“I bought a 4 GB model Pi 4 to complement my existing Pi collection and to (hopefully) use as a NAS server. It has not disappointed. In summary, the Pi 4 has achieved over 100 megabytes/sec in read mode as a NAS, and over 65 megabytes/s for writing. An astonishing speed, and enough to saturate a gigabit network (when reading). I have a full write up here:
http://unixetc.co.uk/2019/07/07/raspberry-pi-4-real-world-tests/
The Pi 4 is liklely to be much faster than other Pis for other purposes too, eg. running Nextcloud/Owncloud, FreeNAS or other apps requiring quite a lot of CPU grunt.
NOTE: the only snag so far is the high running temperature. The Pi 4 runs at about 55 - 60 C when idle, and up to 74 C was recorded during the above tests. Compare that with a busy Pi 2 (eg. the one that hosts the above web site) running at about 41 C.”
“You plug one end into the mains, and the other end into your Pi 4. As long as you get the ends the correct way around there’s not much that can go wrong.”
