I'm planning to implement one NAS for my storage also.
Custom made, and probably with replication over network to another NAS.
If you have some unused older PC, with ports for SATA disks, then you
can install "Openfiler". Freeware.
Otherwise, i have heard that "Drobo", works good.
NAS is attractive, because you can hide your loud HDD disks in another
room, well ventilated, backed up by UPS. And leave only laptop or PC
with one disk as front-end workstation.
Hard disks don't like frequent power up/down. So it is better to split
these functions, and you can get quiet living room during night :)
Gasha
Sylwester Pietrzyk wrote:
Dnia 28 października 2009 2:57 Doug Franklin <jehosep...@mindspring.com>
napisał(a):
Have any of the PDML faithful tried using Network Attached Storage (NAS)
for their photo archive? I'm considering putting together a 1TB or so
NAS box or device to live on my at-home 1GBps Ethernet LAN. Right now,
I'm keeping the archive on a set of external (eSATA and USB) hard
drives. I'm finding that it'd be convenient to keep a copy online all
of the time. I've been happy with the 4-drive RAID 10 in my main
machine, but I want to put the online archive on a separate box of some
sort. Any recommendations on gear to get or to avoid? I'm thinking I'd
do another 4-drive RAID 10 setup with 500 GB (or maybe 1TB) drives
commodity 7200 RPM SATA-II drives.
Here is a site that you may find interesting:
http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/
Performance difference between various NAS solutions can be very big, and it is worth considering before buying one, especially if you want it to use for photo archiving. I believe that Synology, QNAP and Thecus are leaders now, with Synology having arguably the best UI for management.
Cheers,
Sylwek
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