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Should I buy a used Mac Pro to use as a server?
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<blockquote data-quote="Thymen" data-source="post: 1437835" data-attributes="member: 243742"><p>FYI, my setup and performance:</p><p></p><p>iMac with 1TB HDD</p><p>External G-Drive 2 TB via FW800 mainly for photography</p><p>External HDD via USB 2.0 for Time Machine Backups</p><p>Synology DS212+ with two 'Green' drives in Raid (SHR), via cable/switch, AFP, for work-related data</p><p></p><p>And another USB drive connected to the Synology NAS for Time Backups (NOT: Apple Time Machine Backups) for the data stored on the NAS. But this one I left out of the equation.</p><p></p><p>Performance at 1 GB files:</p><p></p><p>Unit Read MB/s Write MB/s</p><p>iMac 100 100</p><p>FW800 70 70</p><p>USB 2.0 38 30</p><p>DS212+ 67 40</p><p></p><p></p><p>Performance at 5 GB files:</p><p></p><p>Unit Read MB/s Write MB/s</p><p>iMac 100 100</p><p>FW800 75 70</p><p>USB 2.0 38 29</p><p>DS212+ 65 40</p><p></p><p>In my case, the NAS performs about as well as the FW800 drive. A 100 MB Word file opens in about the same time from either interal drive, FW800 or NAS. Only the USB drive lags behind.</p><p></p><p>Thymen</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Thymen, post: 1437835, member: 243742"] FYI, my setup and performance: iMac with 1TB HDD External G-Drive 2 TB via FW800 mainly for photography External HDD via USB 2.0 for Time Machine Backups Synology DS212+ with two 'Green' drives in Raid (SHR), via cable/switch, AFP, for work-related data And another USB drive connected to the Synology NAS for Time Backups (NOT: Apple Time Machine Backups) for the data stored on the NAS. But this one I left out of the equation. Performance at 1 GB files: Unit Read MB/s Write MB/s iMac 100 100 FW800 70 70 USB 2.0 38 30 DS212+ 67 40 Performance at 5 GB files: Unit Read MB/s Write MB/s iMac 100 100 FW800 75 70 USB 2.0 38 29 DS212+ 65 40 In my case, the NAS performs about as well as the FW800 drive. A 100 MB Word file opens in about the same time from either interal drive, FW800 or NAS. Only the USB drive lags behind. Thymen [/QUOTE]
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