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Which unit to buy RN628X vs RN528X & RR4312X ?
Trying to decide between these 3 models ... does the RN528x have enough CPU /ram power for 4K Transcoding & PLEX Server? as it seems to have less RAM/CPU whereas the RR4312X /RN628X both have similar Xeon (the 628x being faster on some benchmarks) - can we manually update the RAM on the new models?
if we purchased 2 RN528X that would give us 16 drive bays at cheaper price then the RN4312X with only 12 bays "most bang for the buck" what is the purpose of the RN628X having 2 1GB & 2 10GB ports ? is this a design flaw ? - if you bond the 2x10GB ports together using LACP 802.3AD for 20GB - why have any 1GB ports on the unit ? can they also be used at the same time? (the RN528X has only 2 10GB ports that act as either 1GB or 10GB - which makes more sense)
can the EDA500 be used with the new RNx28 models? unforutnately size/height is an issue (the EDA500 doesn't match height of the previous generation RN516 which causes an issue because we places the switches ontop of the NAS devices ( is there a replacement EDA700 in the works with the same silver color/height?
Lastly - comparing the RN716X to the RN628X/RR4312X - am I correct to say the discontinued 716 has a Faster CPU/greater throughput (at a higher price point) then the new RN628X or am I missing something...
If you're wanting to do real-time transcoding you should go with the RN628X. It depends on various factors about the video how well it would work.
If just needing to transcode for e.g. syncing to a tablet (a Plex Pass feature) then it taking longer is not as big an issue.If you just need to stream (not transcode) then it shouldn't matter which you go with.
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Why do you not create a catalogue of properties your future nas should have and evaluate those three models against that? For example for each of the desired properties you could have a minimum of 0 and a maximum of 10 points.
Once you ran through the evaluation you could build the sum of points for each model on your list and you will hopefully see a clear winner.
In case you want to finetune the evaluation process you might give each and every desired property a different scale. Sometimes between 0 and 10, or 0 and 100, even from 0 to 1000. The scale should depend on the importance of a certain property to your desired ReadyNAS.
kevinfor2014 wrote:RN628X having 2 1GB & 2 10GB ports? Is this a design flaw?
This is common design. RN4220 and RR4312 are the same. For example, one 1GbE NIC for management, and both 10GbE NICs for production.
kevinfor2014 wrote:Can the EDA500 be used with the new RNx28 models?
You can check the tech specs / datasheet of the units: http://www.netgear.com/business/products/storage/readynas/readynas-desktop.aspx#tab-models
EDA700 doesn't exist.
The RN716X has an Intel Xeon Ivy Bridge E3-1265Lv2 2.5GHz (3.5GHz Turbo) Quad Core with 16GB ECC
The RN626X and RN628X have the Intel® D-1521 Quad Core 2.4GHz Xeon Server Processor with 8GB DDR4 ECC RAM
The E3-1265Lv2 uses a 22nm manufacturing process, while the D-1521 processor is much newer and uses a 14nm process. The D-1521 will operate faster at a lower clock speedNote that the hyphen after the D is important to avoid confusion.
The D-1500s are Intel Xeon Processor (found in RN626X):
http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/products/processors/xeon/d-processors/d-1521.html
The D1500s are Intel Pentium Processor for Server (found in RN524X):
https://ark.intel.com/products/91558/Intel-Pentium-Processor-D1508-3M-Cache-2_20-GHz
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