Ssds will take over one day. But not till they come down in price and much more capacity. The thought of a ssd nas makes me salivate.
Lol. On Sep 20, 2013 1:02 AM, "DSinc" <dsinc...@epbfi.com> wrote: > This I truly understand. The ReadyNAS community is really active about, > "Can I replace my EMC HD's with bigger SSD's?" > I am watching these topics. And, I am now seeing NAS platforms that do now > use SSD's. Sheesh! > I have to admit I am getting old. Some of this stuff is way above me. But, > I do see the push, and, I accept that it will come to pass. > Duncan > > On 09/19/2013 17:01, Robert Martin Jr. wrote: > >> What sold me most on the 5N was the ability to add a mSSD in the >> accelerator bay, to cache data and speed transfers. I have a Crucial m4 >> 128GB mSATA Internal Solid State Drive CT128M4SSD3 in mine. Once I added >> that, the data transfers are crazy fast. Plus the drobo is 5 bays not 4 >> like the readynas NV+. >> >> lopaka >> >> >> ______________________________**__ >> From: DSinc <dsinc...@epbfi.com> >> To: hardware@lists.hardwaregroup.**com <hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com> >> Sent: Thursday, September 19, 2013 1:36 PM >> Subject: Re: [H] 3TB >> >> Oh! Holy cow! I guess I am still learning how to get my NAS to link up >> on my LAN. >> I've never tested, but do not think I see this performance. But then, >> since completing my >> 10base1000 LAN, I have never really tested. Actually, I know not how. I >> just move/copy stuff >> from my desktop to my NAS, and it goes pretty dang quick! The NAS-to-NAS >> backups at Zero-dark-30 >> take place at theNAS' own chosen/agreed upon speed. This I never quibble >> about. Clearly I might not be >> on top of this, but it all works so well for me I just don't worry about >> it at all. I own/run these appliances that >> are so much smarter than me, but still speak to me in their 'plain >> speak' that I treat them as 'family.' Except for >> Intel nic cards, my NAS appliances are the most reliable network >> devicesI have ever owned. >> I know that they use a Debian-based Linux OS so I do not dig into their >> guts. No need to. >> They just plain workand make digital life a bit better. >> NAS-ON everyone! >> Duncan >> >> On 09/19/2013 16:07, Robert Martin Jr. wrote: >> >>> Drobo5N is a completely different beast compared to earlier units. I can >>> transfer 20GB in under a couple minutes over network. ReadyNAS NV+ v1 is >>> about 4-5x that and the v2 6-7x that >>> >>> lopaka >>> >>> >>> ______________________________**__ >>> From: Zulfiqar Naushad <z00...@gmail.com> >>> To: "hardware@lists.hardwaregroup.**com<hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com>" >>> <hardware@lists.hardwaregroup.**com <hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com>> >>> Sent: Thursday, September 19, 2013 12:46 PM >>> Subject: Re: [H] 3TB >>> >>> The deciding factor for me was the hybrid raid. I mix and match >>> different sizes and it works just fine. >>> >>> Before that I had a drobo. Great features but super slow performance. >>> Gave that to my brother in law as a gift and he uses that till today. >>> >>> I don't think I could deal with traditional raid. Having all same size >>> drives would be a bear to upgrade. It's funny. Almost every bay in my >>> synology has a different brand, size and rotation speed. Everything >>> just works and works well. >>> >>> If the synology ever dies I'm never going to switch to another brand. >>> Love the web os of synology and they keep on improving the interface >>> and adding features. I barely use most of them. I just have an >>> antivirus running and do torrents from the synology. I've set it up >>> with ddns so I can add torrents from my phone wherever I am and once I >>> come home it's sitting there for me ready to consume. >>> >>> What more could I want. I also haven't used port teaming to double the >>> bandwidth to 2Gbps. >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>> On Sep 19, 2013, at 6:48 PM, DSinc <dsinc...@epbfi.com> wrote: >>> >>> Hi Zool, >>>> Yes, several in the ReadyNAS community seem to be moving to Synology, >>>> QNAP, and, >>>> others. Fine. Different strokes for different folks! Nothing more.. >>>> I've studied, thought, played with numbers, and decided to stay with my >>>> 3 ReadyNAS boxes until something serious happens. >>>> For certain, Synology will be where I move to! All of my ReadyNAS run >>>> 24/7 and have >>>> never dropped a beat in 3 years. I still wait for my 1st HD failure! >>>> And, any data loss >>>> I have suffered has been totally 'pilot error' (mine!). I'm good. My >>>> NAS boxes are the PFM >>>> part of my home LAN. >>>> Best, >>>> Duncan >>>> >>>> On 09/19/2013 08:28, Naushad Zulfiqar wrote: >>>> >>>>> Ready nas are great. It was between that and the synology for me and I >>>>> went >>>>> with the latter. 3 years on and its still hasn't skipped a beat. >>>>> On Sep 19, 2013 3:03 PM, "DSinc" <dsinc...@epbfi.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Lopaka, >>>>>> Never knew you had a ReadyNAS! Silly me. >>>>>> How do you like your NV+ v2? >>>>>> I started with a DUO-v1 in 2009. I can blame John Steinbruner for >>>>>> that. I >>>>>> have added an Ultra 2 and an Ultra 2+. >>>>>> Just now I stay local. In the future I may off-site one of my NAS, >>>>>> or, may >>>>>> try a cloud backup location. For now, I >>>>>> am very happy with my NAS's. >>>>>> Everything I've ever learned about NAS has been viathe ReadyNAS forum >>>>>> via >>>>>> Netgear. Lots of really smart folk there. >>>>>> Duncan >>>>>> >>>>>> On 09/18/2013 20:48, Robert Martin Jr. wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> I've got five 4TB Seagate drives in a Drobo5N. All working well >>>>>>> about 5 >>>>>>> mos now. I have 4 WD 3TB reds in a ReadyNAS NV+ v2. I had 1 die >>>>>>> within >>>>>>> days, but the replacement is fine. The reds have a better-longer >>>>>>> warranty. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> lopaka >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> ______________________________****__ >>>>>>> From: Anthony Q. Martin <amar...@charter.net> >>>>>>> To: "hardware@lists.hardwaregroup.****com<hardware@lists.** >>>>>>> hardwaregroup.com <hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com>>" >>>>>>> <hardware@lists.hardwaregroup.****com <hardware@lists.hardwaregroup. >>>>>>> **com <hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com>>> >>>>>>> Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2013 3:09 PM >>>>>>> Subject: Re: [H] 3TB >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I have at least 10 of them running in my movie box. They work fine >>>>>>> for >>>>>>> this application. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Sent from my mobile device. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Sep 18, 2013, at 5:16 PM, Winterlight < >>>>>>> winterli...@winterlight.org> >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I want to get one or more 3TB desktop drives to store videos >>>>>>>> on....either a Seagate or WD ... maybe a WD Red. I am really >>>>>>>> looking at >>>>>>>> reliability and price point rather then performance. Anybody have >>>>>>>> any >>>>>>>> issues with large 3TB drives? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >
