[iyonix-support] Re: maplin/seagate usb hard drive

In message <Marcel-1.53-0830093230-868pErr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
          Chris Evans <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Fri 25 Aug, Peter Bell wrote:
>> 
>> In message <Marcel-1.53-0825144333-06cpErr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>           Chris Evans <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> 
>> > We are now stock NSLU2 based systems they support upto two drives which we
>> > can supply in capacities upto 500GB and are user upgradeable!
>> 
>> ... but, it seems that the drives themselves are attached by a USB
>> connection - doesn't this become a determining factor in the data
>> transfer rates, negating one of the benefits of NAS?
> 
> I'm not sure how much of a bottleneck I did post the statement/question
> yesterday:
> 
> * I'm hoping they are able to transfer at the full 480Mb/sec!
> 
> * What are the realistic achievable tranfer rates of USB2 compared with a
> * 100baseT network?

I would be surprised if an Iyonix using LanMan(98) could handle the 
data at anywhere near the speed at which a HiSpeed USB2 connection in 
the NAS can deliver it. Thus it is unlikely to make any difference how 
the internal hard drive of the NAS is connected.

Martin
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