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Performance Atom 2.1 vs Ivy bridge 3.3
I am on the verge of buying a new Readynas. What I can't find information on is the difference in real world performance between the 316 and 516. I realise that transcoding of HD material requires t...
I don't think Netgear has posted performance numbers, and I haven't seen much posted here.
However, if you compare Ultra-6 (atom processor) and Pro-6 (E5300 processor) performance there isn't much difference in performance for file reading/writing. I'd expect that to more or less carry over to the RN316 and RN516.
With RAID-6 there could possibly be a difference in write performance. With software raid-6, each write requires updating 2 parity stripes (raid-5 requires updating only one). That might give the faster processor an edge.
If you aren't interested in CPU-intensive add-ons, the RN316 might be the way to go.
However, if you compare Ultra-6 (atom processor) and Pro-6 (E5300 processor) performance there isn't much difference in performance for file reading/writing. I'd expect that to more or less carry over to the RN316 and RN516.
With RAID-6 there could possibly be a difference in write performance. With software raid-6, each write requires updating 2 parity stripes (raid-5 requires updating only one). That might give the faster processor an edge.
If you aren't interested in CPU-intensive add-ons, the RN316 might be the way to go.
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