02-09-2023, 04:48 PM
A 10GbE adaptor on the NAS and a Thunderbolt 4 to 10GbE adaptor on the Mac mini can indeed increase your transfer speeds. The transfer speed between your memory card reader and the Mac mini will be limited by the fastest of these two components, which is currently the 170 MB/s from the Sandisk SD cards. If you are looking to further increase speeds, you may consider using a faster memory card or a faster memory card reader. The 10GbE connection between the NAS and the Mac mini will provide a much faster connection than a standard 1GbE connection, allowing you to transfer large amounts of data much faster.
Installing an NVMe SSD as a cache drive in the NAS can provide some benefits for your use case. An NVMe SSD can provide much faster read and write speeds than a traditional hard disk drive, which can help improve the overall performance of the NAS, especially when browsing files and accessing data. However, since you won't be using the NAS for tasks that require high storage performance, such as media playback, you may not see a significant performance increase with an NVMe SSD.
Increasing the RAM in your NAS can improve its performance, especially if you are using the NAS for memory-intensive tasks such as large file transfers or data processing. More RAM will allow the NAS to store more data in memory, reducing the need to access the hard disk drives and improving overall performance.
P.S. Try to get USB card reader and connect it fireclty to a NAS. This will be a quickest way to transfer data/ or at least to test card capabilities in real life.
Installing an NVMe SSD as a cache drive in the NAS can provide some benefits for your use case. An NVMe SSD can provide much faster read and write speeds than a traditional hard disk drive, which can help improve the overall performance of the NAS, especially when browsing files and accessing data. However, since you won't be using the NAS for tasks that require high storage performance, such as media playback, you may not see a significant performance increase with an NVMe SSD.
Increasing the RAM in your NAS can improve its performance, especially if you are using the NAS for memory-intensive tasks such as large file transfers or data processing. More RAM will allow the NAS to store more data in memory, reducing the need to access the hard disk drives and improving overall performance.
P.S. Try to get USB card reader and connect it fireclty to a NAS. This will be a quickest way to transfer data/ or at least to test card capabilities in real life.