Agreed, the router can also be a big factor. I recently replaced my Asus rt-n16u with a NetGear R7000 also referred to as the NightHawk which also has some terrific ratings. It performs like a champ.
Best regards, Rick Alfaro -----Original Message----- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane Trethowan Sent: Monday, March 23, 2015 12:19 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: WD My Cloud For Storing Audio Exactly, a lot of the earlier devices were under powered when it came to processing. There are other factors of course, the Rooter itself for example. I don't want to appear to be boasting but it would seem that - according to all the Rooter reviews I've studied - that I have one of the best Rooters around today which is an Asus RTN56U which can handle 300,000 data operations per second, there are better of course but at $100 when I bought it 2 years ago? Well I couldn't be happier. On 24/03/2015 2:22 AM, Rick Alfaro wrote: > Hi, I can only compare to my DLink 321 with it's gigabyte Ethernet > connection. The difference in performance was huge, literally like night and > day. Both the MyCloud and the DLink were gigabyte connections so I imagine > the big difference would be attributed to the much better processor on the > MyCloud. > > > > Best regards, > > Rick Alfaro > > -----Original Message----- > From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Richard > Bartholomew > Sent: Saturday, March 21, 2015 6:45 PM > To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' > Subject: RE: WD My Cloud For Storing Audio > > Very interesting to read this review and the comments about its performance. > One question of anyone who has used a NAS drive in the past...generally, does > the WD My Cloud offer improved performance over, say, a Netgear NAS drive? I > appreciate there are many factors which would affect such a comparison but > I'd appreciate anyone's gut-feel for this - certainly, the ease of use and > interface of this drive seems to be far better than my current Netgear but > wonder if it's worth swapping over from a performance point of view! > > Thanks > Richard Bartholomew > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane > Trethowan > Sent: 20 March 2015 01:25 > To: PC Audio Discussion List > Subject: WD My Cloud For Storing Audio > > Hi! > > I recently bought one of these drives and my only comment is that I'm really > sorry I didn't buy one earlier. > > The WD My Cloud has a whole variety of uses including the storage and sharing > of audio/video files around your house using DLNA and so on. > > Before the WD My Cloud drive came along I was using USB drives hanging off > the Asus RTN56U rooter, whilst this method of sharing media was affective the > speed was very slow. > > With the WD My Cloud connected directly to the Rooter I've fround speed has > increased even to the point where the WD My Cloud can be carrying out several > data operations at one time without any drop in performance, for example a > backup from the Windows PC and the Mac can be going on whilst you access your > favourite tracks from a Playlist with your Android Phone or whatever. > > The following review outlines and describes many of the drives capabilities. > http://gadgets.ndtv.com/laptops/reviews/wd-my-cloud-review-versatile-and-user-friendly-552860 > -- ********** Those who need help are those who are prepared to help themselves
