Hello All,
I’ve deployed dozens of QNAPs and have 5 (1 -8 drive units)
myself, and while they are high performance machines, support is lacking (but
improving). BUT, you rarely if ever need support. Per Drobos, they are pretty
looking. There’s a reason they won’t release hardware to benchmark type
companies (website, magazines, etc), since it’s pretty poor compared to QNAP &
Synology (SMB NAS leaders). QNAPs are VMware certified as well (I use 4 of them
only for iSCSI targets & the other is a SMB based ISO repository). I prefer
QNAP, but when support is a concern buy the Cisco rebranded units. Cisco sells
3 QNAPs that are actually QNAP hardware but with Cisco SMARTnet support & Cisco
“software” version. I just bought 2 of the 6 drive units for a client.
http://www.qnap.com/USEng/
http://www.synology.com/us/index.php
http://www.cisco.com/cisco/web/solutions/small_business/products/storage/nss300/index.html
-Ben
From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Monday, November 07, 2011 12:30 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Backup alternatives
Interesting.
And I’ve deployed QNAPs and had nothing but service headaches. :-P I won’t
deploy another one.
Just goes to show – we’ve all got different experiences…
Regards,
Michael B. Smith
Consultant and Exchange MVP
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From: Richard Stovall [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Monday, November 07, 2011 12:23 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Backup alternatives
::shudders::
My DroboPro FS is a bonafide Dee-Oh-Gee. It is inexcusably, inexplicably slow.
It can take an hour or more to delete (DELETE!) several hundred files. I've
even SSHed into it and run a delete operation from the command line and it's
the same deal. I've also never gotten better than 18MB/s or so over gigabit
into or out of it.
All in all, a terrific waste of money. Other models may be different, but I
would never get another Drobo product without having some sort of testing
period first.
My QNAP TS-859U-RP+, on the other hand, is fantastic.
RS
On Mon, Nov 7, 2011 at 11:39 AM, Michael B. Smith
<[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
I like drobos. Fast, redundant, etc. But if you can drop an eSATA card into the
open slot and get a 2 TB drive – that would be a lot cheaper.
Regards,
Michael B. Smith
Consultant and Exchange MVP
http://TheEssentialExchange.com<http://theessentialexchange.com/>
From: Reimer, Mark
[mailto:[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>]
Sent: Monday, November 07, 2011 11:28 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Backup alternatives
Sorry,
OS is Win2K3, 64 bit. But that might change if/when I update the file server.
I’m not too worried about software at this point, more of a hardware question.
I think there might be an open slot in the 2950. I was also looking into a
simple NAS unit (one or two drive, with easy swappable (hopefully hot) hard
drives).
Mark
From: Michael B. Smith
[mailto:[email protected]]<mailto:[mailto:[email protected]]>
Sent: Monday, November 07, 2011 8:52 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Backup alternatives
What OS? Any open slots in the 2950? (I can’t remember how many slots it has,
but I’m pretty sure it has at least one.)
Regards,
Michael B. Smith
Consultant and Exchange MVP
http://TheEssentialExchange.com<http://theessentialexchange.com/>
From: Reimer, Mark
[mailto:[email protected]]<mailto:[mailto:[email protected]]>
Sent: Monday, November 07, 2011 10:47 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Backup alternatives
In September (20-23), there was a question about backup devices. My issue is
related, but more open.
My tape drive died late last week. We back up about 1.5 TB per week (full and
incrementals combined), so external HD is a very real option. The file server
is older (Dell 2950). I don’t think there is a eSata port on it. Our internet
connection isn’t very fast (20 Mb up and down), and quite busy, so a cloud type
solution may not work well.
I’m open to any ideas you might have.
Thanks
Mark
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