[TriLUG] Network Attached Storage Recommendation

[Ron Kelley]

Forgot to mention, you can build a decent hardware box for about $2-3K (SuperMicro server, Intel CPU, Seagate SAS drives, etc) then just load your favorite distro as mentioned below.

If you need the SuperMicro specifics, just let me know.  I have built probably 8 - 10 NFS/CIFS servers based on off-the-shelf parts and have had very good success.


Thanks,

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Ron Kelley
rkelleyrtp at gmail.com



On Mar 11, 2013, at 11:21 AM, Ron Kelley wrote:

> OpenFiler, FreeNAS, Nexanta, or OpenIndiana on x86 Solaris.
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> Thanks,
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> Ron Kelley
> rkelleyrtp at gmail.com
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> On Mar 11, 2013, at 11:19 AM, matt at noway2.thruhere.net wrote:
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>> At work, we have some Windows servers that are used for common shared
>> drive access via mapped drive syncing.  This has proven itself to be
>> problematic in terms of reliability.  For example, someone will make a
>> change to a file only to find later that it didn't really update when
>> someone else tries to access it, yet gave no indication of an error.
>> 
>> I was discussing this situation with a fellow employee who is in the IT
>> department and he suggested getting an NAS instead of relying on Windows
>> servers.
>> 
>> I was wondering if anyone had any recommendations for a decent NAS device
>> that is reliable, moderately priced, and would appeal to someone who
>> strongly prefers Linux or BSD over Windows.  It would be used primarily as
>> shared storage and backup rather than rapid file access.  Most of the
>> machines in the dept are Windows based with centralized Active Directory
>> Authentication and support for this would be a bonus.
>> 
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