Re: Are there tweaks or hardware considerations to make when bui
It sounds like you’ve thrown plenty of hardware at it. I have a HP EX495 (Pentium E5200) and I see the same issue. I think it has to do with the drive extender tech in WHSv1. When that thing kicks in, it tends to drive streaming performance down. I have all Caviar Black drives (except for the original Seagate shipped with the system) and I still see it, so it is not really something that can be fixed with faster hard-drives.
My thought is this will all be fixed with Vail, the next version of WHS. It uses a completely redone version of drive extender where it is accomplished at a much lower level than the current DE. I plan to build a new machine to run Vail… unless HP provides some sort of upgrade path…
Another thing to watch out for is network drivers. I found the latest RealTek drivers to be really bad… had to rollback after updating as streaming performance was absolutely horrible after a recent update. If I build a machine for Vail, I’ll be sure to choose a motherboard that has Intel GB ethernet on-board.