Testing Method
Most of the hardware for NAS testing isn’t an important factor when it comes to benchmarks, most of it comes down to the network infrastructure. I will be teaming the two Intel Gigabit Ethernet ports on my test bench and connect them to my managed switch. The same will be done with the available LAN ports on the NAS, which should give a great testing environment.
As part of the testing, the NAS is connected through a Netgear GS724TPS managed Gigabit switch and then to our test bench to give the best real world setup test that we can and the NAS itself will be packed with Western Digital’s latest RED NAS drives. Intel’s NASPT software does require us to drop the memory down to 2GB, as using any more would lead to data caching and skew the results.
I will be testing the NAS box performance under each of the RAID options that it has available as well just a single drive. Full volume encryption and shared folder encryption will also be tested where available, to check what impact it has on the performance. The USB 3.0 speeds will be measured with our trusted Angelbird SSD2go Pocket drive.
Test system:
- Supermicro C7Z97-OCE
- Intel Xeon E3-1230Lv3
- Exceleram EP3001A 2GB PC3-10666
- Kingston HyperX 240GB SSD
- Sapphire R7 240 2GB
- be quiet! Dark Power Pro 11 850W
- Thermaltake Water 3.0 Performer C
- Lian Li PC-T60
Disks in Product:
We would like to thank our sponsors for supplying us with the components needed for the test system as well as drives.
Software used:
With a device of this sort having so many different applications, Intel’s NASPT software covers all the bases and also gives us a set of results that we will be able to utilize and give a benchmark against other similar systems in the future.
Intel NASPT (Network Attached Storage Performance Toolkit) performs its test by transferring varying sizes and quantities of data to and from the device based on twelve different scenarios.
I have a Asustor NAS 1002 . Recently I have had two WD purples fail on this device within 3 months. (both less than 18 months old). I have been carrying out a lot of disk intensive operations (that’s what purples are designed for) and I can’t help thinking that this system just cannot cope with it. Anyone else have any Disk problems with the Asustor 1002T??
Hey Fred
In theory, a NAS shouldn’t be able to kill the drives like that – at least not in comparison to other NAS devices or PCs that would put the same strain on the drives as you had on your AS1002T.
I’ve recently had several WD RED 6TB drives fail on me, but they’re also from the first production of the 6TB series. No idea if there is a correlation there or if it’s just normal wear and tear combined with general luck.
I’ve not heard of other people having trouble with the unit, except a few comments that it’s underpowered for the needs people have of their NAS’. But yea, it’s a budget device with a relatively slow CPU, so that’s a given for enthusiasts and other heavy users.
Hi! I am looking into to buy this or its upgraded sister 1004 v2 – my primary goal is to use it as my music library – so reading this there should be no problem stream hi res audio files (stereo or multi channel) to an Nvidia Shield and over to AVR and speakers? I plan on letting the Shield do the heavy work (I have Kodi installed there) and just want the files sent to the Shield.