Network storage

NorthstaNder · 12 Sep 2012 at 14:25

Hi,

I've just attached my old USB 2.0 external drive to my Homehub 3 in order to have it accesible to my network. The drive is used to store photo's and also for backing up two laptops.

Thing is, i'm finding transfer rates horribly slow, and also when transferring some photo's to the drive last night and organising them into their folders explorer hung a couple of times and I had to reboot my laptop (windows 7 home premium).

Is this just because it's not the ideal way to utilise network storage? Could it be the Home hub 3 (i've heard it's not the greatest, although my speeds on Infinity are fine after having it installed last week).

Should I look into NAS?

KIA · 12 Sep 2012 at 19:38

Cheap router NAS storage is never going to be fast. What file system is on the drive?

NorthstaNder · 12 Sep 2012 at 20:49

welshdragon · 12 Sep 2012 at 21:41

A dedicated nas solution would not only be a lot faster but will give you some great options eg apps for iphone/ipad/android etc

I just transferred my mates external hard drive into a Synology DS112j (by removing the sata hd from the enclosure and refitting it in the DS112j). Now up and running through his home hub. Nice and quick

DS112J review

NorthstaNder · 12 Sep 2012 at 22:58

OK, I've sorted out the hanging issue and the really really slow speeds. I notice the external drive was shared. Turned that off, and hey presto it works fine now.

Still slow, but at least it works ;-)