Just discovered this wonderful site!!!!
First off, your NAS purchase guide is the most "to-the-point" article available anywhere.
Sadly, prior to finding website, I have already bought Buffalo LinkStation Quad (LS-QL) and discovered that the
1) 10MB/s transfer rate
2) slow bittorrent download speed
are probably the most crucial factors for NAS (as the other factors have become "standards") in a day-to-day usage.
Now it's time to decide:
a) Do I buy another one to replace my LinkStation; or
b) Find a way to improve its transfer rate
My preference is, understandably, (b)
My network: Intel i3 PC with 4GB RAM + SMC Gigabit switch + NAS
LanSpeedTest shows avg. of 10MB/s transfer rate from PC to NAS
PC network adapter is Realtek (updated to latest version)
Bittorrent speed test was done on a same file at the same time using utorrent and NAS' built-in. I noticed that NAS' bittorrent registered smaller number of seeders than utorrent on this same file.
Anything I can do to improve this to 20MB/s+? If not, I'm looking at:
Promise NS4600
Thecus 4200
Synology D409
Any other models are also welcome.
First off, your NAS purchase guide is the most "to-the-point" article available anywhere.
Sadly, prior to finding website, I have already bought Buffalo LinkStation Quad (LS-QL) and discovered that the
1) 10MB/s transfer rate
2) slow bittorrent download speed
are probably the most crucial factors for NAS (as the other factors have become "standards") in a day-to-day usage.
Now it's time to decide:
a) Do I buy another one to replace my LinkStation; or
b) Find a way to improve its transfer rate
My preference is, understandably, (b)
My network: Intel i3 PC with 4GB RAM + SMC Gigabit switch + NAS
LanSpeedTest shows avg. of 10MB/s transfer rate from PC to NAS
PC network adapter is Realtek (updated to latest version)
Bittorrent speed test was done on a same file at the same time using utorrent and NAS' built-in. I noticed that NAS' bittorrent registered smaller number of seeders than utorrent on this same file.
Anything I can do to improve this to 20MB/s+? If not, I'm looking at:
Promise NS4600
Thecus 4200
Synology D409
Any other models are also welcome.