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[Zaim]

Hi, Does anyone know if this will stream blu-ray movies to say a PC/ Media player (WD TV Live) ?

Also what transfer speeds can I expect connected to a gig router?

Thanks.

[brewster0101]

Yes, the DNS320 is capable of streaming Bluray media files, comes down to if the media receiver can decode them.

The max transfer speeds are upto 20mb/sec

[Zaim]

Ah cool, do you have to use RAID or can I just have 2 separate drives in it with different data?

found a answer in the manual

Would appreciate if someone could post write/read rates when copying large files?

[brewster0101]

I can get an average 20mb/sec when copying video files to and from the unit. Its doesn't go higher than this.

[Zaim]

I can get an average 20mb/sec when copying video files to and from the unit. Its doesn't go higher than this.

Ah cool, thanks for your reply. I've ordered one now.

[JavaLawyer]

I can get an average 20mb/sec when copying video files to and from the unit. Its doesn't go higher than this.

Are your seeing 20 mbps download speeds on a wired GB network? I would expect higher throughput.
Is your client PC NIC card set to GB speeds? Are you using Cat6 cables and a GB router?

[brewster0101]

Are your seeing 20 mbps download speeds on a wired GB network? I would expect higher throughput.
Is your client PC NIC card set to GB speeds? Are you using Cat6 cables and a GB router?

Yes to all those. I've never seen anyone or any review hit over 20mb/sec so I've never questioned the speed. Its only a budget unit.

[Zaim]

I get 24mb/s write and 35-40mb/s read. Awesome NAS considering the low price.

[JavaLawyer]

I get 24mb/s write and 35-40mb/s read. Awesome NAS considering the low price.

These values seem more aligned with what I would expect.

[brewster0101]

Ok, never spent any time looking at read speeds, but your right I max out at 40.1 MB/sec 

[JavaLawyer]

Ok, never spent any time looking at read speeds, but your right I max out at 40.1 MB/sec 

That's more like it! 

[dsappana]

we talking megabits or megabytes?

at most ive seen is about 5 megabytes write, which translates into 40 megabits.

read was a little better at about 15-20 megabytes, which translates into 120-160 megabits.

gigabit router, nic and cat 5e cables. no further than 2 feet between router and nic.

[brewster0101]

we talking megabits or megabytes?

Why would we be using megabits?   

[JavaLawyer]

Why would we be using megabits?  

Router and wireless card manufacturers use megabits to label network card/router hardware technical specifications (e.g. 300 mbps wireless network card, 450 mbps router, 900 mbps router, etc).

[bohemus]

I have a gigabit router and gigabit switches throughout my house connected with CAT6, I have two 500GB Maxtor DiamondMax 10 7200RPM drives installed in RAID0 configuration. I see on average 20-25 MB/s for both read and write. FTP seems to be on the higher end of this average, and I sometimes see short bursts through FTP where the speed can reach 50 MB/s but that only lasts for a few seconds at most. I have noticed the more services I have enabled, (P2P, NFS, AFS, etc) the more it can affect the fluctuation of these speeds (always negatively). I try to limit the enabled services to FTP, and only enable the others when I need them, and then disable them as soon as I am done with whatever task I needed them for.

I have had no troubles with streaming HD content from this unit. For what I paid, I'm pretty happy with it. Definitely not the fastest NAS out there but its probably one of the best performers dollar for dollar.