Trying to find an article by Tim -Atom Vs off the shelf ?

[Blexley]

Unless i'm going nutz didn't Tim write an article after the new Linkstation Pro XHL came out that building your own NAS box had no benifit over an off the shelf Sheeva NAS ?

 

[thiggins]

Are you looking for these?
Atom vs. Geode: Which Makes a Faster, Cheaper NAS?

Intel Atom vs. VIA C7: Which Makes a Faster, Cheaper NAS?

 

[Blexley]

Hi Tim

Wasn't sure if you would be on over the Holiday

I must be dreaming it or i read it elsewhere but i thought you wrote and article awhile back just after you built your first intel Atom NAS saying there was no benifits of building your own NAS over the new off the shelf Kirkwood Marvell NAS units when only using a Single drive ?

 

[thiggins]

Sorry, but I don't remember that specific article. But here's my take on it:

No matter how beefy a processor you use on a NAS, you'll hit a wall at around 60 - 80 MB/s if you're using single drives on either end (NAS or client). To get speeds approaching 100 MB/s, you need at least a two-drive RAID 0 array on a client and an OS capable of > 64 KB block transfers over a network. (see
How To Build a Really Fast NAS - Part 6: The Vista (SP1) Difference

And, of course, multiple drives on the NAS.

 

[Blexley]

Thanks Tim