On 12/30/2013 1:00 AM, John Abreau wrote:
I tried a couple cheaper options such as the WD MyBook Live network
drive, but I wasn't really satisfied with them, They were slow to
access, slow to spin up when inactive, and had serious performance
issues when more than one process was accessing
After trying FreeNAS, I'd no longer consider the consumer-level drives such
the MyBook Live as serious options.
On Mon, Dec 30, 2013 at 9:05 AM, Mark Komarinski mkomarin...@wayga.orgwrote:
On 12/30/2013 1:00 AM, John Abreau wrote:
I tried a couple cheaper options such as the WD MyBook Live
On 2013-12-30 09:41, John Abreau wrote:
After trying FreeNAS, I'd no longer consider the consumer-level drives
such the MyBook Live as serious options.
I think this stance is a little overly cautious; there is data showing
that consumer drives don't fail at rates significantly different than
I have some experience with MyBook. At work we used it as a backup
device and it was very, very slow. I think mainly the ARM processor, and
limited memory. I would have never used it as a primary NAS. Initially
we were using an RHEL Intel white-box server, but later we purchased a
NetGear
Even if the MyBook Live turns out to be more reliable than I'd expect, that
doesn't negate the poor performance of the unit, especially when it's
accessed simultaneously by multiple clients. With my usage patterns, that
limitation is extremely noticeable.
On Mon, Dec 30, 2013 at 10:18 AM, Ken
I assume you are still using your FreeNAS system. What file system are
you using, ZFS?
On 12/30/2013 10:56 AM, John Abreau wrote:
Even if the MyBook Live turns out to be more reliable than I'd expect,
that doesn't negate the poor performance of the unit, especially when
it's accessed
I switched about 2 years bac from FreeNAS to OpenMediaVault build on
Debian..
with 3 1tb sata drives. I set it up with ext4 f/s..
Has run nicely without any issues..
http://www.openmediavault.org/
JFeole
On Mon, Dec 30, 2013 at 11:53 AM, Jerry Feldman g...@blu.org wrote:
I assume you are
I don't know what the current crop of WD Desktop drives
is like but when I was evaluating them for inclusion in
a product about 4 yrs ago they didn't make the cut.
In addition to mediocre xfer speeds their design seemed
to indicate unfamiliarity with (or disregard for)
basic concerns like
On 2013-12-30 at 10:18 -0500, Ken D'Ambrosio wrote:
On 2013-12-30 09:41, John Abreau wrote:
After trying FreeNAS, I'd no longer consider the consumer-level drives
such the MyBook Live as serious options.
I think this stance is a little overly cautious; there is data showing
that consumer
