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ReadyNas Ultra Six Plus
On the comparison list PDF (http://www.readynas.com/wp-content/uplo ... n_Home.pdf) it lists both the Ultra Six and Six Plus as having dual core CPUs whereas on the product description page for the Ul...
Compared with the Ultra 6/Ultra 6 Plus, The Pro 6 also offers a 5 year warranty (3 years on Ultra 6/Ultra 6 Plus) and business features (such as NIC Teaming to bond the ethernet NICs together for failover/performance benefits; Rsync over SSH; Snapshot feature etc.). You may not need the business features, but the extra warranty in my opinion justifies getting the Pro 6 ignoring the other features. If you want to transcode (convert on the fly) HD 1080p video to stream to a mobile device such as the iPad, then currently out of the desktop ReadyNAS models only the Pro 6 is fast enough to do so. Take a look at http://www.readynas.com/plex
I should add that whether you'll notice a performance difference between the different models depends on a variety of factors, such as:
1. Will you be using multiple client machines to connect to the NAS at once?
2. Do you intend to run add-ons on the NAS (e.g. ReadyNAS Photos II, Torrent add-on, AirVideo, Plex etc.)?
3. What's the hardware like in your client machines? Do you use a single mechanical hard drive, a Solid State Drive, RAID with multiple mechanical hard drives?
4. Would you like to get a NAS that you can't take full advantage of yet, but will be able to as you move to a new computer or add better hardware (e.g. a SSD) to your existing one?
There's a good guide to performance expectations here: http://home.bott.ca/webserver/?p=363
If you're using a single mechanical hard drive in a single client machine and using the NAS simply as a basic file server you shouldn't notice much (if any) of a difference between the models in day-to-day usage.
I should add that whether you'll notice a performance difference between the different models depends on a variety of factors, such as:
1. Will you be using multiple client machines to connect to the NAS at once?
2. Do you intend to run add-ons on the NAS (e.g. ReadyNAS Photos II, Torrent add-on, AirVideo, Plex etc.)?
3. What's the hardware like in your client machines? Do you use a single mechanical hard drive, a Solid State Drive, RAID with multiple mechanical hard drives?
4. Would you like to get a NAS that you can't take full advantage of yet, but will be able to as you move to a new computer or add better hardware (e.g. a SSD) to your existing one?
There's a good guide to performance expectations here: http://home.bott.ca/webserver/?p=363
If you're using a single mechanical hard drive in a single client machine and using the NAS simply as a basic file server you shouldn't notice much (if any) of a difference between the models in day-to-day usage.
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