Whitepaper: ReadyNAS FlexRAID Volume Optimization Guide

Whitepaper:
Optimizing Your ReadyNAS® OS Flex-RAID Volumes
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5.1. Drag and Drop Performance on SMB Volumes
The figure below shows that a RAID 10 volume provides, by a small amount, the best overall drag and drop performance,
while RAID 10 has a slight advantage in sequential read performance. In this test all RAID configurations provided good
performance.
Figure 5.1: Volume Performance and Configuration on ReadyNAS Platforms
5.2. Random Read and Write Performance on SMB Volumes
The figure below shows that for all RAID volumes random reads perform much better than random writes. RAID 5, RAID 10,
and RAID 50 have the best random read performance and good random write performance.
Figure 5.2: Volume Performance and Configuration on ReadyNAS Platforms