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milamber68
Nov 30, 2011Aspirant
RND2000 Duo
Hi guys, Not sure if this has been asked before, sorry if it has. I opened up my newly purchased NasDuo and installed a 1Gig DDR2 in replace of the 256Meg sodimm it was shipped with. The system ...
mdgm-ntgr
Nov 30, 2011NETGEAR Employee Retired
I recommend running the memory test at least twice if you haven't already. See http://www.readynas.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=26993
Have a read of these links.
http://www.readynas.com/kb/faq/performance/will_increasing_the_amount_of_memory_in_the_readynas_improve_performance
http://www.readynas.com/kb/faq/hardware/is_there_any_advantage_in_having_more_memory
http://www.readynas.com/kb/faq/hardware/is_there_a_way_i_can_verify_if_my_memory_is_good
There isn't necessarily going to be much benefit (if at all) from the extra RAM. It does depend on what you do. Also remember the slow CPU is also a bottleneck.
x86 desktop systems come with 1GB RAM, but these come with much faster CPUs.
Have a read of these links.
http://www.readynas.com/kb/faq/performance/will_increasing_the_amount_of_memory_in_the_readynas_improve_performance
http://www.readynas.com/kb/faq/hardware/is_there_any_advantage_in_having_more_memory
http://www.readynas.com/kb/faq/hardware/is_there_a_way_i_can_verify_if_my_memory_is_good
There isn't necessarily going to be much benefit (if at all) from the extra RAM. It does depend on what you do. Also remember the slow CPU is also a bottleneck.
x86 desktop systems come with 1GB RAM, but these come with much faster CPUs.
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