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^^ All of my 5900rpm green drives can write at 115-120MB/s and read speed is about the same. I still don't know why reads from the unRAID array are only around 50-55MB/s on a gigabit network. I know the throughput is slightly over 100MB/s through my network.
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I bought the QNAP TS-410, which was one of PoofyHairGuys recommendations. I'm having a terrible time with - I can't get transfers speeds above 10 MB/sec over my LAN.
I would like to try his other recommendation for an off-the-shelf NAS, but it seems like it has been discontinued.
Does anyone have any suggestions for a good off-the-shelf NAS with a reasonable price/performance ratio? Poofy, do you have updated recommendations? I'm just using it for basic file sharing in my home.
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Check the text on the cable. If it says CAT5e or CAT6 your good.
If it says CAT5 its an old slow cable
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FWIW, I get roughly 90-100MB/s on my gigabit network from one PC to another, which is pretty good considering the theoretical limit of gigabit is 125MB/s.
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Thanks guys. I think I figured out part of my problem. The cable that came with the new Netgear router is Cat5. I had that cable in the chain when testing the transfer rate from NAS-->router-->PC, all hardwired. I'm now getting about 60 MB/sec, which still seems slowish but acceptable.
However, when I try to transfer files wirelessly over the LAN, I'm still stuck at ~11 MB/sec. Should the wireless transfer rates be that much slower than hardwired?
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eskro
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2011-05-15, 01:10
(This post was last modified: 2011-05-15, 01:16 by eskro.)
i would be happy at ~11 MBs via WiFi Transfer..
here at home, i get only ~4 MBs via WiFi Transfer...
Both my WiFi card and Router are Single Band N Draft2 (300MBs)....