NASLite Network Attached Storage

Hi.

My setup:
2.02. NASLite running on usb with a floppy kicker
Duron 1200mhz
128mb ram
1Gb network
6 X 250gb ide disk


It seems to me that i have better transfer speed when im using naslite 2.02 vs 2.61.

2.02 i get about 12MB/sec at the whole transfer

2.61 i get from 4-9Mb/sec various before it crashes.


I have done some testing copying 40GB from disk-0 to disk-2.

In 2.02 it is stable and the transfer is done correctly.

in 2.61 the transfer stops at varius points and cant be done. The nas losses all
connections. it just freezes. Cant connect via telnet,ftp,http,and smb. I have a
lcd screen connected to it, and i wont react even on the keyboard. I have to do a hard
reboot (the powerbutton) to get it up and running again. Then it does a check disk
on disk 2. And one time i had to re validate the setup with a new unlock key, it
it gave me the wrong key. did a new reboot, got a diffrent key, the key worked.

It could be that my system is crapping out on me. but it is stable on V2.02

I use total commander 7.50 in Windows xp pro, to do the transfer
This pc has a 2.2ghz intel prossesor
2GB ram
1Gb network

I have run this test 3 times with the same result.

I thought 2.61 should be better and more stabel than this. Does this version need more
RAM to get better preformance?

It is an old computer i have. Is the support on 2.61 with old hardware worse than
2.02?

anyway. I'm going to upgrade my hardware soon.

Any thoughts on this?

There are allot of things one could try. Start with a reset of the BIOS on the MB. Turn off ACPI. Make sure that you turn off all devices on the MB not in use. That means serial and parallel ports, sound, unused USB controllers, ETC. I would add more memory to the machine. 128MB is a bit thin, I would prefer to have at least 256MB or more.

2.6 is a significant improvement in both the hardware supported and the the performance one can get if my testing is any indication.

Mike