Content Creation
For content creation, Intel have simulated access to via video creation applications. This is made up of 98 files with 12MB reads and 14MB writes in varying sizes of blocks. The activity is predominantly non-sequential with the majority of access time made up of writing to the drives. There are quiet periods of read/write activity interrupted with busy periods to present a difficult workload on the drives.
Maybe one of these years I’ll find a NAS handy but at the moment I have absolutely no use for them, I guess a lot do though.
Build your own! Actually I am working on a DIY NAS Build Guide, currently on hold for my exams, but yes I think it might appeal to you when I finally finish it. It is about building the most cost efficient NAS possible so yes..right up your street 😉
Best of luck for your exams. I haven’t written exams in years now, I think it’s because of my age. 😉
Cheers dude 🙂 yeh….you lucky old people 😛
Be patient, you’ll eventually get there. 😉
All the points are good BUT .. there is no reliable evidence that the raised temps you quote will lead to any discernable decrease in disc life (possibly over the very long term 8-10 years).
direct playback would be nice but maybe too much of a (software/copyright) can of worms?
ryan martin .. quietness+ (but keep an eye on the HP microserver)