Hello,
I have a windows server with the followers specs:
CPU: Xeon E-2274G(4c/8t)
RAM: 32 GB DDR4
Storage: 4 x 8 TB HDD(Raid 0) - no SSD.
I am using this server to create/seed torrents and my server has a 10 gbit/s port so I am trying to get the most out of my port speed. What would be a good settings to use for my case?
Raid 0 gives me about 750-800 MB/s read/write
Optimal settings for a windows server
Re: Optimal settings for a windows server
Since you have no SSD, you can only use RAM as L1 cache. 32GB RAM is very small compared to target drive's capacity. I think one of the possible usages is using 16GB RAM as L1 cache to speed up writing with PrimoCache Defer-Write. Please see https://www.romexsoftware.com/en-us/pri ... write.html
Re: Optimal settings for a windows server
Thanks for the reply!Support wrote: ↑Mon May 09, 2022 7:38 am Since you have no SSD, you can only use RAM as L1 cache. 32GB RAM is very small compared to target drive's capacity. I think one of the possible usages is using 16GB RAM as L1 cache to speed up writing with PrimoCache Defer-Write. Please see https://www.romexsoftware.com/en-us/pri ... write.html
It is what I am using now already but just thought I'd ask about the recommended settings and values to use. This is my current config
Re: Optimal settings for a windows server
First, no need to cache the "Recovery" and the 95MB partition.
Secondly, I'm afraid that 300s latency is too big. You should avoid "Urgent Write" when using Defer-write. Check the following link to see how to tune Defer-Write.
https://www.romexsoftware.com/en-us/pri ... .html#tune
Thirdly, I see the cache overhead is 3.78GB which is a waste. You can increase cache block size to 64KB or bigger to reduce the overhead.
Fourthly, I see that currently system only has about 900MB RAM free. It might not enough for other applications.
Hope this helps.
Secondly, I'm afraid that 300s latency is too big. You should avoid "Urgent Write" when using Defer-write. Check the following link to see how to tune Defer-Write.
https://www.romexsoftware.com/en-us/pri ... .html#tune
Thirdly, I see the cache overhead is 3.78GB which is a waste. You can increase cache block size to 64KB or bigger to reduce the overhead.
Fourthly, I see that currently system only has about 900MB RAM free. It might not enough for other applications.
Hope this helps.