Storage NAS box recommendations please

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  1. wyx087

    wyx087 Homeworld 3 is happening!!

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    haven't CPC already done a feature on NAS? that's why i chose Synology for my NAS (but 4 bay version as 2 bay is not enough)
     
    wyx087, 22 Sep 2010
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  2. Parge

    Parge the worst Super Moderator

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    Hey Bit Techers, what do we think of things like this

    - Basically a way to share external USB HD over the network

    - Would be great for me, not even having to reformat! - if they work......
     
    Parge, 22 Sep 2010
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  3. saspro

    saspro IT monkey

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    It's going to be slow.
    I'm not overly sure you'd be able to plug & go either.
     
    saspro, 23 Sep 2010
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  4. okenobi

    okenobi What's a Dremel?

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    Thanks for all the help guys. I'm gonna need to do some pricing up and comparing stuff before I take any action....
     
    okenobi, 23 Sep 2010
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  5. kenco_uk

    kenco_uk I unsuccessfully then tried again

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    I have a 2 bay Zyxel NAS-220 and it's brilliant apart from the fact that transfers to it are not as quick as I'd hoped. Even in raid-0, it seems to be hitting a wall somewhere as the best I've got is around about 12MB/s, despite the unit and my rig having gigabit connections and using cat6 or cat5e. It's the same with XP, Vista and 7. I was expecting around 70MB/s but it's got to be the NAS's shortfall tbh.

    If I were to set up a m-itx, is there a good read/write throughput, i.e. with two drives I'd expect 70MB/s or more? The trouble is, I'd want to expand on more than two disks too although 2.5" disks would be fine if space is limited, as they're now available in the 1TB size.
     
    kenco_uk, 23 Sep 2010
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  6. JaredC01

    JaredC01 Hardware Nut

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    To add a bit of logic to the mix... If you're talking about building a NAS box, connected over network (even 1Gbps), the network is going to be the bottleneck, not the 5400RPM spindle speed of the drive. If you were going to consider a NAS, why would you NOT consider new drives despite the spindle speed?
     
    JaredC01, 23 Sep 2010
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  7. klutch4891

    klutch4891 What's a Dremel?

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    Did your test use DSM 3? I just realized that they snuck out that and some Android apps when I wasn't looking.
     
    klutch4891, 23 Sep 2010
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  8. wyx087

    wyx087 Homeworld 3 is happening!!

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    DSM 3 is still in Beta phase....... best to wait for official release. unless the NAS is something you don't mind loosing.

    there could be so many limiting factors, i think usually the RAID controllers will be the limitor even with 5400rpm drives and gigabit LAN.
     
    wyx087, 23 Sep 2010
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  9. klutch4891

    klutch4891 What's a Dremel?

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    I could be wrong but from what I can see it's not in beta for the 209, which is what I have. It looks like the officially supported firmware as of 9/21. DSM3.0-1337.

    It's not a huge performance difference from what I've seen so far, it just lets you multitask through the web interface.
     
    klutch4891, 23 Sep 2010
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