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Advice Plz... HD Videos to PS3 with ReadyNAS Ultra 2
Hi All, I am looking for some advice before I go and spend my $$$ on a NAS. My home network and Entertainment system is made up of... Apple Airport Extreme Gigabit 802.11N Router 2x Macbook Pro...
1. The Ultra 2 should be able to satisfy your demands, although I would suggest that if you can swing it, go for the 4 bay Ultra 4.
2. That is up to you. The Ultra 2 Plus (and Ultra 4 Plus) use a dual core Atom processor as opposed to the single core Atom processor in the Ultra 2/4. Both lines are 64 bit, however. (All current x-86 desktops have 64 bit processors).
3. While I cannot say definitely, since I don't own any of the hardware in question, but I would certainly expect that it would. (I store video on my NVX which is now discontinued in favor of the Ultra 4, and have no problems playing it on my PCs. FWIW - The NVX has a single core 32 bit processor)
The Duo uses an older Infrant designed processor and has 256MB of ram as opposed to the newer systems processor with 1GB of ram. FWIW - increasing the ram won't help much as the processor is the bottleneck on the older systems. Sufficient for most file server tasks, but it's file transfer speed is around 25-30 MB/s max. My NVX is three times that at 60-70 MB/s max and the Ultra series is a bit faster still.
2. That is up to you. The Ultra 2 Plus (and Ultra 4 Plus) use a dual core Atom processor as opposed to the single core Atom processor in the Ultra 2/4. Both lines are 64 bit, however. (All current x-86 desktops have 64 bit processors).
3. While I cannot say definitely, since I don't own any of the hardware in question, but I would certainly expect that it would. (I store video on my NVX which is now discontinued in favor of the Ultra 4, and have no problems playing it on my PCs. FWIW - The NVX has a single core 32 bit processor)
The Duo uses an older Infrant designed processor and has 256MB of ram as opposed to the newer systems processor with 1GB of ram. FWIW - increasing the ram won't help much as the processor is the bottleneck on the older systems. Sufficient for most file server tasks, but it's file transfer speed is around 25-30 MB/s max. My NVX is three times that at 60-70 MB/s max and the Ultra series is a bit faster still.
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