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Convince me to stay with ReadyNAS
NetGear seem to be neglecting the ReadyNAS product line. Apparently even the top most models the 3220 and 4220 are only SATA II based whereas everyone else making computers or servers or NAS boxes has...
There is no 517. Either you mean a 516 or a 716.
You can install 36 TB of raw disk capacity with 6 WD60EFRX. The speeds I referred to above were measured using 4 WD3000FYYZ.
The Red's have rotational speeds of 5400 rpm, so they are not as fast as the 7200 rpm WD3000FYYZ. A WD4001FFSX would probably give similar performance to the 'FYYZ, but would limit you to 24 TB of capacity.
Anyway, if you want to see a noticeable performance boost for sequential file transfer over your pro-6, you will need to install a 10 gigE network, which is quite expensive (and AFAIK is not available in laptops).
If you have some small files (e.g, photos and documents) mixed with video/music, you could potentially create a smaller SSD volume for the photos/documents, supplemented by a larger volume of WD60EFRX for the media. The SSD volume would be a lot faster for random I/O and folder searches (even on gigabit networks). But you give up capacity if you do that, and of course SSDs are a lot more expensive.
You can install 36 TB of raw disk capacity with 6 WD60EFRX. The speeds I referred to above were measured using 4 WD3000FYYZ.
The Red's have rotational speeds of 5400 rpm, so they are not as fast as the 7200 rpm WD3000FYYZ. A WD4001FFSX would probably give similar performance to the 'FYYZ, but would limit you to 24 TB of capacity.
Anyway, if you want to see a noticeable performance boost for sequential file transfer over your pro-6, you will need to install a 10 gigE network, which is quite expensive (and AFAIK is not available in laptops).
If you have some small files (e.g, photos and documents) mixed with video/music, you could potentially create a smaller SSD volume for the photos/documents, supplemented by a larger volume of WD60EFRX for the media. The SSD volume would be a lot faster for random I/O and folder searches (even on gigabit networks). But you give up capacity if you do that, and of course SSDs are a lot more expensive.
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