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Duo v2 streaming video wirelessly
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. I would have it pluged directly into the router and want it to be able to str...
Be careful not confuse or conflate streaming with transcoding
To "stream" a movie the NAS/PC transmits the media as-is and so only needs to be capable of fully using the available bandwidth of your network connection - Any ReadyNAS unit is capable of saturating a wireless connection. Typically technology like Wireless-N can only support upto ~15MBps, whereas the Duo v2 can support around 2-3x this bandwidth ie the CPU is powerful enough for pure streaming as this the key function of a NAS.
Now, if the video needs to be transcoded prior to being consumed by the client, then that is a different scenario and you may need to investigate further the CPU capabilities of the chosen server
To "stream" a movie the NAS/PC transmits the media as-is and so only needs to be capable of fully using the available bandwidth of your network connection - Any ReadyNAS unit is capable of saturating a wireless connection. Typically technology like Wireless-N can only support upto ~15MBps, whereas the Duo v2 can support around 2-3x this bandwidth ie the CPU is powerful enough for pure streaming as this the key function of a NAS.
Now, if the video needs to be transcoded prior to being consumed by the client, then that is a different scenario and you may need to investigate further the CPU capabilities of the chosen server
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