I'm running OpenELEC on a RPi2 using a USB3 thumb for my system folders and a USB HDD as my storage device.
Nzbget is downloading to the USB thumb and then extracting to the USB HDD.
I am experiencing very fluctuating speeds when downloading. It's a wired connection and should in theory be able to pull around 7 MB/s.
This is a short extract of the speeds I'm getting:
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CPU: 4 x ARMv7 cores available, using ondemand governor
Memory: 1008MB (split 688MB ARM, 320MB GPU)
HW Block: | ARM | Core | H264 | SDRAM |
Min Freq: | 600MHz | 250MHz | 0MHz | 450MHz |
Max Freq: | 950MHz | 450MHz | 300MHz | 450MHz |
Voltages: | +6, 1.2000V | +1, 1.2250V |
Time ARM Core H264 Core Temp (Max) IRQ/s RX B/s TX B/s
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10:28:43 600Mhz 250Mhz 0Mhz 50.84C (50.84C) 2,847 3,345,650 99,058
10:28:46 600Mhz 250Mhz 0Mhz 48.69C (50.84C) 1,939 593,114 16,209
10:28:48 600Mhz 250Mhz 0Mhz 48.69C (50.84C) 1,449 25 126
10:28:50 600Mhz 450Mhz 0Mhz 48.69C (50.84C) 1,528 50 362
10:28:52 950Mhz 450Mhz 0Mhz 49.77C (50.84C) 3,862 2,046,736 62,300
10:28:54 950Mhz 450Mhz 0Mhz 50.84C (50.84C) 5,884 7,589,378 239,303
10:28:56 950Mhz 450Mhz 0Mhz 50.84C (50.84C) 3,836 5,402,297 151,882
10:28:58 600Mhz 250Mhz 0Mhz 50.84C (50.84C) 4,126 5,523,592 178,402
10:29:00 950Mhz 450Mhz 0Mhz 50.84C (50.84C) 3,263 4,237,267 134,912
10:29:02 600Mhz 250Mhz 0Mhz 49.77C (50.84C) 3,805 1,574,529 45,396
10:29:04 950Mhz 450Mhz 0Mhz 49.77C (50.84C) 3,661 2,826,676 89,498
10:29:06 600Mhz 250Mhz 0Mhz 49.77C (50.84C) 3,740 4,845,259 147,301
10:29:08 600Mhz 250Mhz 0Mhz 48.69C (50.84C) 4,651 1,183,580 42,919
10:29:10 950Mhz 450Mhz 0Mhz 50.31C (50.84C) 3,871 4,589,380 141,839
10:29:12 950Mhz 450Mhz 0Mhz 49.77C (50.84C) 4,132 5,386,244 165,872
10:29:14 950Mhz 450Mhz 0Mhz 50.84C (50.84C) 4,076 6,094,109 181,776
10:29:16 950Mhz 450Mhz 0Mhz 50.84C (50.84C) 2,689 2,152,080 78,335
10:29:18 600Mhz 450Mhz 0Mhz 49.23C (50.84C) 3,992 1,055,688 40,363
10:29:21 950Mhz 450Mhz 0Mhz 50.84C (50.84C) 3,997 5,895,662 168,166
10:29:23 950Mhz 450Mhz 0Mhz 50.84C (50.84C) 4,534 4,571,909 141,133
10:29:25 600Mhz 250Mhz 0Mhz 49.23C (50.84C) 4,652 4,645,491 138,098
10:29:27 950Mhz 450Mhz 0Mhz 50.84C (50.84C) 4,986 7,389,271 211,269
10:29:29 600Mhz 250Mhz 0Mhz 49.23C (50.84C) 4,182 2,186,939 65,575
10:29:31 950Mhz 450Mhz 0Mhz 50.31C (50.84C) 3,854 5,505,299 163,574
10:29:33 600Mhz 450Mhz 0Mhz 50.31C (50.84C) 3,657 4,567,781 134,633
10:29:35 600Mhz 249Mhz 0Mhz 49.77C (50.84C) 4,066 1,906,171 64,251
10:29:37 950Mhz 450Mhz 0Mhz 49.77C (50.84C) 4,650 6,741,457 200,849
10:29:39 950Mhz 450Mhz 0Mhz 50.84C (50.84C) 4,836 7,191,857 211,887
10:29:41 600Mhz 250Mhz 0Mhz 50.84C (50.84C) 3,734 5,508,229 160,946
10:29:43 600Mhz 250Mhz 0Mhz 50.84C (50.84C) 4,148 3,296,172 98,009
Directwrite is on
cache of 200 MB
Write buffer 1024 kb
4 connections to server
Changing the InterDir to the USB HDD gives:
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Time ARM Core H264 Core Temp (Max) IRQ/s RX B/s TX B/s
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10:24:20 600Mhz 250Mhz 0Mhz 48.69C (49.77C) 2,286 1,902,204 53,931
10:24:22 600Mhz 250Mhz 0Mhz 48.69C (49.77C) 6,414 5,309,113 141,216
10:24:24 600Mhz 250Mhz 0Mhz 49.23C (49.77C) 3,932 5,925,509 136,757
10:24:26 600Mhz 250Mhz 0Mhz 49.77C (49.77C) 5,242 5,904,208 148,339
10:24:28 600Mhz 250Mhz 0Mhz 48.69C (49.77C) 4,801 5,617,636 147,230
10:24:30 600Mhz 250Mhz 0Mhz 48.69C (49.77C) 4,139 6,026,196 158,241
10:24:32 600Mhz 250Mhz 0Mhz 48.69C (49.77C) 6,471 5,134,539 135,497
10:24:34 600Mhz 250Mhz 0Mhz 48.69C (49.77C) 2,980 3,941,674 110,950
10:24:36 600Mhz 249Mhz 0Mhz 49.77C (49.77C) 4,752 6,457,880 178,777
10:24:38 600Mhz 250Mhz 0Mhz 48.69C (49.77C) 5,527 5,476,342 142,409
10:24:40 950Mhz 450Mhz 0Mhz 48.69C (49.77C) 3,021 4,397,592 119,602
10:24:43 600Mhz 250Mhz 0Mhz 48.69C (49.77C) 5,187 4,427,786 114,484
10:24:45 600Mhz 250Mhz 0Mhz 48.69C (49.77C) 4,244 4,537,930 116,659
10:24:47 950Mhz 450Mhz 0Mhz 48.69C (49.77C) 4,061 6,217,443 151,705
10:24:49 600Mhz 250Mhz 0Mhz 49.23C (49.77C) 6,233 5,856,567 167,047
10:24:51 600Mhz 250Mhz 0Mhz 48.69C (49.77C) 3,906 5,290,446 149,473
10:24:53 950Mhz 450Mhz 0Mhz 49.77C (49.77C) 4,089 5,711,550 153,494
10:24:55 600Mhz 250Mhz 0Mhz 49.23C (49.77C) 5,800 4,070,618 110,168
10:24:57 600Mhz 250Mhz 0Mhz 49.23C (49.77C) 4,719 6,752,213 184,014
10:24:59 600Mhz 249Mhz 0Mhz 49.23C (49.77C) 6,201 5,599,010 141,750
10:25:01 600Mhz 250Mhz 0Mhz 49.23C (49.77C) 7,114 6,552,636 171,806
10:25:03 600Mhz 250Mhz 0Mhz 48.69C (49.77C) 4,190 5,732,520 173,548
10:25:05 599Mhz 250Mhz 0Mhz 48.69C (49.77C) 4,200 6,139,730 157,905
10:25:07 600Mhz 250Mhz 0Mhz 49.23C (49.77C) 4,123 4,896,826 124,170
10:25:10 600Mhz 250Mhz 0Mhz 49.23C (49.77C) 5,943 6,005,579 162,762
10:25:12 600Mhz 250Mhz 0Mhz 48.69C (49.77C) 2,223 2,162,302 66,072
10:25:14 600Mhz 249Mhz 0Mhz 48.15C (49.77C) 5,776 3,996,205 108,507
10:25:16 600Mhz 250Mhz 0Mhz 48.69C (49.77C) 2,196 2,175,643 73,076
10:25:18 600Mhz 250Mhz 0Mhz 49.23C (49.77C) 3,727 5,033,289 149,549
10:25:20 600Mhz 250Mhz 0Mhz 48.69C (49.77C) 2,729 3,626,127 109,249
I like the idea of having the InterDir on the thumb, so the HDD only spins up during unpacking and it should in theory also help out with unpacking speeds.
I'm not quite sure where to go from here to tweak the settings for optimal performance? Any help is appreciated.