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DS1513+ Future / Current Owner's Thread
I was waiting for the new DS1513+ but wasn't sure if I was going to get it or the DS1512+. The new features of the DS1513+ really weren't anything that was going to help me (other than possibly the memory upgrade) so I went with the cheaper DS1512+. Happy with my decision but I wish I waited... -
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which of 3 old mobo's to use for NAS?
It has been shown that FreeNAS can be slower at transfers than other operating systems. My system was built based on the "Build Your Own Atom-based NAS" articles. Part one of the article uses FreeNAS and part two compares the same Atom system with Ubuntu server. I have seen the same types of... -
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which of 3 old mobo's to use for NAS?
Thanks, that's good info and will aid me in learning more. I told you I was a bit of a newbie at this.. ;) On the other hand, 00Roush has helps me quite a bit too, so I would agree with his opinion. Thanks for the response, Milo -
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which of 3 old mobo's to use for NAS?
I am far from an expert (actually more of a newbie) but I think it's a toss up between #1 & #3, depending on if you plan to add any cards to the board. The first board gives you Gig LAN which is a big plus, has six SATA ports but only runs at 1.5 SATA and has a 800MHz FSB with only 512MB... -
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What's the speed secret to "Build Your Own Atom-based NAS - Part 2"?
My setup listed in post #1 of this thread is working great as a NAS and FTP server. I still haven't gotten a Media Server installed on it, but that's only because of my lack of time and my lack of knowledge with Linux (Ubuntu). I am just using the two on board SATA ports so I can't comment... -
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How Has SmallNetBuilder Helped You?
SNB helped me in two ways. First it made me realized that adding a USB hard drive to a Linksys WRT610N would probably only be good for occasional (low speed) NAS usage. Although, my thoughts and desires for multiple users and fast transfers would require another solution. Next the "Build...- milo
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What's the speed secret to "Build Your Own Atom-based NAS - Part 2"?
Oops, sorry I forgot to mention those results. I downloaded the free version of HDTune and got the results shown below. Both hard drives have slightly higher average speeds than my current transfers so this might be the bottleneck now. The right (40 degree C) drive is the OS drive when... -
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What's the speed secret to "Build Your Own Atom-based NAS - Part 2"?
Sorry for the confusion, I didn't intend to use XP as a server software but just wanted to use it to test of the performance of the server system. Seeing that the disk to disk transfer speeds went up but the network transfer speeds went down helps me believe it's a configuration issue instead... -
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What's the speed secret to "Build Your Own Atom-based NAS - Part 2"?
Thanks testing at MBytes/s and the info. I have checked the drives for jumpers and have even downloaded the Samsung Test/Configuration LiveCD to check the drives and ensure they are at SATA300, which they are. It's only during the boot messages that I see Ubuntu has them listed at SATA150... -
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What's the speed secret to "Build Your Own Atom-based NAS - Part 2"?
I was going by this article when trying to adjust the setting and edit the registry, as the article talks about editing the registry for the TCP Window Size. TCP Windows Size made a bit of difference in my reading (from 45 to 65 or so) but the real impact was adjusting the Buffer Length. I... -
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What's the speed secret to "Build Your Own Atom-based NAS - Part 2"?
I am currently running Ubuntu 9.04 32-bit server with the ext3 file system on all the drives (OS Disk 10GB, Disk1 1TB, Disk2 1TB). Both the storage (1TB) drives are basically empty other than one or two ~4GB files. I used Putty from my XP laptop to ssh into the server and then ran the... -
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What's the speed secret to "Build Your Own Atom-based NAS - Part 2"?
Thanks for the info and confirming these values look OK. My network read and writes are at the same speed and about half the disk to disk speed. Therefore I assume the problem must be something to do with the network. Time to jump into Iperf and see what I can find. Thanks again for... -
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What's the speed secret to "Build Your Own Atom-based NAS - Part 2"?
UPDATE: OK so I have done some more testing on Ubuntu and am now confused. Using hdparm I ran the following commands and got the following results: > hdparm /dev/sdb /dev/sdb: IO_support = 0 (default) readonly = 0 (off) readahead = 256 (on) geometry =... -
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What's the speed secret to "Build Your Own Atom-based NAS - Part 2"?
00Roush, Thanks for the detailed information. After your first post I googled Iperf and found the Wikipedia page but wasn't ready to try that yet. Last night I reinstalled Ubuntu and used 9.04 32-bit server this time. Using your info, I was able to get webmin installed (with the cert) and it... -
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What's the speed secret to "Build Your Own Atom-based NAS - Part 2"?
Thanks for the info, once again. I still have FreeNAS running for now and just tried the NAS to NAS transfer. I have to say that I'm really confused with the results. I started by making two directories on the NAS drive via windows. I then transferred a 4.35GB file from my computer into...