USB3/Esata + network?

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So, trying to get my main storage out of my main case so there's more space for things like water cooling etc as the need for the drive bays is causing headaches in this direction.

Does anyone know of an external "box" that can do raid 5 (with at least 3 drives) and allow connection via EITHER usb3/esata AND host it on a network at the same time? Would need to have the logic to allow network access and via the other interface simultaneously.

i.e not just something I can plug in to add files then put back on network/etc.
 
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What I'm trying to say is you have to sacrifice one for the othother you cannot have (in my experience) both USB/esata connected as well as being networked.
 
gareth170 said:
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no

on my NAS i get about 45-55MB/s , my USB3 drive gets between 95-115MB/s.

USB3 drives are much faster than network drives
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I can get 100MB/s+ out of my ethernet connection, you must have something slowing things down. I use cat 6 cables and my connection goes through a cheap 5 port gigabit switch.

My connection goes Home server --> Switch --> Desktop

My internet connection and the rest of my network is also connected to the switch with a home plug but I get slower speeds through that.

My home server simply consists of an old desktop PC housed in a fractal Core 1000 case with two hot swap bays in the front. Its silent thanks to only having one fan which runs very slowly and an SSD for the boot drive. There are cheap alternatives to this such as HP micro servers although they are a little louder but still quiet. You can install an OS of your choice on them and have them perform other functions as well as just storage. If its just storage you are after you could always look at a pre built NAS solution.
 
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Sorry, I'd forgotten this.

I'm after something with decent transfer speeds (I.e better than the 80-100MB/sec over a perfect gigabit connection) for my main machine that can also be seen as a network drive. It's not a common option, I know, figured there might be something that did it.
 
Either a microserver or DIY server to get those speeds.

I've recently put together a server using a ITX MB with a 35W i3, can push files across the gigabit connection at 90MB-110MB/s.
 
USB 3.0 is 5x faster than 1Gb/s Ethernet.

USB 3.1 (2013) is 10x faster.

The HDD inside the units will be the factor in speed but many modern HDD's can do more than 100-170+MB/s which is faster than 1Gb/s Ethernet can do after overheads.

I know a 100Mb/s NIC is 92-94Mb/s in real use so guessing above for 1Gb/s real use speeds.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USB_3.0
 
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