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freenas ss4200 plan
well, depending on what they want and how much they want to pay for it, 2 of these will fit and operate at very low power: http://miamitechsolutions.com/proddetail.asp?prod=MDWD10TEVTSP Otherwise, the cpu/board combo for $139 would be great with a case that supports flex ATX. -
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freenas ss4200 plan
For full size rack systems, yeah I'd agree that they are way too loud. This is a low power server based on the Intel Atom, so it's just a really beefy netbook processor. If you look at the newegg reviews, they all remark on just how quiet it is. If you look at the actual board, it only has... -
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freenas ss4200 plan
If you're looking for a platform to build your NAS with, I just saw this deal on Newegg today... it's taking a lot of willpower to resist the urge to buy it since I don't NEED another one, but it sure would be fun to test some things out with: Supermicro Dual Core Atom 330 combo... -
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WHS Performance
seems like you're getting better performance numbers, but I think your older hard drive is doing more harm than good since it's contribution of virtual memory to the system is not exactly speedy. Since that system has 4GB of system RAM, it might be interesting to see what your transfer speeds... -
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WHS Performance
You had a question about how windows 7 performance stacks up, and since I've been able to do a little real world testing with the final version of Win 7 Ultimate 64-bit, (Was lucky enough to be a Win 7 Launch Party Host) My fastest transfers are between my core i7 860 (with the win 7 install) as... -
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WHS Performance
Yeah, I second this idea. I ended up doing this with a previous build and I was trying to get Untangle Server up as a firewall. Was having issues with my built in NIC, so I got impatient and bought a Dynex gigabit PCIe adapter from the local Best Buy. Worked perfectly out of the box. -
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WHS Performance
Something else I came across while troubleshooting my desktop's I/O performance: I wasn't getting expected performance out of my drives so I tried some tweaks. Turns out that power management can unpredictably affect performance if drivers aren't optimal. See if changing your power scheme to... -
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WHS Performance
Have you tried any file transfers between your client machines, as in from Kelsey to John? If that transfers at a better rate, you'll know your infrastructure and switch are fine, and can focus on the WHS hardware and configuration. Also, I'm just trying to think of stuff that might have... -
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WHS Performance
Your network should be capable of higher transfer speeds, one question I have right off is what hard drive do you have installed in Kelsey? did a little searching, and the only 160 GB SATA II hard drives from Seagate I could find are the 7200.7 and 7200.9. Both of these have pretty bad... -
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Importance of separate data drive
yeah, that is a good point, though makes me really glad I didn't drop an extra $100 for an SSD now. I guess there might be a performance gain to be had with SSD if you were running some flavor of Windows as the OS for the NAS, virtual memory with better read/write speeds might help caching. But... -
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NAS Upgrade
I looked a bit more into what's the latest on Software vs Hardware RAID, and it seems that short of the performance beasts as in that Areca you like, software wins out as long as you have a CPU that is up to the task. I'm wondering if a Athlon II X4 will have a significant gain in performance... -
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NAS Upgrade
It's a good start, you won't be able to increase performance much more until you can include a second drive in your system and possibly build a RAID 0 array to increase throughput. The Baracuda LP is a good choice, though microcenter has a great deal on Samsung EcoGreen F2s, $70 for a 1TB... -
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Importance of separate data drive
I just did this with my newest NAS build. 2.5" drives make a good low power choice if you can't budget a high quality SSD in your build right now. Just be sure you are buying the latest generation of 2.5" drives, a lot of poorer performing drives tend to linger on the market at or near full... -
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How to Buy a NAS short version
I really enjoyed the article, and your previous one on how to build a really fast NAS. I've used your findings to build 2 NASes that are more like servers now with all the added functionality I've been able to include. As I was reading your latest article, I kept wondering how my NASes I...- wathman
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