How To Build a Really Fast NAS - Part 4: Ubuntu Server
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- Published: Wednesday, 17 September 2008 08:42
- Written by Tim Higgins
In Part 4 of our continuing series, we're still far from reaching our 100 MB/s goal.Related Articles
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- Published: Tuesday, 09 September 2008 10:36
- Written by Tim Higgins
In our second and last part, we find that Ubuntu Server squeezes more juice from the Atom NAS.
Build Your Own Atom-based NAS - Part 1
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- Published: Monday, 08 September 2008 13:23
- Written by Tim Higgins
Been wondering whether Intel's tiny CPU can raise the bar on RAID NAS performance? We build our own and find out!
How To Build a Really Fast NAS - Part 3: Windows Home Server
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- Published: Friday, 05 September 2008 10:58
- Written by Tim Higgins
In Part 3 of our series, we find that Windows Home Server can make a pretty fast NAS for writes. But reads are a different story.
How To Build a Really Fast NAS - Part 2: Shaking Down the Testbed
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- Published: Monday, 25 August 2008 07:00
- Written by Tim Higgins
In Part 2 of our continuing series, we see what it takes to construct a testbed that is capable of testing 100 MB/s NASes
How To Build a Really Fast NAS - Part 1: Introduction
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- Published: Monday, 18 August 2008 13:13
- Written by Tim Higgins
We're off to find out how to build a NAS that can really keep up with a gigabit Ethernet connection. Part 1 describes how we put together our test bed.
How To Build a SqueezeCenter Server with FreeNAS and a T5700
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- Published: Monday, 24 March 2008 03:00
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