[olug] NAS

webtrekker at cox.net webtrekker at cox.net
Wed Jul 3 01:53:38 UTC 2013 

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
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> > 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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