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Hi, I am new to readynas. I just bought an Ultra 4. At same time I bought 4 Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB SATA 6Gb/s, (SATA 3.0), 64MB Cache, 5900RPM, 3.5". I installed the new discs in the new U...
I don't think it the drives in the NAS, I think it is more to do with the Seagate ST9160412AS and Windows 7 32bit. The ST9 tells me that it is a notebook drive which is confirmed by the fact that you are using an HP 8000 Ultra Slim "desktop". I use quotation marks, because in reality the super small desktops are in reality more akin to a laptop without the built in keyboard and display. The use the super small components of a laptop (hence the 2.5" drive instead of the 3.5" drives used in larger desktops) in a case only slightly larger than a desktop and have the same problems that laptops do - heat dissapation. Whereas in a medium desktop case you can have at least 1 120mm fan (many have 3 or more), and a CPU fan that can move a lot of air, the cases on the laptops and ultra slims restrict the air movement and fan size. To compensate, they slow the entire process down inside to generate less heat.
Your memory, while adequate, is not very robust either. Once Vista came out and was in the market place a while, even though Intel stated that it would run in 1GB, most PC's started being produced with a minimum of 4GB. While the NAS has only 1GB, it is running a slimmed down customized version of Linux, not the large Windows OS with all the heavy graphics that take up some of your memory (Intel 4500 integrated graphics chip). The 32 bit OS will not be as fast as the 64 bit OS either.
The fact that a direct connection did not increase your throughput is actually good, as it tells us that nothing in the network is slowing down the transfer speed. Which is good.
Your desktop is a good capable business oriented machine, but is not overly fast, but then business oriented machines rarely are. They are aimed more at functionality and long term dependability (I still have an HP D530 CMT that is now 9 years old and still functions perfectly well, just with XP Pro and is not a speed demon either).
While you are certainly welcome to try a factory default, do not be surprised if the speed afterward is not improved. Do be sure to back up all data before hand as that will wipe all the data from your NAS drives.
Your memory, while adequate, is not very robust either. Once Vista came out and was in the market place a while, even though Intel stated that it would run in 1GB, most PC's started being produced with a minimum of 4GB. While the NAS has only 1GB, it is running a slimmed down customized version of Linux, not the large Windows OS with all the heavy graphics that take up some of your memory (Intel 4500 integrated graphics chip). The 32 bit OS will not be as fast as the 64 bit OS either.
The fact that a direct connection did not increase your throughput is actually good, as it tells us that nothing in the network is slowing down the transfer speed. Which is good.
Your desktop is a good capable business oriented machine, but is not overly fast, but then business oriented machines rarely are. They are aimed more at functionality and long term dependability (I still have an HP D530 CMT that is now 9 years old and still functions perfectly well, just with XP Pro and is not a speed demon either).
While you are certainly welcome to try a factory default, do not be surprised if the speed afterward is not improved. Do be sure to back up all data before hand as that will wipe all the data from your NAS drives.
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