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What Network Attached Storage (NAS) device do you recommend?

10-29-2006, 09:53 AM

Which NAS device do you recommend for a SOHO and multimedia setup?
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10-29-2006, 10:03 AM

The netgear one is not bad. I forget the model # though. I think they just have 1 model anyways

Mess with the best, die like the rest.
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10-29-2006, 10:07 AM

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The netgear one is not bad. I forget the model # though. I think they just have 1 model anyways

Netgear has no fan in them and get hot very fast, so I hear.
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10-29-2006, 10:09 AM

I'm considering getting a ReadyNAS NV:

Anyone have one of these and care to comment about it?
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10-29-2006, 10:23 AM

Check out Buffalo technology. I have 2.

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10-29-2006, 10:32 AM

6 x 1 TB
1 x 1,6 TB

all Buffalo

they could be faster transferring data, but otherwise i like them.

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10-29-2006, 11:12 AM

Damn, that's alot of NAS you got there
Terastation are good but the drives are not really hot-swappable. I'm told you got to go thru 30+ screws just to remove a drive!

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6 x 1 TB
1 x 1,6 TB

all Buffalo

they could be faster transferring data, but otherwise i like them.
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10-29-2006, 11:16 AM

Originally posted by Alex from Montreal

Damn, that's alot of NAS you got there
Terastation are good but the drives are not really hot-swappable. I'm told you got to go thru 30+ screws just to remove a drive!

besides the fact: how often do you change the drives?

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10-29-2006, 11:25 AM

if you want the best, then EMC is the way to go...

most important... always think ahead... think of your future growth and I recommend you get a higher model than you need now...

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10-29-2006, 11:30 AM

Originally posted by MaDalton

besides the fact: how often do you change the drives?

As of late, I get a new 250GB drive every 3 months.
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10-29-2006, 11:38 AM

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if you want the best, then EMC is the way to go...

most important... always think ahead... think of your future growth and I recommend you get a higher model than you need now...

Which EMC NAS would you recommend for a SOHO (i.e. not too expensive) setup?
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10-29-2006, 11:42 AM

some sweet setups there

Mess with the best, die like the rest.
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10-29-2006, 01:35 PM

Originally posted by MaDalton

6 x 1 TB
1 x 1,6 TB

all Buffalo

they could be faster transferring data, but otherwise i like them.

Out of curiousity, what are these terastation being used for?
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10-29-2006, 01:39 PM

Make sure you get a NAS that can match your speed need. I got 20 BUF drives and they cant push more then 11 - 14 Megs even though they got a GIGE port.

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10-29-2006, 02:13 PM

build your own NAS server? 750gb drives are cheap,l you can build a 1.5TB scalable to 9TB Usable NAS for 3k to start, and then just add drives and expand the array as it grows.. Built a 11tb nas for 9k for a medical engineering company few months ago. its a solid solution.

Supermicro makes a 15bay SATA 3u chassis, get a external drive bay for a mirrored OS and then 15x 750 for the storage partition..

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10-29-2006, 02:57 PM

Building one from scratch seems a bit complext for me, unless I get an old desktop and add hard drives to it

How much does a good 4 bay enclosure go for and where can i get them?

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build your own NAS server? 750gb drives are cheap,l you can build a 1.5TB scalable to 9TB Usable NAS for 3k to start, and then just add drives and expand the array as it grows.. Built a 11tb nas for 9k for a medical engineering company few months ago. its a solid solution.

Supermicro makes a 15bay SATA 3u chassis, get a external drive bay for a mirrored OS and then 15x 750 for the storage partition..

contact me on icq and i'll show you the parts to get to build it.
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10-29-2006, 03:11 PM

Originally posted by Spudstr

build your own NAS server? 750gb drives are cheap,l you can build a 1.5TB scalable to 9TB Usable NAS for 3k to start, and then just add drives and expand the array as it grows.. Built a 11tb nas for 9k for a medical engineering company few months ago. its a solid solution.

Supermicro makes a 15bay SATA 3u chassis, get a external drive bay for a mirrored OS and then 15x 750 for the storage partition..

contact me on icq and i'll show you the parts to get to build it.

Yes, this is the route we have taken now. Using 750 GB Disk, 3 Ware cards and 16 Bay Super Micro cases. The end cost will be less then 1$/GB, it can be bought down to $ 60 - 70 cents / gb, but we chose to go with http://www.datacore.com/products/prod_SANmelody.asp software to manage the NAS so our end cost is like 1.05$/GB

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10-29-2006, 05:10 PM

Originally posted by Alex from Montreal

Out of curiousity, what are these terastation being used for?

6 of 7 contain all our video content in dv avi and mpeg files. number 7 is picture content

they're all set up as raid 5 - i started using them after some harddrives blew up

and i like the fact that they're not that expensive - i pay about 600 euro for the 1 TB models

edit: another advantage i forgot: i open the box, plug in power and network and 2 minutes later i start copying files

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10-29-2006, 05:51 PM

Originally posted by Alex from Montreal

Which EMC NAS would you recommend for a SOHO (i.e. not too expensive) setup?

cheapest they have starts at around $30k...

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10-29-2006, 06:17 PM

Originally posted by abyss_al

cheapest they have starts at around $30k...

That's it?
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10-29-2006, 08:09 PM

i agree with building your own.

just put together a basic pc, couple of gig-e network cards.

stick a few hot swap 5 1/4 drive bays in it.

buy a bunch of these and fill them with 500 - 750gb drives.

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10-30-2006, 02:45 AM

We use Dell/EMC

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10-30-2006, 04:59 PM

What's the cost of setting up such a system?

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i agree with building your own.

just put together a basic pc, couple of gig-e network cards.

stick a few hot swap 5 1/4 drive bays in it.

buy a bunch of these and fill them with 500 - 750gb drives.
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11-29-2006, 02:15 PM

I just got my terastation today:

A bit pricy for my taste but it does look nice.
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