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    TP-LINK Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Reviewed

    http://thewirecutter.com/reviews/best-wi-fi-router/
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    TP-LINK Archer C7 AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router Reviewed

    What are the differences between C7, C8 & C9? Cheers.
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    Why Do Most Top End Home Wireless Routers Come in Black...?

    : ) Was serious myself though. Could have sought for a EnGenius if not for its so-so performance, and perhaps Apple's if not for its high price and mechanical fan. Cheers.
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    Why Do Most Top End Home Wireless Routers Come in Black...?

    BTW, would it affect the wireless performance if I spray paint the router? Maybe the type of paint will have an effect? Cheers.
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    Why Do Most Top End Home Wireless Routers Come in Black...?

    Any idea...? : )
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    Best Online Backup of a NAS?

    Some NAS vendors have their own cloud backup, like ReadyNAS Vault (https://vault.readynas.com/). And QNAP supports S3, ElephantDrive and Symform by default (http://www.qnap.com/useng/index.php?lang=en-us&sn=2349). Others are probably doing the same thing, more or less... BTW, IIRC, some people...
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    NAS read/write perfomance

    How about the local disk performance (test using "dd") and over Ethernet...? Cheers.
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    NAS read/write perfomance

    Ever tried testing w/o the Samba tweaks...? Cheers.
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    Chenbro ES34169 power supply

    May not be feasible or viable... How about just getting a standard PSU with long/extension cables and put it outside the chassis...? Cheers.
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    Low-end ECC Option

    Intel has just released some 64-bit Atom processors with ECC memory support... http://techreport.com/news/24047/new-atom-chips-headed-to-servers Starting at 54USD. Cheers.
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    nas for storing vmware disks

    What's the throughput your Lacie is capable of...? For such kind of usage (home/small NAS), it seems that software RAID is a better idea. You can install FreeNAS, and possibly unRAID as well, in a VM environment and try them out. Some mainboards come with 4 SATA ports so you may not even need...
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    nas for storing vmware disks

    Does it have to be NAS...? Is DAS possible for you...? Cheers.
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    What NAS OS are you using?

    What about Openfiler (http://www.openfiler.com/)...? Probably an overkill for "home" NAS usage but anyway. Cheers. P.S. Off-topic: Could you make a sticky thread for stevech here so he doesn't have to post everytime someone comes here to look for advice building DIY NAS...? : )
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    Questions on a small, expandable NAS build

    RAM is rather cheap these days and it wouldn't cost you much to stick 8GB into your box, provided that the mainboard supports that much. If you use FreeNAS, use ZFS. Various forms of raid for ZFS have been well-documented which could be uncovered by a simple Google search. For 100Mbps...
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    Component suggestions

    Wouldn't hurt if you just get the HDD and the SATA controller and try. From what I gather, for a basic file server the network connection is probably more of a potential bottleneck than the other hardware when we're talking "real" hardware (not those MIPS processors used in low-end NAS). The HDD...
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