Re: RE: NAS Storage solutions

The processor in the Tritton seems pretty slow compared to the Intel
IXP422 that USR uses.  I think they sell those things at fry's.  If
someone is near one, buy it and report your results using something like
Iometer (you can always return the thing to frys :-)

Sujal

On Tue, 18 May 2004 [email protected] wrote:

> The Tritton is WAY too slowfor video, works for pictures and audio
> 
> > 
> > From: "Age ii account" <[email protected]>
> > Date: 2004/05/18 Tue PM 05:16:20 EDT
> > To: "Roku Tech Mail List and Discussion Group" <[email protected]>
> > Subject: RE: [Roku-tech] NAS Storage solutions
> > 
> > I've actually used the Tritton Technologies ASAP 1120 NAS, router, switch,
> > DHCP server (another everything but the kitchen sink device) with success
> > with the Roku. Since it has a default GUEST share if worked the first time
> > like a charm. www.trittonsales.com
> > 
> > Adrian
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [email protected]
> > [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Sujal Patel
> > Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 2004 11:57 AM
> > To: Roku Tech Mail List and Discussion Group
> > Subject: Re: [Roku-tech] NAS Storage solutions
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > I think the Ximeta's Netdisk idea pretty much sucks.  It is nice for
> > consumers because there is zero configuration with their 'raw' protocol,
> > but they make their traffic unroutable (and who would buy that thing and
> > not have a DHCP server somewhere in their house today?).  Looks like they
> > woke up one day and decided that all of the work that went into iSCSI
> > wasn't good enough and they needed to invent something new!
> > 
> > USR recently introduced a NAS product called the USR8200.  It's actually a
> > firewall, router, NAS, and kitchen sink all in one box.  The NAS part
> > let's you hook up any external disk via USB/FW.  I haven't tested this
> > thing or seen any performance numbers, but since it's just a Intel IXP422
> > w/ Linux, it should be plenty fast enough for the HD1000.
> > 
> > Anyone near a fry's and wanna try one of these out?
> > 
> > 
> > Sujal
> > 
> >  On Tue, 18 May 2004, Jay A. Kreibich wrote:
> > 
> > > On Tue, May 18, 2004 at 12:16:19PM -0400, Leslie scratched on the wall:
> > > > When I asked them (ximeta) why they did use ip address so they could be
> > > > address directly, they replied.  "The NetDisk does not use IP addresses
> > > > primarily for two reasons. One being speed. The NetDisk is able to have
> > > > much higher transfers and access speeds through our proprietary protocol
> > > > rather than IP.
> > >
> > >   I really really really doubt that.  Faster than TCP/IP, no doubt, but
> > >   not raw IP (or, for that matter, their own protocol over UDP/IP).
> > >   Network protocols are exceptionally difficult to get right-- kind of
> > >   like encryption algorithms-- and I always question someone that
> > >   claims they can do much better.
> > >
> > > > Second is Security."
> > >
> > >   Security through obscurity isn't.
> > >
> > >    -j
> > >
> > > --
> > >                      Jay A. Kreibich | Integration & Software Eng.
> > >                         [email protected] | Campus IT & Edu. Svcs.
> > >           <http://www.uiuc.edu/~jak> | University of Illinois at U/C
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