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Post by greybard on Jun 18, 2009 5:16:15 GMT 7
So has anyone been able to determine if getting a full Pentium (with 512 or 1gig of cache) will improve performance or even work.
Just wondering if this Celeron is the best path or if a P4 actually will work and give better performance.
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Post by Moi on Jun 22, 2009 21:05:41 GMT 7
I just upgraded to a SL7SM 2 Ghz 533Mhz (off eBay) on my N5200BPro. Set the J1 jumper to 1-2 and it worked Now to upgrade to latest firmware and recreate the RAID with XFS.
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Post by netaddict on Jun 24, 2009 11:31:10 GMT 7
I just upgraded to a SL7SM 2 Ghz 533Mhz (off eBay) on my N5200BPro. Set the J1 jumper to 1-2 and it worked Now to upgrade to latest firmware and recreate the RAID with XFS. Thanks, this is very helpful. I just returned the bad SL7SM chip and asked the seller to replace it with another. Do you also have a V2 motherboard? I just want to make sure. BTW, I read on another board that ZFS on this Thecus unit is a lot slower than extfs3, so you might be better off sticking with the old FS. ZFS must be in beta code for Linux or something, as it originated in the Solaris environment.
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Post by Moi on Jun 24, 2009 18:37:42 GMT 7
Thanks, this is very helpful. I just returned the bad SL7SM chip and asked the seller to replace it with another. Do you also have a V2 motherboard? I just want to make sure. BTW, I read on another board that ZFS on this Thecus unit is a lot slower than extfs3, so you might be better off sticking with the old FS. ZFS must be in beta code for Linux or something, as it originated in the Solaris environment. I have a N5200 Pro so yes v2 mobo. I won't be using ZFS as it apparently uses FUSE (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filesystem_in_Userspace) which would probably account for the poor performance and bugs (NTFS3G which also uses FUSE isn't affected though) XFS on the other hand is part of the kernel and I'm hopeful it's going to be better than ext3. I'm not a Unix guy so perhaps someone can straighten me out on that point. Then again I might live to regret recreating the RAID with XFS and have to do it again - doh! Cheers
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Post by netaddict on Jun 25, 2009 9:12:20 GMT 7
I have a N5200 Pro so yes v2 mobo. I won't be using ZFS as it apparently uses FUSE (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filesystem_in_Userspace) which would probably account for the poor performance and bugs (NTFS3G which also uses FUSE isn't affected though) XFS on the other hand is part of the kernel and I'm hopeful it's going to be better than ext3. I'm not a Unix guy so perhaps someone can straighten me out on that point. Then again I might live to regret recreating the RAID with XFS and have to do it again - doh! Cheers I wouldn't go XFS unless you have specific large file needs, large meaning up to multi-terabytes. XFS is 64-bit filesystem on 32-bit OS, and is new to Linux. Take it with a grain of salt, but I've been doing Linux since '92, so personally, I stick with a stable filesystem that's actively being developed.
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Post by zap on Jul 31, 2009 4:13:59 GMT 7
Sorry to sound like an idiot but how did you guys get those stupid little pushpins on the heat sink out and what did you replace them with? Cheers.
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Post by Moi on Jul 31, 2009 15:41:38 GMT 7
Sorry to sound like an idiot but how did you guys get those stupid little pushpins on the heat sink out and what did you replace them with? Cheers. It was a pain to remove the heatsink but abit of fiddling and the pins eventually comes loose (pinch them from underneath the mobo if I remember rightly). Didn't replace them with anything...reused it since my new CPU has the same thermal output so no need for a larger heatsink. Just clean up the heatsink and new CPU with isopropyl alcohol, a little thermal paste and pushed the heatsink back into place until the pins locked onto the mobo. Not too difficult even for a numpty like myself Cheers
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Post by zap on Aug 5, 2009 0:59:04 GMT 7
Did you have to rebuild your raid after changing the cpu?
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Post by Moi on Aug 5, 2009 17:38:27 GMT 7
Did you have to rebuild your raid after changing the cpu? Absolutely not! Everything just continued working fine after the CPU upgrade. However, shortly thereafter, I upgraded to the latest firmware and rebuilt my RAID, not because I had any issues, but because I wanted to take advantage of the new features in 2.01.09. Cheers
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Post by zap on Aug 6, 2009 4:11:36 GMT 7
Thank you very much for your replies to my questions Moi. ;D
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Post by 500vdue on Aug 14, 2009 12:38:09 GMT 7
I haven't checked yet, but what is the difference between ver 1 & ver 2 boards.
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Post by Moi on Aug 14, 2009 16:28:00 GMT 7
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Post by 500vdue on Aug 15, 2009 8:37:43 GMT 7
Thanks!
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Post by dje007 on Aug 25, 2009 20:18:56 GMT 7
I just upgraded to a SL7SM 2 Ghz 533Mhz (off eBay) on my N5200BPro. Set the J1 jumper to 1-2 and it worked Now to upgrade to latest firmware and recreate the RAID with XFS. Nice to see that someone followed my path Good jump in performance hey MOI
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Post by Moi on Aug 25, 2009 21:00:07 GMT 7
Good jump in performance hey MOI I've definitely had an increase in performance but can't really say as to whether it was the CPU or the upgrade to 2.01.09 (XFS, 4k block size for iSCSI etc...) and the RAID rebuild. Most probably a combination of both. However, the CPU definitely cames in handy when creating/verifying MD5 sigs for all the files backed up for the RAID rebuild
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