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Title: DNS-343 RAID5 Read Speeds - Fast enough for Media Server?
Post by: melvynadam on April 23, 2010, 05:55:53 AM

I have two 1.5TB drives in my DNS-343. I'm considering adding two more and implementing RAID 5 on the entire set. My only concern is the read speed for the entire box as a media server. I frequently stream HD video content (Blu-ray rips of 12-20GB per file) across the wired LAN. Will the read speeds be affected by switching to RAID? Will the effects be positive or negative?

Title: Re: DNS-343 RAID5 Read Speeds - Fast enough for Media Server?
Post by: JavaLawyer on April 23, 2010, 06:53:51 AM

From what I've read on this forum, there is a performance hit between standard volumes vs. RAID.  Here is another thread relating to performance with some numbers: http://forums.dlink.com/index.php?topic=10912.0