Performance Comparison on Backup Linux Files to QNAP TS-212P

I invest a new QNAP TS-212P which has RAID 1 support, a faster Marvell 88F6282 at 1.6GHz, and more RAM (512MB) compare to my QNAP TS-112 with Marvell 88F6281 at 1.2GHz and 256MB RAM. I bought two Seagate SV-35 2TB for it.

But things doesn’t goes as I expect, it fails to backup some of my files. I never have the same problem on Buffalo HD-LX2TU3 with ext4.

Linux Client

I use OpenSuSE 13.1 on my ThinkCentre Edge 72z. If you want to back up from different systems, : ” \ / * ? < > | are invalid characters in filenames in Windows NTFS but only / in ext4 and : in OSX according to Invalid Characters in File Names.

Using Network File System (NFS) Service with QNAP TS-112 provides comprehensive information about how to enable NFS on QTS 4.0 device.

I use showmount -e [NAS IP] to check for available shared folders and mount it as a local drive by mount -t nfs [NAS IP]:[Shared Folder] [Local Folder].

FreeFileSync is used to backup files here.

Performance Comparison: NFS and Samba

File Transfer via NFS and Samba on QNAP TS-212P with RAID1.

NFS write speed is not as fast as Samba. But it’s much better than backup to Buffalo HD-LX2TU3 with ext4 on ThinkCentre Edge 72z via USB 2.0.

More Thoughts

A media reports that Marvell: Marvell 88F6282 SoC running at 1.6GHz is not as good as Marvell ARMADA 370 at 1.2GHz on Synology DS213j. I only know ARMADA 370 is better because of dual-issue, out-of-oder, double L1 cache (32K), and FPU from datasheet. See if I may invest on it to proof the different.

Reference

1. Buffalo HD-LX2TU3
2. FreeFileSync
3. Invalid Characters in File Names
4. Lenovo: ThinkCentre Edge 72z
5. Marvell: ARMADA 370
6. Marvell: Marvell 88F6282 SoC
7. Marvell: Marvell 88F6281 SoC with Sheeva Technology
8. nixCraft: Linux / Unix: Show Shares on NFS Server [ Shared Directories ]
9. OpenSuSE: Portal: 13.1
10. QNAP TS-112
11. QNAP TS-212P
12. QNAP: QTS 4.0
13. Seagate Surveillance HDD
14. Synology: DS-213j
15. Synology: What kind of CPU does my NAS have
16. T 客邦：Qnap TS-220：最多7顆硬碟的入門款 NAS
17. Using Network File System (NFS) Service with QNAP TS-112
18. Wiki: ext4
19. Wiki: Network File System
20. Wiki: NTFS
21. Wiki: Samba (software)
22. Wiki: Standard RAID levels: RAID 1
23. Wiki: USB: USB 2.0