Recent content by Ryan Carlson

That was hard terminology for me to understand. I'm not tech savvy. For example interface, protocols, architecture, chip set and bus bottleneck. For the QNAP TS-453BT3 in particular does it share bandwidth between its two TB3 ports and does it have PCIe interface limitations?

Good questions and I agree the speed tests are based on serious power and cost, yet desks cant really move. The goal here is indeed to connect each computer with a single TB3 cable directly to the TS-453BT3. I'll have to sit on this decision. Thank you for your good advice.

In breaking through the slow ethernet barrier, I see the biggest drawback to TB3 is the 6ft cord length. Right? Yes, one can daisy chain, but more $$ and franky cumbersome. TB2 is available in longer lengths, but half speed. With 10GBe, I hear the sound of crickets in in ports. As a non-tech...

Hopefully I'm mistaken, but here is the link and text I was referring too. https://www.qnap.com/solution/thunderbolt3-nas/en-us/ "Note: 1. Directly connecting a QNAP Thunderbolt 3 NAS to a computer establishes a peer-to-peer (P2P) network and enables 20GbE connectivity."

QNAP's webpage says that speed drops by half if directly connected to NAS. Why is this and how can I maximize Thunderbolt 3 speed? Considering direct connect between TS-453BT3 and Microsoft laptops. Thank you.

Thanks. So I'm gathering the risk of a unrecoverable hard drive failure is significant enough to warrant a relatively small inrease in money for 3× bays for RAID 5. I do like the QNAP 332x for expandable RAM and SSD cache option even though the Asustor AS4002T seems generally faster out of the box.

Thank you. I'm curious why a 3+ bay NAS is preferable to 2 for SSD. I don't think I need more than 8-10TB or storage. I'm looking for a small, fast, yet dependable NAS. Any additional insight is much appreciated. Ryan

Hello, I'm looking for advice for the build in the subject line. I'm a landscape architect starting my own small office. It will be two people at first, then hopefully 1-2 more. We will run Adobe Suite, AutoCAD and other 3D modeling software. We will be copying and saving 1 GB files with several...