Netgear RND4000 RND4000 User Manual - Page 69

NETGEAR ReadyNAS User Guide Figure 1-61 • Select Disable journaling if you understand the consequences of this action, and you do not mind a long file system check (only after unexpected power failures). File system journaling allows disk checks of only a few seconds verses possibly an hour or longer without journaling. Disabling journaling improves disk write performance slightly. Note: You can buy a UPS with USB monitoring at a very reasonable cost. By safely allowing the performance options to be checked, you can effectively double your write performance and provide uninterrupted service of your ReadyNAS for a very low price. • The Optimize for OS X option provides the best performance in Mac OS X environments when connected to the ReadyNAS through the SMB/CIFS protocol. This option, however, introduces compatibility issues with Windows NT 4.0; do not enable this option if this device will be accessed by Windows NT 4.0 clients. • The Enable fast CIFS writes option allows for fast write performance by enabling aggressive write-back caching over CIFS. Do not enable this option in multi-user application environments such as Quick Books where synchronized writes are necessary to keep files in sync. • The Force CIFS filename case-sensitivity option provides substantial performance improvement when you access CIFS shares when many files are being copied; however, before enabling this option, understand the ramifications. Configuring Your ReadyNAS v1.0, October 2007 1-57