We use Synology at number of clients for basic local backup functions and copies. Works great, never needs a reboot and alerts us if it has any problems, storage use, etc.. Even supports ISCSI, which is very nice for several boxes that need a SystemState Backup to a local non system volume.. I highly recommend them.
They just released this one for you mega home users and your hours of Disney footage. http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/214523/synology_announces_new_15tb_nas_device.html Greg Sweers CEO ACTS360.com P.O. Box 1193 Brandon, FL 33509 813-657-0849 Office 813-758-6850 Cell 813-341-1270 Fax -----Original Message----- From: Bill Humphries [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2010 3:00 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Buffalo - was Re: Home RAID enclosure recommendations? I'm wanting the same thing. I'm looking at synology right now. They have great reviews on new egg. Bill Don Kuhlman wrote: > Thanks for all the comments folks - I need to do some studying :) > > Don > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: N Parr <[email protected]> > To: NT System Admin Issues <[email protected]> > Sent: Wed, December 22, 2010 10:33:53 AM > Subject: RE: Buffalo - was Re: Home RAID enclosure recommendations? > > I've used a myriad of different NAS boxes over the years. Both > Terrastation Pro and Linkstation, no real complaints about them. Other > than the fact that the boot ROM resides on the hard drives in the > Terrastation Pro I have, and if you swap out all the drives at the same > time then you have to TFTP the image back to the box. What a pain, > never have gotten around to doing it yet. Been sitting there with 4 1TB > drives in it for a couple months, just haven't had the time, should > probably sell it. Have had a ReadyNAS NV+ at work and it's performed > pretty well. Kind of slow, newer model is suppose to be screaming fast > though with a lot of improved features. Problem with is was all 4 disks > need to be the exact same model down to a T or it cries. After all > those I just picked up a Drobo-FS for home. Started with a couple > WD2002FYPS drives, those are the top of the line WD datacenter SATA > drives. Suppose to sip the power and be screaming fast. I'm just > slowly adding more drives as I find a deal on ebay. So far performance > wise I'm kind of disappointed. Like it's been mentioned with other > devices if you have multiple data transfers going at the same time it > slows down more than I feel it should. But so did all my other NAS > boxes. And loading directories with hundreds-thousands of sub folders > or files is slow. If I remember the Drobo is suppose to spin down > drives if not in use. I don't know how it decides which ones to do. So > some of the slowness may be attributed to that. For simplicity you > could just get an external locally attached drive with two drives it. A > lot of manufactures make them, just set it up for mirroring and forget > about it. It's portable and simple to hook up and a lot cheaper than > NAS. > http://www.buy.com/prod/fantom-2tb-g-force-megadisk-dual-interface-usb-2 > -0-esata-external-hard/q/loc/101/206729332.html > > > ________________________________ > > From: Jonathan Link [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2010 10:04 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: Buffalo - was Re: Home RAID enclosure recommendations? > > > Drobos? I'm not looking at their NAS offerings, per se. I'm looking at > a Drobo Elite as a backup SAN for our existing SAN. I've heard > generally good things about them. > > > On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 10:54 AM, Don Kuhlman <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Thanks Jonathan. Well, we've got one of these now with 4 tb > total - in a raid 5 configuration. We won't get anymore of them then to > use as an small business NAS. > > I think I need to go search the past threads on what type of > small < $1000.00 NAS would be a good choice for doing backups and > possible user data storage to ;) > > Don > > > ________________________________ > > From: Jonathan Link <[email protected]> > > To: NT System Admin Issues > <[email protected]> > > Sent: Wed, December 22, 2010 9:28:03 AM > Subject: Re: Buffalo - was Re: Home RAID enclosure > recommendations? > > > IME, the Buffalo products didn't support NTFS permissions, and I > had to manage shared permissions individually for the users. This > proved unwieldy quite quickly. So we migrated other commonly needed > data to the NAS and user information back to DAS with NTFS permissions. > This was about 4 years ago, so things may have changed. Just thought > I'd throw this out there before you get too far along... > > > On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 10:23 AM, Don Kuhlman > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi Jack/all. Thanks for the info. We are at AD > functional level 2003. I'm going to guess the secure authentication > settings are on, so how or where do I turn them off to see if it helps? > > Don > > > ________________________________ > > From: "Kramer, Jack" <[email protected]> > > To: NT System Admin Issues > <[email protected]> > > Sent: Wed, December 22, 2010 8:41:53 AM > Subject: Re: Buffalo - was Re: Home RAID enclosure > recommendations? > > > What's your AD functional level? Also do you have (iirc) > secure authentication or whatever it's called turned on? (Default is on > in 2003 and newer functional levels) > > Sometimes the problem is that the often-SAMBA-based > SMB/CIFS components on these little things can't handle the newer > password hashes sent from a domain with that setting turned on so you > have to disable it. You'll degrade your theoretical security a bit but > it's unlikely that an attacker will be able to take advantage of any new > vulnerability without first physically penetrating your network, so it > can be worth it. > > ---- > Jack Kramer > Computer Systems Specialist > University Relations, Michigan State University > w: 517-884-1231 / c: 248-635-4955 > > > From: Don Kuhlman <[email protected]> > Reply-To: NT System Admin Issues > <[email protected]> > Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2010 09:37:54 -0500 > > To: NT System Admin Issues > <[email protected]> > > Subject: Buffalo - was Re: Home RAID enclosure > recommendations? > > > > Sorry to jump this thread, but speaking of > Buffalo NAS - does anyone have any good information (besides the Buffalo > doc and website) on how to get an LS-QL Linkstation Quad to work in an > Active Directory environment as a shared target for users to connect to > via their domain login? > > I set it up using their doc to put in the domain > name (for the workgroup), DC's IP address, DNS IP, made an open share on > it that users are supposed to be able to map to so they get added to the > access list and still couldn't connect to it. > > I searched their forums and knowledge base then > called support and they were less than helpful. The guy said that > there's an issue with Windows Server 2008 and it's the OS's fault(even > though it doesn't work from an XP workstation, 2000 server or 2008 > server), then said that we have network issues which is why we can't > access the drive from the server or any other client on the lan. > > This morning the thing isn't even pingable so I > can't access it via the web interface... > > Thanks > > Don K > > > ________________________________ > > From: David Lum <[email protected]> > To: NT System Admin Issues > <[email protected]> > Sent: Wed, December 22, 2010 8:17:15 AM > Subject: RE: Home RAID enclosure > recommendations? > > > > I have Cavalry USB 2.0/eSATA RAID1 externals > drive and being just external SATA it's just as fast as an internal SATA > drive. If eSATA is OK just do a web search for "eSATA RAID1 external" > > > > I have Buffalo NAS at clients as just extra > storage and both solutions work well. > > > > Dave > > > > > > > > From: Jim Slattery > [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2010 5:57 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: OT: Home RAID enclosure > recommendations? > > > > I recently started taking a lot of photos and > videos, and I'm realizing that my current storage solution at home isn't > going to cut it very soon. > > Does anyone have a recommendation for a good > price/performance RAID enclosure (or populated solution) for home use? > I'd like to have 3-4TB available if possible. > > Thanks, and Happy Holidays! > > Jim > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T > a resource hog! ~ > ~ > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to > [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T > a resource hog! ~ > ~ > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to > [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T > a resource hog! ~ > ~ > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to > [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security > that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to > [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a > resource hog! ~ > ~ > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to > [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! > ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! > ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
