Slow speeds on Raid 10

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I'm getting slower than what I would have expected on an external raid box (https://www.scan.co.uk/products/4-bay-icy-box-ib-rd3640su3-external-raid-system-for-35-sata-hdd-with-usb-30-plus-esata-host)

I have connected via Sata on a sata card (https://www.scan.co.uk/products/lycom-pe-130-port-multiplier-aware-2x-sata-iii-6gbps-low-profile-pcie-20-host-adapter) connected to a 1x PCIe slot. I was thinking this was the bottleneck as im capping out at 250MB/s no matter if im using Raid 0, Raid 5 or Raid 10.

I tried connecting over usb 3.0 to make sure that its not the PCIe slot that is the bottle neck but im getting the same speeds.

Is this normal, is there anything i can check?

with 4x 2TB barracua 7200rpm drives I was expecting more like 500-600MBS

RAID 0 - SATA
RAID 0 – SATA

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RAID 5 – SATA

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RAID 10 – SATA

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RAID 10 – USB

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RAID 0 – USB
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Copying from SSD to Raid 10 SATA

Best Answer

With 4x 2TB barracua 7200rpm drives your measured speed is excellent in RAID10.

Your expected values for RAID 0 in a best-case scenario, but still there is some clear limitation preventing your array to get more speed. You should of had 400MB/s at minimum.

Note that the SATA card you linked was not designed for RAID, therefore it may be limited.

Also, on USB 3 you will never hit specified speeds, there are many factors that can limit them. You should test RAID 0 with USB 3, though. You might get more speed.

If you want to use RAID 0, you should get a SATA adapter that actually supports 4 ports in any RAID configuration and you should have no limitation and make the RAID directly from the adapter, not from the OS. Otherwise, RAID 1 speed is fine. If you want to keep RAID 1, keep it as-is. You can't get more speed out of that one.

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