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should i have my temporary files stored on my NAS drive or my local disk? if i store them on the NAS then unpacking them should be slower. however, if i store them on the local disk i will have to transfer them back to the NAS which can be slow.

any suggestions would be appreciated

you should store them locally. if you store them on the NAS, the data will make a couple of cycles through your LAN. first a write to store the files, then a read to check for par2 errors, then another read for the rar source and another write to the NAS with the decompressed data. if you store it locally, you have just one write (the decompressed data) to your NAS.

the only scenario where you want to put the temporary dl folder on a netdrive is when your local box has not enough space (or you have a very quick NAS and network connectivity)