NAS - Part II
par
linathael
- 18/05/2008
2. Presentations
We will test only one single-drive-based NAS model, the QNAP TS-109, successor of the TS-101 from our previous article. Then three double HD-based NAS models, allowing users to create RAID 0 and 1 volume, will be reviewed: the QNAP TS-209, successor of the TS-201 from our first article, the Synology DS-207 and the LaCie 2Big Network Ethernet. A summary of their specifications is provided in the table below.
Format DD /HD format |
3.5" SATA |
3.5" SATA |
3.5" SATA |
3.5" SATA |
| Nombre disque / number of drives | 1 |
2
|
2 |
2 |
| Ethernet (nombre de port / port number) | 10/100/1000 base T (2)
|
10/100/1000 base T |
10/100/1000 base T |
10/100/1000 base T |
| Processeur / Processor | Marwell SoC 5182 500 MHz |
Marwell SoC 5182 500 MHz |
400 MHz CPU |
|
| Refroidissement / cooling system | passive
|
Ventilateur / fan
|
Ventilateur / fan
|
passice + ventilateur / fan |
| Mémoire intégrée / Embedded memory | 128 MB DRAM DDR2 |
128 MB DRAM DDR2 |
128 MB DRAM DDR2 |
64 MB DRAM DDR2 |
| Port USB | 3
|
3
|
3
|
2
|
| Port eSATA | 1
|
1 |
1 |
- |
| RAID | - |
0,1,JBOD |
0,1,JBOD |
Spanning / RAID 1 |
| Taille / Size (mm) (L/D x l/W x H/H) | 210x60x182 |
214x175x115 |
218x88x180 |
172x91x200 |
| Systèmes de fichiers du DD / HD File system | · EXT3 (support des noms longs et des divers caractères) · FAT (uniquement pour les disques externes USB) |
· EXT3 (support des noms longs et des divers caractères) · FAT (uniquement pour les disques externes USB ou eSATA) |
· EXT3 (support des noms longs et des divers caractères) · FAT (uniquement pour les disques externes USB ou eSATA) |
· EXT3 / XFS (support des noms longs et des divers caractères) · FAT/NFS (uniquement pour les disques externes USB) |
| Nombre de comptes utilisateurs max / user account management | 256 |
256 |
128 |
no limit |
| Nombre de groupes max / user group management | 128 |
128 |
64 |
no limit |
| Nombre de dossiers partagés max / maximal shared fodlers | 256 |
256 |
100 |
no limit |
| Connexions simultanées max / maximal simultaneous connexions | 64 (FTP) |
64 (FTP) |
32 (FTP) |
No limits in theory (Limitations are seen when performance goes down after too many concurrent connexions) |
| Gestion du réseau / Network Management | Fixed IP address, Dynamic IP address |
Fixed IP address, dynamic IP address |
Fixed IP address, dynamic IP address |
Fixed IP address, dynamic IP address |
| Protocoles de transport réseau / Network Transport Protocols | TCP/IP, Apple Talk |
TCP/IP, Apple Talk |
TCP/IP, Apple Talk |
TCP/IP, Apple Talk |
| Protocoles fichiers réseau / Network File Protocols | Microsoft® networks (CIFS/Samba), Apple® (AFP) , Internet (HTTP/HTTPS), File Transfer Protocol (FTP) |
Microsoft® networks (CIFS/Samba), Apple® (AFP) , Internet (HTTP/HTTPS), File Transfer Protocol (FTP) |
Microsoft® networks (CIFS/Samba), Apple® (AFP) , Internet (HTTP/HTTPS), File Transfer Protocol (FTP) |
Microsoft® networks (CIFS/Samba), Apple® (AFP) , Internet (HTTP), File Transfer Protocol (FTP) , Bonjour (Apple) |
| Sécurité / Security | HTTP/HTTPS, FTP |
HTTP/HTTPS, FTP |
HTTP/HTTPS, FTP |
HTTP, FTP |
| File System Management | Partage fichiers entre Mac et PC, système de journalisaton, support Unicode, etc. Mac PC file sharing, Journaling File System, Unicode Support, etc. |
Partage fichiers entre Mac et PC, système de journalisaton, support Unicode, etc. Mac PC file sharing, Journaling File System, Unicode Support, etc. |
Partage fichiers entre Mac et PC, système de journalisaton, support Unicode, etc. Mac PC file sharing, Journaling File System, Unicode Support, etc. |
Partage fichiers entre Mac et PC, support Unicode, etc. Mac PC file sharing, Unicode Support, etc. |
| File server | Oui/Yes |
Oui/Yes |
Oui/Yes |
Oui/Yes |
| Print server | Uniquement pour Windows Support Windows platform only |
Uniquement pour Windows Support Windows platform only |
Uniquement pour Windows Support Windows platform only |
Non/No |
| Web Server | Oui (supporte PHP) Yes (support PHP) |
Oui (supporte PHP et SQLite) Yes (support PHP and SQLite) |
Oui (supporte PHP et SQLite) Yes (support PHP and SQLite) |
Non/No |
| FTP server | Oui/Yes |
Oui/Yes |
Oui/Yes |
Oui/Yes |
| Prix/Price (1To/1TB) | 449€
|
499€ |
499€ |
399€ |
All NAS models have been tested in reading and writing modes with a MacBook Pro and an iMac Core 2 Duo using both SMB and AFP file protocols.
To perform the test, we have been using the same HDs as in our first article: SATA Western Digital Pro Caviar 320 MB, 16 MB cache, 7200 rpm (SATA-II WD3200YS). The data transfer speed was assessed and recorded in triplicate with several applications: QuickBench (part of SpeedTools Suite), the excellent command line tool DiskTester 2.0 developed by Lloyd L Chambers as well as the integrated Mac OS X Activity monitor.
