Write), the R8500 is only bettered by its Netgear cousin the R8000. Results: Looking at the USB 2.0 we see the Nighthawk X8 R8500 Average Read and Average Write speeds were towards the top of our results chart. For those looking to share data easily over their network, using the Nighthawks USB 3.0 port is a simple and economic way to create a personalized network attached storage (NAS). Average Read speeds in the middle of the pack but still pretty good at almost 68 MB/s. The USB 3.0 Average Write speeds measured in at around 75 MB/s which puts it near the top of all routers we have tested. We wanted to make sure the write speeds would be high enough not to bottleneck the benchmarks of these next generation routers.īenchmark Results: When comparing the Netgear R8500 storage speeds to others in our suite of routers, the Nighthawk X8 doesnt exactly lead the pack, but it does quite well. Those speeds should be well over what this generation routers can support. On our test system we were able to get 300MB/s read and 160MB/s write speeds on the DTHX30/64GB. The Kingston HyperX USB 3.0 Flash drive is rated conservatively at 225MB/s read and 135MB/s write. The folks at Kingston were kind enough to send over a Kingston DataTraveler HyperX 3.0 64GB USB drive ( $60.00 shipped) for our tests. We ran our routers with this test with default ATTO settings of 0.5 KB up through 8192.0 KB transfer sizes with the total length being 256 MB. ATTO measures raw transfer rates for both Read and Write plotting them in a graph that is easy to understand. Of course the question is how good is the performances of these routers when it comes to attached storage.įor our Router Storage test, we used the very popular ATTO Disk Benchmark to measure transfer speeds of our routers USB 2.0 and USB 3.0 ports. If a person didnt want to spend a lot of money for a stand-alone NAS unit which could cost hundreds of dollars for a 2TB unit, an integrated solution that allows you to add a USB Flash drive for much less might be perfect. One of the major components of these next-generation routers is the ability for them to double as home-ready Network Attached Storage (NAS) devices. Netgear R8500: Network Attached Storage Tests
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