[olug] NAS

Wed Jul 3 02:46:12 UTC 2013

I've got a synology DS4110j - 4 bay w/  ~6TB of storage and an uptime of
674 days.  I've been quite happy with it.  Can expand it upto 12TB

-jeff

On Tue, Jul 2, 2013 at 8:53 PM, <webtrekker at cox.net> wrote:

> Hey Rog,
> I've been using a 4-bzay QNap box for several years to host all of my
> virtual images, pics, ISOs, etc. and have been very happy with it.  The
> ability to install other 3rd-party apps is also kinda handy, but haven't
> explored that very far.  If ya want to come over some time I'll give ya a
> quick demo.
>
> Cheers,
> Patrick
>
> ---- "Sheldon wrote:
> > Thx for link I will have to ck that out. Yeh I thot bout Freenas but
> need to come up with a presentable, low power/noise case. Not to mention
> RAID controller, backplane etc that would all fit. I think it would be
> great if there was a DIY kit that would fit the bill.
> > Checked out Buffalo but closest I found was a 6 bay TeraStation(tm) 5600
> for just over $1000. I feel that QNAP & Synology has better package and
> prices still. But you bring up good point... wonder if I can purchase them
> w/out disk. I was planning on purchasing disks separately.
> >
> >
> >
> > Roger Sheldon
> > Storage Engineer
> > wk 402.777.7901
> > cell 402.889.2585
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: olug-bounces at olug.org [mailto:olug-bounces at olug.org] On Behalf Of
> Ben Watson
> > Sent: Monday, July 01, 2013 1:35 PM
> > To: Omaha Linux User Group
> > Subject: Re: [olug] NAS
> >
> > There is a pretty good comparison chart/tool here:
> > http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/nas/nas-charts/view.  The site keeps up
> with new products and tests, reviews, and rates them based on a number of
> factors.  Personally I've had a reliable experience (so long as OPPD is
> providing power) with my home brew FreeNAS-based solution.  Just a desktop
> case, bootable compact flash card, and a bunch of drives attached to a RAID
> controller.  Been running pretty rock solid for 5 years now (again so long
> as it has power).
> >
> > IMHO, Buffalotech seems to have some of the best price per TB offerings
> out there, with decent features (e.g. DLNA, iTunes, iSCSI target, etc.).
> >  Additionally, when looking at the prices, these are diskful systems as
> apposed to BYOD, so the price is the price and ready out of the box vice
> having to also buy a bunch of drives (though I see these are coming down in
> price these days).
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Jul 1, 2013 at 12:12 PM, Chad Homan <choman at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > I've had good luck with readyNAS and they just came out with new
> > > devices, personally I'm looking at the 6bay
> > >
> > > Together We Win!
> > > --
> > > Chad - I AM MONAVIE
> > > Do You Know Your Life Score? <http://choman.mymonavie.com> Creating A
> > > More Meaningful Life
> > >
> > > Some people, when confronted with a problem, think "I know, I'll use
> > > Windows."
> > > Now they have two problems.
> > >
> > >
> > > On Mon, Jul 1, 2013 at 11:38 AM, Sheldon, Roger W <
> > > Roger.Sheldon at firstdata.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > The 16TB would definitely eventually get filled as I will be
> > > > shooting 1080p stuff and additional video packages that will be
> > > > ISO'd. Guessing
> > > but
> > > > right now about 12TB would be enough space. You mentioned EMC...
> > > > egads gotta cough up more $$ and get sucky support.
> > > > Desktop implementation is what I'm looking at. Is there a DIY with a
> > > > decent case?
> > > >
> > > > Roger Sheldon
> > > > Storage Engineer
> > > > wk 402.777.7901
> > > > cell 402.889.2585
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: olug-bounces at olug.org [mailto:olug-bounces at olug.org] On Behalf
> > > > Of Hurley, Rod
> > > > Sent: Monday, July 01, 2013 11:21 AM
> > > > To: Omaha Linux User Group
> > > > Subject: Re: [olug] NAS
> > > >
> > > > "Fun with iSCSI".  I loved that book.  :o)
> > > >
> > > > Iomega (apparently now called Lenovo/EMC) has some nice small biz
> > > > class NAS stuff (px4-300d) that fully supports iSCSI.  Most only
> > > > scale to about 16TB since they are small desktop boxes.  Of course
> > > > since EMC has their hands in it, you can buy the big NAS too, for
> big prices.
> > > >
> > > > The Dell 2950 approach would work too, I've done that as well, but
> > > pricier
> > > > in the long run than a desktop NAS.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Rod
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: olug-bounces at olug.org [mailto:olug-bounces at olug.org] On Behalf
> > > > Of Sheldon, Roger W
> > > > Sent: Monday, July 01, 2013 11:08 AM
> > > > To: Omaha Linux User Group
> > > > Subject: Re: [olug] NAS
> > > >
> > > > Supports both nfs/cifs. Not looking to scale upwards but definitely
> > > > like that option. Would not be running any high performance apps or
> DB's.
> > > > Mounting and steaming ISO's and possibly having some fun with iscsi.
> > > >
> > > > Roger Sheldon
> > > > Storage Engineer
> > > > wk 402.777.7901
> > > > cell 402.889.2585
> > > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: olug-bounces at olug.org [mailto:olug-bounces at olug.org] On Behalf
> > > > Of Hurley, Rod
> > > > Sent: Monday, July 01, 2013 11:03 AM
> > > > To: Omaha Linux User Group
> > > > Subject: Re: [olug] NAS
> > > >
> > > > NFS and CIFS both or just NFS?  I see you might be considering
> > > > Server
> > > 2012
> > > > which also offers ReFS.
> > > >
> > > > Are you looking to scale to 60-70 TB soon, or just a ways down the
> road?
> > > >  It sounds like you just want to do dump some files on it, (compared
> > > > to running high performance apps/db's) is this correct?
> > > >
> > > > Rod Hurley
> > > > Sr. Data Storage Administrator
> > > > Tenaska, Inc.
> > > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: olug-bounces at olug.org [mailto:olug-bounces at olug.org] On Behalf
> > > > Of Sheldon, Roger W
> > > > Sent: Monday, July 01, 2013 10:53 AM
> > > > To: olug at olug.org
> > > > Subject: [olug] NAS
> > > >
> > > > Looking to purchase NAS for SOHO use. Any recommends? Intended use
> > > > for home, storing a lot of ISO's I will be creating from OEM disks I
> > > purchased.
> > > > Mounting an ISO and reading them is faster than CD's/DVD'S and this
> > > > helps greatly when rendering. Just need lota space. Also would be
> > > > the normal everyday stuff like images, music, media streaming etc.
> > > > I'm looking at
> > > the
> > > > models below. From what I can gather Synology has a good
> > > > implementation that reviews indicate as being rock solid and great
> > > > applications for
> > > SOHO.
> > > > Synology also supports expansion units, VMware, vSphere 5, Citrix
> > > > and Windows Server 2012 (whatever the heck that is). Not so sure
> > > > about their Hybrid RAID as it kinds sounds like an offshoot of
> > > > DROBO's version or
> > > RAID.
> > > > I think it comes with 3yr or 5yr warranty. QNAP was the other NAS I
> > > > was looking at as they seem to have good NAS setup as well as
> > > > applications. I think QNAP has more modes when it comes configuring
> > > > for network link aggregation. Synology also supports link a
> > > >    ggrega
> > > >    ti  on as well and comes with two or four Gigabit connections
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Synology DS1812+ (8 Bay ) with expansion units can scale to 72TB
> > > > Synology
> > > > DS1512+ (5 Bay) with expansion units can scale to 60TB
> > > >
> > > > Roger Sheldon
> > > > Storage Engineer
> > > > wk 402.777.7901
> > > > cell 402.889.2585
> > > >
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Jeff Hinrichs
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