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ReadyNAS RN10200 Sufficient ?
I have a ReadyNAS Duo v1 which I am looking to replace. I have only ever used this at its most basic, storing all my data under a single file share giving me plenty of space and some redundancy. W...
you answer for noise and consumption can be found here : http://www.netgear.com/images/ReadyNAS_ ... -73099.pdf
Can you be more precise about what you call streaming ? You mean just play the file remotely, not converting the file so it can be read (transcoding) ? If you want do to on the fly conversion it clearly won't be enough.
If you want to just send the file over network, AFP/SMB can go up to 80-90Mbytes/s in read and 40-50Mbytes/s in write on the RN104 which is the RN102 with 2 more slots. Speed is CPU limited, so if you want fastest transfers you'll need a faster CPU meaning intel CPU with Netgear Lineup.
The 102 has no HDMI whereas intel models have.
The dual gig NIC won't be really useful for speed since RN102/104 won't go any higher than 1Gig NIC (some other models should be able to), you can use the NIC for other purpose. In home environnement those purpose will be limited to advanced users but they still exist :
=> link backup if a router / switch is unavailable
=> second internet connection if you have a 3G/4G (you may know those technologies as HSDPA and LTE depending on your country).
=> a dedicated interface for internet with a proper firewall before the NAS (the option I chose).
=> direct connection to an equipment (let's say a TV since this equipment will only have access to NAS) to save a router / switch port
The web interface doesn't handle dual NIC thoroughly. You can configure IP/DNS/gateway for 2 NICs individually or team them and configure a set for the two interfaces. That's about all. You can't tell that user can connect from this interface, that one from the other, you can't activate SSH/Time Machine only to an interface for example (I would have wanted to enable FTPS/HTTP for the internet port and the rest for the LAN port but can't except if I drop in SSH). I wouldn't bother to take the dual NIC into account if I were you, always better to have it but not really useful for home, speed and CPU arch are more valuable. Intel CPU will have more apps and be faster I guess, ARM should draw less power and is cheaper.
Can you be more precise about what you call streaming ? You mean just play the file remotely, not converting the file so it can be read (transcoding) ? If you want do to on the fly conversion it clearly won't be enough.
If you want to just send the file over network, AFP/SMB can go up to 80-90Mbytes/s in read and 40-50Mbytes/s in write on the RN104 which is the RN102 with 2 more slots. Speed is CPU limited, so if you want fastest transfers you'll need a faster CPU meaning intel CPU with Netgear Lineup.
The 102 has no HDMI whereas intel models have.
The dual gig NIC won't be really useful for speed since RN102/104 won't go any higher than 1Gig NIC (some other models should be able to), you can use the NIC for other purpose. In home environnement those purpose will be limited to advanced users but they still exist :
=> link backup if a router / switch is unavailable
=> second internet connection if you have a 3G/4G (you may know those technologies as HSDPA and LTE depending on your country).
=> a dedicated interface for internet with a proper firewall before the NAS (the option I chose).
=> direct connection to an equipment (let's say a TV since this equipment will only have access to NAS) to save a router / switch port
The web interface doesn't handle dual NIC thoroughly. You can configure IP/DNS/gateway for 2 NICs individually or team them and configure a set for the two interfaces. That's about all. You can't tell that user can connect from this interface, that one from the other, you can't activate SSH/Time Machine only to an interface for example (I would have wanted to enable FTPS/HTTP for the internet port and the rest for the LAN port but can't except if I drop in SSH). I wouldn't bother to take the dual NIC into account if I were you, always better to have it but not really useful for home, speed and CPU arch are more valuable. Intel CPU will have more apps and be faster I guess, ARM should draw less power and is cheaper.
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