On 11/6/08, Mat Maessen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 11/6/08, Cory Waters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Oh wise nerds on the PDML, lend me your smartz, > > I have an old AMD K6-2 computer here. I'm using it as a file storage box > > but my transfer speed is like 5-8 Mbps (ugh). The motherboard's NIC is a > > 10/100 version so it should be faster. Somebody suggested the bottleneck > is > > likely to be my motherboard's antiquated IDE interface (non UDMA). Since I > > have open PCI slots, could I get a IDE controller card (like $12) and enjoy > > the breezy speeds of the PCI bus? > > What say ye? > > > Check the DMA settings in the BIOS and at the OS level on the existing > HD controllers. They should at least support UDMA/33, but on a machine > that old you may have to turn on DMA manually on each IDE > channel/target.
You also need to make sure your drives support it, though if you're using it as a NAS I'm sure you've bought some fairly new/big disks for it. > You could also get the $12 controller card, but that will complicate > things as far as the boot process and OS drivers are concerned. This is your FreeNAS box, right? I'd get the $12 controller and move the drives to that if Mat's solution doesn't help things. At the very least, move your data drives over to the PCI card, only put one drive on each cable, and you could just leave the FreeNAS installation on the MB's IDE controller. -- Scott Loveless New Cumberland, Pennsylvania, USA http://www.twosixteen.com/fivetoedsloth/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
