Duo v2 streaming video wirelessly

readynas123 wrote:
Hi, I want to purchase a ready nas duo v2, but have seen a lot of people posting on here saying it has poor performance.

Over a wired gigabit connection if you have a powerful client machine then yes you'd be disappointed. Over wireless for most things it should be just as fast. The wireless network connection is the bottleneck.

readynas123 wrote:
I would have it pluged directly into the router and want it to be able to stream video media wirelessly to my wd live media player with out any lag. At the moment my PC is performing this task fine.

What's the CPU usage of the PC like when doing the streaming? If the video doesn't need to be transcoded (converted on the fly) then it should work fine, I think. I don't have a WD Live

readynas123 wrote:
Also does the bit torrent program work well?

Don't really use it myself but it's written by a great add-on developer. If you have any problems with it you can let him know. He even has his own forum that he monitors regularly: http://readynasxtras.com/forum

readynas123 wrote:
have also seen people posting the duo v2 is limited with add on's available?

Some add-ons are only available for x86 (Intel) units e.g Dropbox add-on. The Duo v2 has an ARM processor. There's not as many things that will run on that architecture as on x86, though still quite a wide range. It's a new platform and it will take some time for more add-ons to be made for it.

There are great add-ons from NetGear like ReadyNAS Photos II, ReadyNAS Replicate and ReadyNAS Remote available.

Be sure you're getting a v2 when you order. The model is RND2000-200 and it should say ReadyNAS Duo v2 on the front.