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JJZolx Wrote: > No, I wouldn't say that at all. But it depends on what you ask of it. > The Infrant NASs were file servers well before they were running > SlimServer. I wouldn't use one as the primary network storage for a > dozen graphic artists, but the performance is more than adequate for a > small office and certainly for most home use. I'd have to disagree, although it indeed depends on the context you're going to use it in. If you Google for it, you'll find specific numbers - many people have already measured this unit I/O performance in different network contexts. It is more then adequate for PCM streaming, work with documents, etc. But try to copy a couple of Gb of data - it will take hours. Try to stream hi rez video, then try to do all the above simultaneously, and add four Squeezeboxes, and then see how it really does. JJZolx Wrote: > You need gigabit Ethernet for a home file server? Gigabit Ethernet only > became affordable within the past couple of years, and 100 Mbps is still > the rule for user connectivity on most networks. Yes, but they market their devices as Gigabit capable. Doesn't it resemble those first USB2 gadgets that had USB2 iterface, but themselves were capable of transferring data on half of USB1 rate? And - see above why would I want Gigabit. JJZolx Wrote: > I know replacing my 10/100 switch with a gigabit switch helped my > throughput to/from my ReadyNAS considerably. Overall, it can't keep a > gigabit pipe filled, but it obviously outruns 100 Mbps Ethernet, if > only in bursts. That's simply not enough. First, the switch you need is one with good QoS support. Second - cables: CAT6. Old good CAT5 willl stop you at 30% of Gigabit maximum rate. Third - PCI, sharing the same line with a bunch of other devices doesn't help here. What you want is a good PCI-Express 8x or at least 4x RAID card, which leads you to ... Fourth - a good motherboard, preferably SLI, double PCI-E 16x, one of which can be reprogrammed to be used for that RAID card. Five - all this won't help if you don't have a powerful CPU, powerful enough to feed the data into really Gigabit "pipeline" fast enough. -- 325xi ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 325xi's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5661 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=24534 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
