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4 questions from a potential buyer
Hi, I'm looking into getting a ReadyNAS unit and I'm very impressed with the quality this forum! I have 4 questions as I try to decide which unit I would like to get. 1) Dual GigE- I see that m...
Thanks so much for the reply!
If I understood the answers correctly, my takeaway is:
1) Dual GigE WILL provide more I/O but only when multiple computers acess the NAS simultaneously. If it's just one computer it will max out as if there was only 1 GigE interface. Redudancy/failover will still be there however.
2) USB 3.0 doesn't work better than USB 2.0
3) Making sure I start within 8TB of the max will prevent me from having to do a factory reset in the future.
I continue to be impressed with this forum. For the NetGear corprate guys, I want to make it known that having this high quality forum is a key point in my decision to go with a ReadyNas!
If I understood the answers correctly, my takeaway is:
1) Dual GigE WILL provide more I/O but only when multiple computers acess the NAS simultaneously. If it's just one computer it will max out as if there was only 1 GigE interface. Redudancy/failover will still be there however.
2) USB 3.0 doesn't work better than USB 2.0
3) Making sure I start within 8TB of the max will prevent me from having to do a factory reset in the future.
I continue to be impressed with this forum. For the NetGear corprate guys, I want to make it known that having this high quality forum is a key point in my decision to go with a ReadyNas!
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