Whitepaper: ReadyNAS FlexRAID Volume Optimization Guide

Whitepaper:
Optimizing Your ReadyNAS® OS Flex-RAID Volumes
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4.2. Sequential Read and Write Performance on iSCSI Volumes
The figure below shows that a RAID 6 volume provides the highest sequential write performance, while RAID 10 has a slight
advantage in sequential read performance. In this test all RAID configurations provided good performance.
Figure 4.2: Volume Performance and Configuration on ReadyNAS Platforms
5. SMB RAID Performance
We ran the following tests:
• Drag and drop performance
• Random read and write performance
• Sequential read and write performance