I want the fastest NAS setup possible...

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Hi guys.

I'm looking at purchasing a small NAS to run MinimServer (and also as a Sonos share)

I'll be shifting my music library (and minimserver) off a Mac Pro with WD green drives...

I'm asking around on this forum because I know there will be folks with similar interests..

I understand I can get minimserver up and running on Synology, QNAP and some Netgear NAS's

So what is the fastest small NAS set up I can buy?

I run a gigabit network via a Draytek Router.

What I want is a one or 2 bay NAS music server that absolutely snaps to life and serves up those files almost instantaneously.

So I'm actually thinking of adding an SSD into a one bay NAS. Is this a wise move.. ie will this speed up access and speed of playing the library..say over a more conventional HDD?

I will be backing up elsewhere, so redundancy is NOT an issue in the NAS purchase. What I want is speed of library access and music streaming...

The other thing I am slightly confused about is SATA II vs SATA III

Some of the new QNAPS (eg say the 2 bay TS 269pro) now have SATA3 controllers in them (6gb/sec) None of the small Synologies have SATA3, nor do any of the one BAY QNAPS> Whilst they will support a SATA3 SDD, they really only can access them at 3 gb/sec (SATA2) speeds...

So my question is what's the fastest small NAS setup for minimserver?
And do you lose much speed wise running a SATA3 SSD in one of the SATAII capable small NAS's?

Cheers