On Mon, 22 Jul 2002, at 2:29pm, Hewitt Tech wrote: > Has anyone used any of the Quantum Snap Server products to add NAS storage > for small office use?
The only caveats I hear of regularly are performance, management, and backup. Performance is pretty poor, especially for any kind of I/O intensive application (but you would expect that). Management is poor, compared to how integrated a homogeneous network usually is (but again, that is to be expected, and a non-issue on a small, ad-hoc network anyway). Backup is a combination of performance and simple existence: Don't forget to back up the Snap box, and remember that network backup performance (compared to a local drive) is going to be pretty poor. > I remember them using Linux as the hidden OS. As others had said, I think it was a BSD. I also seem to remember that, after Maxtor bought Quantum, Maxtor decided to use an embedded version of a Redmond-based OS. But in an embedded situation, the OS really does not matter. It could be running Amiga Workbench, so long as it gets the job done. -- Ben Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | The opinions expressed in this message are those of the author and do not | | necessarily represent the views or policy of any other person, entity or | | organization. All information is provided without warranty of any kind. | ***************************************************************** To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. *****************************************************************
