NAS Advice - Page 2

Graham M · 26-08-2010, 19:10

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Originally Posted by Damien

Ordered them from amazon. ReadyNas Duo and the 2TB HD.

Any tips on what to do when I get it?

You mean apart from plugging it in, that always helps xD

Paul K · 26-08-2010, 19:15

Read the manual lol Have a look through the readynas forum on the netgear site while you wait for it to arrive. It's simple to install and setup.

**Damien** · 26-08-2010, 19:19

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Originally Posted by Paul

Read the manual lol Have a look through the readynas forum on the netgear site while you wait for it to arrive. It's simple to install and setup.

How about installing latest firmwire, I think I need to do that to ensure maximum comparability with the drive I got? I have a 1tb drive as well, how simple would it be too plug that in, transfer it's contents to the 2tb drive, then add another 2tb drive with RAID? I don't want RAID to kick in when I entered the 1tb drive..

Thanks for the help btw!

**Damien** · 28-08-2010, 12:09

Well it's arrived

Any tips on how to boost performance? It's quite slow transferring over the network..

ZrByte · 28-08-2010, 15:19

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Originally Posted by Damien

Well it's arrived

Any tips on how to boost performance? It's quite slow transferring over the network..

They generally are slower. The only sure way to get a fast one is to go the freeNAS route or get a server instead. Out of interest how fast is it going? a good one should really give about +8MB/s write and +12MB/s read though the average is probably about half of that.

**Damien** · 28-08-2010, 17:13

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Originally Posted by ZrByte

They generally are slower. The only sure way to get a fast one is to go the freeNAS route or get a server instead. Out of interest how fast is it going? a good one should really give about +8MB/s write and +12MB/s read though the average is probably about half of that.

I haven't tested but less than that.

My router does 54mps. Do you think I would benefit from getting a faster one?

Paul K · 29-08-2010, 09:11

Everything is going through the router so it will take time anyway, we have a 1Gb router sat between our PCs but obviously you will only see a difference if your network cards can push the data out at that speed too. One thing to remember though is that once it's on there then the job is done and won't have to happen again. We had to shift a lot of data onto ours so left it over night running.

**Damien** · 29-08-2010, 09:14

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Originally Posted by Paul

Everything is going through the router so it will take time anyway, we have a 1Gb router sat between our PCs but obviously you will only see a difference if your network cards can push the data out at that speed too. One thing to remember though is that once it's on there then the job is done and won't have to happen again. We had to shift a lot of data onto ours so left it over night running.

Yeah, I am using the backup feature to copy content from my external HD (800gig!) over usb. So that's better. However for basic streaming of HD content across the house I am wondering if I should go to a Wireless N router which is capable of pushing more data around, or is the bottleneck at the ReadyNAS itself?

Also, would I benefit from a Gigabit router or not?

Paul K · 29-08-2010, 09:36

If your PCs can match the network speed then throwing the data around the network would always benefit. The difference between a 10/100 and a 1gb network card can be staggering. Our 1Gb router sits between the PC network and our ADSL router so we can maximise the speed of the internal network since we don't need an amazing speed on the ADSL router since we can't get 1Gb download speeds from it

**Damien** · 29-08-2010, 09:45

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Originally Posted by Paul

If your PCs can match the network speed then throwing the data around the network would always benefit. The difference between a 10/100 and a 1gb network card can be staggering. Our 1Gb router sits between the PC network and our ADSL router so we can maximise the speed of the internal network since we don't need an amazing speed on the ADSL router since we can't get 1Gb download speeds from it

If everything but the NAS is connected via wireless then the bottleneck won't be the speed the nas can talk with the router is it? So gigabit would be useless because the wireless speed is much slower?

ZrByte · 29-08-2010, 10:56

Maximum speed of 54G is about 3MB/s. Maximum I have got over wireless N is 7MB/s. 100mb LAN should be about 12MB/s, Best I have ever got from 1000mb LAN is 45MB/s though normally closer to 25MB/s.
Can your NAS be hard-wired over Ethernet or is it one of those wireless only units? If you can hard-wire it I would try it over 100mb or 1000mb and try to find the units limit, If its 6MB/s then you know wireless N should be fine, if the max speed is about 4MB/s or slower then you may find its not worth the investment in N for 1MB/s increase.
Most HD videos I have watched can stream comfortably over 54G for one stream though you wont be able to do much more with the wireless than browsing the internet (No fast downloads) or the video will start to stutter. If you find your NAS is fast enough and you have the need for multiple video streams or more intense use of the wireless for other uses (Or users) at the same time then N may be an option.

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Originally Posted by Damien

If everything but the NAS is connected via wireless then the bottleneck won't be the speed the nas can talk with the router is it? So gigabit would be useless because the wireless speed is much slower?

Thats right because if the router is 54G then the maximum total bandwidth is 3MB/s so the wired connection to the router between the NAS is redundant.

TheNorm · 29-08-2010, 11:28

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Originally Posted by Damien

...This is the one I am considering: http://www.ebuyer.com/product/149510
...

Have you claimed your free 500GB hard drive?

http://www.netgear.co.uk/freedrive.php

**Damien** · 29-08-2010, 13:58

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Have you claimed your free 500GB hard drive?

http://www.netgear.co.uk/freedrive.php

Woah Cheers!

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Originally Posted by ZrByte

Maximum speed of 54G is about 3MB/s. Maximum I have got over wireless N is 7MB/s. 100mb LAN should be about 12MB/s, Best I have ever got from 1000mb LAN is 45MB/s though normally closer to 25MB/s.
Can your NAS be hard-wired over Ethernet or is it one of those wireless only units? If you can hard-wire it I would try it over 100mb or 1000mb and try to find the units limit, If its 6MB/s then you know wireless N should be fine, if the max speed is about 4MB/s or slower then you may find its not worth the investment in N for 1MB/s increase.
Most HD videos I have watched can stream comfortably over 54G for one stream though you wont be able to do much more with the wireless than browsing the internet (No fast downloads) or the video will start to stutter. If you find your NAS is fast enough and you have the need for multiple video streams or more intense use of the wireless for other uses (Or users) at the same time then N may be an option.

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Thats right because if the router is 54G then the maximum total bandwidth is 3MB/s so the wired connection to the router between the NAS is redundant.

Thanks! I am upgrading to N to help with the many devices connected to it now!

Paul K · 29-08-2010, 14:52

You didn't know about the free drive? Deary me lol They have been doing that offer for a while now. 3 of us in work have the Readynas and so far only one person had an issue setting it up and that was PEBCAK and we made him very aware of it

**Damien** · 29-08-2010, 17:39

What happens with a N Wireless network if someone with a computer that can only do G connects?