# For Dummies?

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**Category:** Router\
**Created:** [June 30, 2023, 10:49am UTC](https://forum.gl-inet.com/t/for-dummies/30933 "2023-06-30T10:49:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![bring.fringe18](https://forum-assets.gl-inet.com/user_avatar/forum.gl-inet.com/bring.fringe18/32/11777_2.png) [@bring.fringe18](https://forum.gl-inet.com/u/bring.fringe18)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2023, 8:07pm UTC](https://forum.gl-inet.com/t/for-dummies/30933/6 "2023-07-02T20:07:12Z")

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I once had a OpenWrt device corrupt the filesystem used on the extroot USB drive. It virtually ‘bricked’ the device… & I wasted, I feel, too much time repairing w/ a replacement drive.

This was back in the ‘bad old days’, somewhere around 2014, when most consumer routers only had 16MB of flash storage; forcing one to use extroot if wanting to do anything advanced. That’s not the case anymore! The [Slate AX](https://www.gl-inet.com/products/gl-axt1800/), [Slate Plus](https://www.gl-inet.com/products/gl-a1300/) both feature 128MB flash storage. I have a Slate AX. Its 128MB has 87.78MB used by the system. 41.12MB is still available after using a mere 2.11MB for some additional apps I optionally installed.

The [Beryl AX](https://www.gl-inet.com/products/gl-mt3000/) has 256MB total.

I think quite a lot could be done w/ even 41.12MB considering the functions already provided ‘out of the box’ with the GL GUI (eg: repeater mode).

EDIT: Also, for you consideration, you might be interested in the results of @[swissarmyknife](https://forum.gl-inet.com/u/swissarmyknife)’s testing of streaming three, yes **three** , simultaneous 1080p videos using the _stock/built-in_ capabilities of his Beryl AX with a flash drive connected to its USB 3.0 port!:

> [@GL-MT3000 USB3.0 transfer rates](https://forum.gl-inet.com/t/gl-mt3000-usb3-0-transfer-rates/30936/18):
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> Using a Google Chromcast with Kodi (SMB) and an Android tablet also with Kodi (SMB) I was able to stream a 1080p movie with AC3 audio stream to both devices without hiccup (~8Mb/s streams both accessing the same file). That is plenty good for me. Then on my home PC I streamed 3 movies on Potplayer (bit rates between 3-8Mb/s) also no issue at all. I have some 20+Mb/s files I haven’t tested yet, but I can always reencode these to a more manageable bitrate. Idle power consumption with the 1TB SN77…

Something to think about.

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