Recommend me a new NAS

The_blue · 3 Dec 2016 at 17:38

Hi all, my old Readynas Duo2 is starting to drive me mad with how slow it uploads and downloads..

NAS performance test gives me a blistering :-

Running warmup...
Running a 100MB file write on Y: twice...
Iteration 1: 2.90 MB/sec
Iteration 2: 2.55 MB/sec
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Average (W): 2.73 MB/sec
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Running a 100MB file read on Y: twice...
Iteration 1: 1.95 MB/sec
Iteration 2: 1.97 MB/sec
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Average (R): 1.96 MB/sec
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I use it to store pictures and also movies for the media player downstairs.

it's got 2 1TB drives (WD reds) in it already

I'm not looking at spending the earth on a new setup. will something cheap and cheerful like a Synology DS216j 2 Bay do me proud?

KIA · 4 Dec 2016 at 17:06

Yup. Good bang for your buck.

bledd · 4 Dec 2016 at 21:13

That seems horribly slow. How are your devices connected?

+1 for Synology

The_blue · 5 Dec 2016 at 13:38

Thanks!

It's slower than slow. It never was very fast but as it's filled up it's got worse.

It's just plugged into the router and setup with what netgear calls x-raid2

The_blue · 5 Dec 2016 at 14:19

Five times quicker after a restart

Running warmup...
Running a 100MB file write on Y: twice...
Iteration 1: 11.21 MB/sec
Iteration 2: 11.17 MB/sec
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Average (W): 11.19 MB/sec
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Running a 100MB file read on Y: twice...
Iteration 1: 10.30 MB/sec
Iteration 2: 10.58 MB/sec
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Average (R): 10.44 MB/sec
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bledd · 13 Dec 2016 at 20:24

Speeds are still terrible. Do you have a gigabit network and nas?

The specs will be 10x faster with gigabit

The_blue · 14 Dec 2016 at 14:16

I know!!

It's routed through the crappy plusnet router, even direct to the PC its a slow device

Santa has me a new Synology though

The_blue · 14 Dec 2016 at 14:17

Out of interest, whats the best way of shifting all my files to the new device? something better than cut and paste i hope

.:SAmSuNG:. · 14 Dec 2016 at 14:23

I've recently started doing this and I mounted the shared folder of my new DS916+ on my old Ds411j. Then started moving data to that folder.

Would it maybe be quicker if I mounted the shared folder of my old nas in the new one and then moved files to that? Just wondering if the load would be transferred to my new nas which is much faster.

bledd · 14 Dec 2016 at 14:26

Get a gigabit router

.:SAmSuNG:. · 14 Dec 2016 at 22:00

Wouldn't a gigabit switch be easier and cheaper?

AiiR · 14 Dec 2016 at 22:29

.:SAmSuNG:. said:
Wouldn't a gigabit switch be easier and cheaper?

Yup, just have the switch into the router and all the devices into the switch. Any internal traffic will use the switch and be gigabit transfer speeds, only internet traffic will use the router which will never saturate the 100mbps line. It's exactly what I did with my previous home network and the cost was a simply £15 gigabit switch from Amazon.