Raid 0 or 1 on Buffalo Linkstation?

[NickC_UK]

I have a Buffalo Linkstation LS-WXL and question whether it is actually any faster in Raid 0 rather than Raid 1?

I have tested but both seem to max out around 10Mb/s. Has anyone else tested one of these at anything faster than that in Raid 0.

 

[imagoon]

You may want to ask in the storage forum.

 

[JackMDS]

It depends on your LAN connection it might be that it is the Bottle Neck.

 

[imagoon]

Good point. Is it getting a good connection to the network? Tech spec says 10/100/1000 does the nic say 100 or 1000Mb/s? Are you accessing via wireless? If so then all bets are off.

 

[NickC_UK]

Thats it, hub is only 10/100Mb/s. Speed I was seeing was probably 10MBytes/s which would be about correct.

 

[imagoon]

100Mb/s maxes at 12.5 MB/s but reality is around 10 to 11 MB/s.

You wrote "10Mb/s" which is 10 Megabits a second or about 1.25MB (Megabytes) per second. Which are you getting? The capitalization of the B is important.

 

[RadiclDreamer]

RAID0 (not really raid) should be faster as the data is written across and read from two disks. On the other hand RAID1 copies every bit to both disks saving you from hardware failure ONLY, it is NOT a backup because it does not prevent accidental deletions or virus etc.