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Network-attached storage performance If you’re looking for network-attached storage, I typically recommend that you buy a dedicated NAS box. The WRT1900ACS has me almost rethinking my position. It is incredibly fast at reading and writing large files (I use a 10GB zip file in my benchmark), and it’s very fast when it comes to handling large collections of files, too (I use a 10GB collection of files here). I still think a dedicated NAS box—with a mirrored array for redundancy—is the best approach if you have serious storage needs. But wow, this new Linksys is fast with storage. For the record, I use a dedicated SSD in a desktop <strong>PC</strong> hardwired to the router to transfer files to and from a dedicated USB 3.0 SSD plugged into the router. Most people will connect a mechanical drive to the router and therefore see slower performance, but I wanted to take that bottleneck out of the equation for this benchmark. 64
REVIEWS & RATINGS Read/Write NAS Performance File transfers between a portable USB 3.0 SSD and a SSD in a networked <strong>PC</strong> 880.9 Write a single 10GB file 137.0 234.1 210.6 Write a 10GB collection of files 139.1 125.6 351.6 339.0 682.7 Read a single 10GB file 116.0 262.6 291.5 Read a 10GB collection of files 158.8 156.0 292.6 320.0 0 100.0 200.0 300.0 400.0 500.0 600.0 700.0 800.0 900.0 1000.0 MEGABITS PER SECOND Linksys WRT1900ACS Asus RT-AC3200 Linksys WRT1900AC Netgear R6400 65
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