[olug] SMB NAS devices

[Obi-Wan]

>> Anybody got experience using a medium-sized NAS device for a small
>> business network?  Care to recommend a product?
> 
> We bought a Silicon Mechanics storage server and put openfiler on top.
> 
> The hardware was a little more pricey than a small biz would probably 
> like to spend.

That's actually right in line with what I've been looking at.
Their Storform iS703 storage server w/12 1TB drives is $6800.

You say you installed openfiler on yours, though, but the iS703
seems to come with a web management GUI.  Am I mistaken in thinking
that this is essentially an appliance?

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