ReadyNAS clarification

[jjlphoto]

I read Michaels review of the ReadyNAS 600, and I have a question about transfer speeds.

http://www.luminous-landscape.com/reviews/...adynas600.shtml

He states that it is not as fast as a FW400 external drive set-up, but I wonder if that was using the computers airport and wirelessly connected to the router/switch, or was the computer ethernet'd directly into the router/switch. It is hard for me to grasp the concept of even a fast-net connection being slower than FW400.

Can a NAS be config'd as a JBOD appearing as separate volumes as well?

Thanks in advance!

[jani]

I read Michaels review of the ReadyNAS 600, and I have a question about transfer speeds.

http://www.luminous-landscape.com/reviews/...adynas600.shtml

He states that it is not as fast as a FW400 external drive set-up, but I wonder if that was using the computers airport and wirelessly connected to the router/switch, or was the computer ethernet'd directly into the router/switch. It is hard for me to grasp the concept of even a fast-net connection being slower than FW400.

If you read the speed comparisons section more carefully, you will see that Michael did address this point later on.

[BernardLanguillier]

Can a NAS be config'd as a JBOD appearing as separate volumes as well?

Thanks in advance!
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I guess that it depends on the NAS, but most recent devices can be used in JBOD mode. My Buffalo Terastation can, although I don't use it that way.

On my Win system, a NAS drive configured in JBOD mode would appear as a single drive, I am not sure about the Mac capability, but am guessing that it should be the same.

I have read several comments that adviced against JBOD though. What happens to the data if one drive fails is unclear (or at least NAS dependant), and a drive failure can potentially end up affecting more data than that physically stored on that drive it seems.

RAID 5 is a batter option IMHO.

Regards,
Bernard