View from the Labs

In the real world, it isn’t always amazing specifications that make the difference

Sometimes specifications paint a very accurate picture. Take the Asustor Nimbustor 4 Gen2: it sounds fast on paper, and it proved so in practice. Sometimes, however, specifications create the wrong impression. In theory, the OWC Mercury Elite Pro Dual can chuck data around at 1,250MB/sec. But connected to our computer, configured in a RAID1 array, it barely managed a sixth of that. In this test, though, it became abundantly clear that one specification really does count. On every benchmark, almost without exception, devices with 2.5GbE network interfaces were significantly faster than those with plain old gigabit. On large files the difference is massive, with gigabit devices strangled to a maximum of around 113MB/sec while 2.5GbE NASes merrily went to 283MB/sec. So how much does that matter? If you’re buying for home, and particularly…

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PC Pro (Digital) - 1 Issue, July 2024

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