![]() I've looked around at different NAS devices and have discovered that the Cisco E4200 v2 ($150) actually has very good NAS performance for a network-connected hard drive plugged in via USB. The built-in 480 MHz Broadcom processor, and the USB connection which shares system resources with the rest of the device were likely never meant to handle such intense use. My little ASUS RT-N16 is already doing a lot with streaming multiple Netflix streams for my whole family, sharing a printer, and acting as an OpenVPN server, etc. I'm looking to offload the file/media server role from my Tomato router to a dedicated device to improve performance. ![]() Files take a very long time to transfer (read/write) and movies on the media server take a long time to load (even when all devices are connected via gigabit ethernet). It works pretty good most of the time, but the performance is not that great. ![]() I'm also running miniDLNA which is acting as a media server for videos, photos, and music (viewable from any compatible client on my LAN). I am using Tomato USB's Samba server to provide access via a local UNC path (e.g., \\tomato\MyData). My current setup is: ASUS RT-N16 running a "Toastman" build of Tomato USB (v MIPSR2Toastman-RT K26 USB VPN), with a 2TB Western Digital drive connected via USB 2.0. I'm currently investigating a faster solution for my home NAS device.
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