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ReadyNAS Pro to RN516 Upgrade
I'm about to buy a RN516 with 6 Seagate 4TB 3.5" SATA3 64MB Cache OEM Hard Drive (ST4000VN000) that I will install myself. I currently keep all my media data on a ReadyNAS Pro 6350. I intend to us...
You can install them at once, you will have only a single rebuild, if you add them it will rebuild once per disk added I think (rebuild is very long ;) really, I have a RN104 with 4*4To (same model as yours, works like a charm) it took 38hours to rebuild, the 516 should be quicker but still expect 10 hours for you 6 disks at least).
USB3 is faster than ethernet, e-sata is too so if you have USB disk that can keep up... otherwise rsync or FTP I believe the speed is nearly the same, even AFP/SMB shouldn't be that slow IMO. If you don't have gigabit network you may want to get a PC with a gigabit switch (or two gig NIC on the PC). Maybe jumbo frames can help. That said I believe that no matter what you are doing the Duo will struggle and limit the speed anyway so...
USB3 is faster than ethernet, e-sata is too so if you have USB disk that can keep up... otherwise rsync or FTP I believe the speed is nearly the same, even AFP/SMB shouldn't be that slow IMO. If you don't have gigabit network you may want to get a PC with a gigabit switch (or two gig NIC on the PC). Maybe jumbo frames can help. That said I believe that no matter what you are doing the Duo will struggle and limit the speed anyway so...
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