Had the misfortune of buying a Intel SS4000 file storage three days ago. It got installed, upgraded and stabilized two days ago, the disks were left for syncronizing until today. They got tested this afternoon – the request for returning was after the test.
The good things: The housing was small, quiet and neat. A fancy little box. It was pritty to look at and quiet.
The bad things: I was unable to get above 4.5 MB/S transmission speed, even on a gigabit network using crossed CAT-6 cable without switches. It was also impossible to save a 6.5 GiB file, one of the companies I am getting into these days are making videos and thereby using large files. It was also given 48 hours for replication, according to Intel, 40 hours should be sufficent.
The disk indicators were amber, they did not turn green after 48 hours replication. It could be that I was too hasty on the replication but 48 hours to replicate…
New tests will be done sunday, the thing wil get all the time it needs for replication. After all, would be really good to have a dedicated file storaga without any ways to tamper with it. It will be my first gadget without tampering posibilities.
