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I thought SSD caching would speed up my NAS, but here's what actually helped

The basic idea behind SSD caching is simple: the NAS stores frequently accessed data on the SSD so it can serve it faster the ...

I tested the LaCie Rugged SSD4 - and it's blindingly quick, I found that speed comes at a cost

If you connect it to a USB4 port with 40Gbps mode, you can achieve read speeds of over 4,000MB/s and write speeds in excess ...
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Adding more RAM to my NAS was a bigger upgrade than faster drives

I expected upgrading the drives, either with an all-SSD setup or going hybrid, would make the NAS feel faster and more responsive. But unfortunately, nothing changed in day-to-day use. Transfers did ...