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    How To Build a Really Fast NAS - Part 3: Windows Home Server

    Another great article Tim. I love how it's shaping up with your very methodical stepwise approach. I can't wait to see what happens once you throw Raid into the mix. I think i remember reading you mentioning including runs with Linux at some point as well. I hope i remember that...
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    How To Build a Really Fast NAS - Part 2: Shaking Down the Testbed

    Wow Dennis, those are the fastest NAS transfer speeds i've seen posted. So would it be fare to assume that the ~60MB/s glass ceiling encountered in NAS testing is from single drive systems that the nas is transferring files to and from as opposed to a limitation of the NAS itself? This may...
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    How To Build a Really Fast NAS - Part 2: Shaking Down the Testbed

    Great article! This series could not have been more timely as i've recently started working towards a NAS and trying to decide between buying and building a box. I have specifically been plagued by the fact that NAS performance data never seems to approach saturating a gigabit network so I...
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