06-01-2008, 03:31 PM
I figured that since I download everything to my internal drive on my MBP, that it would just be easier to download directly to the TC where it will end up sitting in storage for later use. Lets say Fusion updates the software, rather than download the 120mb file to my laptop, I would just download it to my TC so that I could bypass having to download it, and then copy it over to that drive later...kill 2 birds with one stone.
I could have an extrenal connected to the MBP, but that just defeats the purpose of being untethered. It would be great if I could run some Cat6 throughout the house, but thats not going to happen as I dont want to tear into walls since we will be moving. The next house will definitely be wired as we are getting even more connected. I'm in the process of ripping my dvd collection so we can use them in a "jukebox" type situation with the Popcorn Hour device (once its delivered!).
I'll probably just go back to hooking the TC to my MBP via a cat 6 cable when I want to transfer...its a small hassle, but the speed is definitely there. As my storage needs increase and I blow through the 500gb, I may add another NAS device, probably a Synology and then I'll test to see if the TC is the weakness.
Overall, I'm not sure if it makes a difference on smaller or larger files. I'm going to have to do some more tests to figure it out.
Its wierd that you has slow speeds with the USB in a wired config. I notice very zippy rates on the TC or the AEBS (with an external) when I hooked up via cat6.
I could have an extrenal connected to the MBP, but that just defeats the purpose of being untethered. It would be great if I could run some Cat6 throughout the house, but thats not going to happen as I dont want to tear into walls since we will be moving. The next house will definitely be wired as we are getting even more connected. I'm in the process of ripping my dvd collection so we can use them in a "jukebox" type situation with the Popcorn Hour device (once its delivered!).
I'll probably just go back to hooking the TC to my MBP via a cat 6 cable when I want to transfer...its a small hassle, but the speed is definitely there. As my storage needs increase and I blow through the 500gb, I may add another NAS device, probably a Synology and then I'll test to see if the TC is the weakness.
Overall, I'm not sure if it makes a difference on smaller or larger files. I'm going to have to do some more tests to figure it out.
Its wierd that you has slow speeds with the USB in a wired config. I notice very zippy rates on the TC or the AEBS (with an external) when I hooked up via cat6.