> Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2012 17:24:51 +0100
> From: [email protected]
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: modern cheap NAS fully supported by Debian? - slightly OT
>
> On Fri, 27 Jul 2012 09:03:15 +0100
> Tim Fletcher <[email protected]> allegedly wrote:
> >
> > Even powerful modern x86 boxes are still CPU bound with scp so as
> > Tixy says adding scp to the mix complicates the testing.
> >
> > For example I get roughly USB2 wire-speed (30mb/s ish) from my
> > iconnect over iscsi, AoE or nfs but much slower if I use scp or rsync
> > over ssh. --
> >
>
> OK, OK, I picked a bad test.
>
> For comparison, here are the results copying from NFS and CIFS mounts
> alongside the original scp test figures.
>
>
> scp NFS CIFS
>
> slug 1.3 MB/s 3.9 MB/s 4.2 MB/s
>
> DNS 320 3.6 MB/s 7.6 MB/s 5.6 MB/s
>
> I confess I am puzzled by the difference between the two devices using
> CIFS. I have repeated the tests and get the same results. It seems odd
> that CIFS should be faster than NFS on the slug, but so much slower on
> the DNS. I guess that may be down to implementation (or version)
> differences.
>
> Mick
>
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I'm currently seeking an upgrade to my NSLU2 and just bought a Thecus N2100 as
you can install a internal wireless adapter via mini-pci slot and also upgrade
the RAM to 512MB. Overall has a nice spec
Intel IOP 80219 CPU running at 600 MHz2 SATA slots1 DDR400 slot, populated with
128 MB RAM3 USB 2.0 ports2 GBit Ethernet1 mini-PCI slot
Installation instructions can be found here
http://www.cyrius.com/debian/iop/n2100/
I'll let you know how i get on with it.
