> Then avoiding using SS on a NAS and instead running it on a pc with the
> NAS strictly serving files overcomes the speed issue (this is what I
> have been doing anyway, never tried ss on NAS).

...and introducing a new one: network traffic. Accessing a NAS over the  
network is easily 5-10x slower than local disk access. This is mainly an  
issue during the scan.

> So if the spead issue is so easily overcome, I do not understand why
> many complain about the slowness of using a NAS. Am I missing
> something?

These NAS devices consume much less power, make less noise, are smaller  
etc.

-- 

Michael

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