Reply With QuoteAt home I'm using a Buffalo-Tech Terrastation NAS, supports RAID 0/1/5 with 1Gb NIC. No longer in IT work wise (thankfully) but when I was the gear was all Compaq-HP and I can't think of it being under $2K.
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what NAS solutions you guys using that supports raid and SBS2000 and under $2K?
lacie ? adaptec snap ?
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At home I'm using a Buffalo-Tech Terrastation NAS, supports RAID 0/1/5 with 1Gb NIC. No longer in IT work wise (thankfully) but when I was the gear was all Compaq-HP and I can't think of it being under $2K.
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ForumSage
OK.
What is the current view on NAS systems.
Been drooling over the QNAP units but $649 for the unit without drives seems a lot.
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I'm using an Intel SS4200e
Intel SS4200-E: PC-Based NAS Evaluated : Intel And EMC Tackle NAS
Can't recall if it does unsupervised torrents, or media streaming, but does mirrored backup, which is what I bought it for.
Bays for four HDDs, blah, blah, blah.
I bought it and two 1TB drives for about $550.
Master
I'm using a Dlink DNS323 D-Link ShareCenter? 2-Bay Network Storage which is now about $280 plus drives. Things I like:
- Raid 0 & 1 as well as JBOD
- Bit torrent client inbuilt
- UPnP server & FTP access
- low power consumption when sleeping
Works nicely with the supplied software to constantly back up mine & the wifes computer.
Wizard
The DNS323 lacks cooling capacity. They tend to cause the drives to run hot if there is a lot of activity. I had to use a small desk fan to keep the unit cool.
I have shut-down the DNS323 since it ate a hard drive.
Master
Get yourself a QNAP NAS box. I have one at home running RAID1, supports jumbo frames and has many very features, Webserver,FTP,Itunes Server plus heaps more. Also allows Intergration in to AD on domain. can also do DHCP, Very good little box, runs on Linux OS
Master
I'm using an old low spec (low power usage) pc running a modified version of linux called NASlite ( Network Attached Storage Server Operating Systems )
cheap program and works well
when the current hardware dies I'll probably upgrade to the NASLite-M2 version
Master
No problems with mine in 18 months including moving 100gb of video to & from my PC a couple of times (drive problems on my desktopOriginally Posted by mowog
).
But if money was not something that I accumulated so bloody slowlyI'd have a QNAP or the Intel box abaddonxi noted.
Master
What do you want to use it for? I have been using netgear NAS for backing up servers too etc. They seem to be extremely reliable but not 100% sure on price. They are linux based, with full AD intergration, DHCP server and a few other options. I have them configured for RAID 5. From memory (as I said not 100% sure) they were around $1800 each.
Due too having to add more servers I am looking a some HP NASs. But these are a fair bit more $
Have you had a look on the Dell website? I think they used to sell them, they are usually fairly cheap.
Another option would be to build a server to be the NAS, this maybe the cheaper option if you use SATA drives etc. I would stay away from software raid etc.
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