[TriLUG] NFS NAS (on the cheap?)

[Wes Garrison via TriLUG]

I've had really good luck running Debian with ZFSonLinux
<http://zfsonlinux.org/>.  We share over NFS and SMB.

You can get 8 4TiB drives in this Norco 4U box
<http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811219051>, giving
you "RAID" Z2 with 24Tib and 2-drive fault-tolerance.

Here's the 2U version.
<http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811219024>

If you're gong to run ZFS, a cheap core i3 will be fine, but definitely go
with 16GiB of RAM.

-Wes

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On Thu, Oct 22, 2015 at 7:07 PM, Thomas Delrue via TriLUG <trilug at trilug.org
> wrote:

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> I'll second QNAP. Take a look at
> https://www.qnap.com/i/useng/product/items_by_series.php?CA=1
>
> On 10/22/2015 03:45 PM, Steve kuekes via TriLUG wrote:
> > We have had very good luck with QNAP SAN's.  They are linux based
> > appliances.  We have 5 and have never had a failure.  They have many
> > different configurations available.
> >
> > http://www.qnap.com
> >
> > YMMV
> >
> > Steve Kuekes
> >
> > On 10/22/2015 03:28 PM, Brian Weaver via TriLUG wrote:
> >> So I've been task with ordering a "storage solution" for doing backup
> s
> >> local at my work. The problem I have is that I've been requested to
> >> submit
> >> a PO in the morning so it can be ordered ASAP.
> >>
> >> Currently we have two "NAS" like solutions
> >>
> >> 1. A Buffalo Terastation
> >> 2. A system with a Coraid appliance attached
> >>
> >> I've run into the following issues. On the Buffalo server when copyin
> g
> >> files onto the server I would get an error on the client stating that
>  the
> >> unique fsid of the file changed. This usually resulted in a "Stale NF
> S
> >> mount". I updated the firmware to the latest for the appliance and th
> at
> >> issue appears to be resolved.
> >>
> >> Now when I try to copy a file I'll get an I/O error. If I touch the f
> ile
> >> first and then copy to the created file it works. That seemed to be g
> oing
> >> okay until after days of creating backups one of the directories bein
> g
> >> served up could no long list file. I would get an I/O error when runn
> ing
> >> 'ls /remote/directory'.
> >>
> >> So I'm not keen on another Buffalo server.
> >>
> >> The Coraid device is old, I have no documentation, and I know the Cor
> aid
> >> company went out of business. It might be a fine piece of hardware bu
> t
> >> I've
> >> been given a minor budget to get new gear and things should have impr
> oved
> >> in the last 6 years.
> >>
> >> If anyone has any suggestions of where and what to buy I'm listening.
>  The
> >> goal is at least 12 TB+ of storage with some level of protection from
>  a
> >> lost drive or two (RAID 5/6, ZFS, etc)
> >>
> >> Personally I'd like to build a massive SAN from scratch, but given th
> e
> >> timeline and internal considerations that's does not appear to be an
> >> option.
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