[lug] NAS - OpenNAS, FreeNAS, NAS4Free, or COTS?

[Stephen Kraus]

FreeNAS is lovely.
On Dec 8, 2014 11:16 AM, "Orion Poplawski" <orion at cora.nwra.com> wrote:

> On 12/05/2014 08:26 PM, Jed S. Baer wrote:
> > Hi Folks.
> >
> > The boss has decided to look at getting a NAS box, primarily for use as a
> > target for backups. I'll probably use some sort of rsync-ish or rdiff-ish
> > software to do the backups, but that's not a big deal.
> >
> > I don't have a specific budget number, but it isn't going to be high-end
> > enterprise-class stuff. More like low-mid 2-bay SOHO.
> >
> > Unless I'm wrong about budget, this will be a RAID-1 config. If it ends
> > up being a 4-bay, then RAID10 (1+0) is likely. Not sure about the RAID
> > part, as I'm reading that RAID5 can be problematic, and who knows about
> > various vendor-specific RAID extensions? Hey, I'm not a big SA type.
>
> I would avoid RAID5.  For 5+ disks I would suggest RAID6.  I would avoid
> vendor specific things.
>
> >
> > Needs to have a simple web-based interface, so the boss can manage it if
> > I'm not around. This isn't going to be a complex setup anyway. Probably
> > just 1 big share. But there is a requirement for some data protection,
> > e.g. for the accounting files.
>
>
> >
> > Or, just get a COTS machine. Lots of choices here, so any particular
> > thoughts? Thecus, Synology, Qnap, other? Initially, looking around, and
> > reading reviews, I think I want to avoid Buffalo.
>
> I've only setup one of these, but it was pretty easy.  Handed it off so no
> idea how it's held up.
>
>
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