NAS - Build a Linux NAS - Benchmark the System

Share the raid partition through CIFS/SAMBA and test the performance using http://www.808.dk/?nastester

Obtain RAID Array Timings

hdparm -Tt /dev/md0

returns:

/dev/md0:
 Timing cached reads:   4284 MB in  2.00 seconds = 2142.08 MB/sec
 Timing buffered disk reads: 586 MB in  3.00 seconds = 195.15 MB/sec