    0    0 S  0.0  0.0   0:00.00 events/0
    5 root      15  -5     0    0    0 S  0.0  0.0   0:00.03 khelper
    8 root      15  -5     0    0    0 S  0.0  0.0   0:00.00 async/mgr
  123 root      15  -5     0    0    0 S  0.0  0.0   0:00.34 kblockd/0
  132 root      15  -5     0    0    0 S  0.0  0.0   0:00.00 khubd
  154 root      20   0     0    0    0 S  0.0  0.0   0:00.00 crypto
  155 root      20   0     0    0    0 S  0.0  0.0   0:00.00 crypto_ret

Over SMB

[StephenB]

Is the unit still building the array? (syncing)

If not, have you tried a direct connect?

[chirpa]

How are you connected, wired/wireless?

Looks like you have SSH already, what is the output of 'cat /proc/mdstat' ?

[stereoa]

Is the unit still building the array? (syncing)

If not, have you tried a direct connect?

No and no. Like with a crossover cable?

How are you connected, wired/wireless?

Looks like you have SSH already, what is the output of 'cat /proc/mdstat' ?

Wired.

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Settings for eth0:
        Supported ports: [ TP MII ]
        Supported link modes:   10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full
                                100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full
                                1000baseT/Half 1000baseT/Full
        Supports auto-negotiation: Yes
        Advertised link modes:  10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full
                                100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full
                                1000baseT/Half 1000baseT/Full
        Advertised pause frame use: No
        Advertised auto-negotiation: Yes
        Link partner advertised link modes:  10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full
                                             100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full
                                             1000baseT/Full
        Link partner advertised pause frame use: No
        Link partner advertised auto-negotiation: Yes
        Speed: 1000Mb/s
        Duplex: Full
        Port: MII
        PHYAD: 0
        Transceiver: internal
        Auto-negotiation: on
        Link detected: yes


cat /proc/mdstat:

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Personalities : [linear] [raid0] [raid1] [raid10] [raid6] [raid5] [raid4]
md2 : active raid5 sda3[0] sdd3[3] sdc3[2] sdb3[1]
      8776634112 blocks super 1.2 level 5, 64k chunk, algorithm 2 [4/4] [UUUU]

md1 : active raid6 sda2[0] sdd2[3] sdc2[2] sdb2[1]
      1048448 blocks super 1.2 level 6, 64k chunk, algorithm 2 [4/4] [UUUU]

md0 : active raid1 sda1[0] sdd1[3] sdc1[2] sdb1[1]
      4193268 blocks super 1.2 [4/4] [UUUU]


[StephenB]

Is the unit still building the array? (syncing)

If not, have you tried a direct connect?

No and no. Like with a crossover cable?

No need for a crossover, it should auto-detect.

The NAS fails over to static IP address 192.168.168.168 if it can't find DHCP. So you can connect it directly to the PC (making the appropriate change to the PC IP address), and rule out any issues with the switch, etc.

[stereoa]

Is the unit still building the array? (syncing)

If not, have you tried a direct connect?

No and no. Like with a crossover cable?

No need for a crossover, it should auto-detect.

The NAS fails over to static IP address 192.168.168.168 if it can't find DHCP. So you can connect it directly to the PC (making the appropriate change to the PC IP address), and rule out any issues with the switch, etc.

Sorry for the delayed reply. I tried that and it was also a no go. I am probably just going to return it tomorrow unless someone has a new idea. I'm only getting around 15 mbit out of my 50 mbit connection through sabnzbd too. :/

[StephenB]

Not sure what you mean by "no go".

[stereoa]

Not sure what you mean by "no go".

Speeds where still the same. On a completely weird note, TODAY they are going about 20mb/s. Still not great, but not as abysmal as before. I'm going to try this new 5.3.5 update to see how well that works. I stripped this thing down to nothing, stopped all addons except sickbeard, turned off AFP, FTP, etc.

[Wish]

What OS are you using?

[stereoa]

What OS are you using?

Tested on windows 7 x64

[stereoa]

Ended up returning the box. Should've trusted the online reviews this unit sucks and Netgear's support is terrible. I got sent to an unprofessional call center where they didn't know how to work the phones let alone troubleshoot the problem. Wasted about 2 and a half hours with support and more with my own troubleshooting. Just took it back to the store and bought a competitor's product.