HELP my vertex's have gone slow!

mpj88 · 5 Jun 2009 at 13:47

Just ran the benchmark test in HD tune and this was the result:

Last time i ran it, it was about 400mb/s!

I have no idea why its so slow. I ran ccleaner i have just upgraded to the latest firmare (any probs with that?). Any suggestions apart from re-formating and starting again?

The Halk · 5 Jun 2009 at 13:57

The drives may need TRIMmed. If you are running a RAID array then sadly you will need to create an image of the array, break it down, create a new partition on each drives. Run OCZ Wiper (get it from the OCZ forums) and then re-create the RAID array and image back to the array.

mpj88 · 5 Jun 2009 at 14:04

I thought ccleaner does the same as TRIM for RAID? Thats what i read on one of their forums.

The Halk · 5 Jun 2009 at 14:11

It can do the same, but results are mixed on single drives and poor on RAID. Mainly the successes have been with JMicron drives. Wiper is fantastic for Vertex though.

mpj88 · 5 Jun 2009 at 14:12

KK well if i dont here any other suggestions i know what im doing over the weekend!

The Halk · 5 Jun 2009 at 14:18

It shouldn't take too long... and it'll get you used to making images - which is good housekeeping anyway! Have a search over at the OCZ forums for tips on imaging and what software works, and what doesn't

cyclone79 · 5 Jun 2009 at 14:41

mpj88 said:
I thought ccleaner does the same as TRIM for RAID? Thats what i read on one of their forums.

I too used the "Wipe Free Space" option in CCleaner on my Vertex RAID and it absolutely killed my read and write speeds. However I have read that this works quite well for the OCZ V2 series.

You will need to follow "The Halk's" advice to restore full performance, this is similar to what I had to do to get back mine.

A good prog for imaging is Acronis True Image, the "clone" option worked a treat for me.

Good Luck,

Cyc.

The Halk · 5 Jun 2009 at 14:47

Psst. It's "The Halk". I don't have wings

cyclone79 · 5 Jun 2009 at 14:50

Ooops sorry for that!

Corrected!

garylouden · 5 Jun 2009 at 14:59

mpj88 said:
Just ran the benchmark test in HD tune and this was the result:

Last time i ran it, it was about 400mb/s!

I have no idea why its so slow. I ran ccleaner i have just upgraded to the latest firmare (any probs with that?). Any suggestions apart from re-formating and starting again?

Off topic but what's the application your using for your funky icon holders?

mpj88 · 5 Jun 2009 at 15:26

Dont think i'll bother with imaging doesnt take long to do a fresh install expecially with these drives

! Just a bit of a farce having to put another drive in to install an os on so i can see see them as "spare" drives!

gary: Its a stardock piece of software called "fences"
http://www.stardock.com/products/fences/

Perfect_Chaos · 6 Jun 2009 at 13:35

you have to backup and wipe the drives clean everytime they slow down? that seems like a big pain.. maybe better to have just 1 then i guess

The Halk · 6 Jun 2009 at 13:38

For now it's much eaiser with 1. Apparently this month OCZ come out with a new firmware which supports W7 RC1 TRIM. Once that's out wiper won't need to be run, however it'll still require device driver support (from Adaptec, Intel, Highpoint, AMD, Areca etc). Once that's all in place then an array will wipe just as well as a single drive with wiper.

Ninja Please! · 6 Jun 2009 at 15:13

I'm not so sure they are right about the trim. That would only affect write speeds and not so much read speeds. No way in heck would I say going from 400mb/s to that is due to the drive needing trimmed. I can show you befores and afters of the trim with my drive and you will see it's only the write speeds that are affected by this.

The Halk · 6 Jun 2009 at 16:02

It affects read speeds too.

Ninja Please! · 6 Jun 2009 at 16:48

that's a lot less dramatic than the op's situation though.

The Halk · 6 Jun 2009 at 17:00

He's running it on an OS drive, which causes dips in the graph. He's also using HD Tune which isn't so great for SSDs. ATTO gives a better picture.

mpj88 · 6 Jun 2009 at 17:11

Does look better with ATTO but still not as quick as they should be!

Will do what you suggested tonight.

cyclone79 · 6 Jun 2009 at 19:08

Yeah for a RAID 0 setup with two drives you should be getting something similar to mine in performance.

Something is wrong here, have you installed the latest chipset drivers, Intel Matrix Storage Console and enabled volume write-back caching?

Cyc

The Halk · 6 Jun 2009 at 19:14

His performance degradation is in line with mine before I broke my array up and used wiper. At least what's showing on ATTO anyway.

However most people find that performance is substandard on ICH10R unless they have IMSM and have enabled write back as you've said. What I think makes that an unlikely cause is he was previously enjoying 400MB/sec sequential reads.