[TriLUG] Once again some NAS questions

[Mauricio Tavares via TriLUG]

On Fri, Feb 17, 2017 at 10:19 AM, Kevin Hunter Kesling via TriLUG
<trilug at trilug.org> wrote:
> Definitely concur.
>
> We bought one of their systems a couple of years ago.  FreeBSD, ZFS, and
> fantastic support.  Had two self-inflicted issues, and their support did all
> that we expected and more.  Rock solid.  Compared to the best competing bid
> at the time, iXsystems:
>
>   * had a vastly more knowledgeable salesperson
>   * offered more robust backing technology (e.g., ext4 over ZFS)
>   * offered *much* better surrounding hardware
>   * came in at ~half the price
>
> As ever, I'm open to better options, but for now, I'm personally of the mind
> that iXsystems is the best-in-show (short of DIY inclinations, of course).
>
      I looked at their website. Is it me or they use supermicro
hardware? Not criticizing; I had great experience with them and their
tech support was actually competent and helpful.

> Kevin
>
>
> At 9:55am -0500 Fri, 17 Feb 2017, Kevin Otte Via Trilug wrote:
>>
>> I had occasion to talk with these folk at a previous employ:
>> https://www.ixsystems.com/
>>
>> They have a local account rep that was great to work with.
>>
>> Under the hood it's FreeNAS, so you could use other hardware if you so
>> desire.
>>
>> On 02/16/2017 03:06 PM, Mauricio Tavares via TriLUG wrote:
>>>
>>>       If you wanted to build/buy a NAS with some 20TB with spinny
>>> disks, what would you recommend?
>
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