Thanks for the info Michael. The x-raid technology sounds interesting. Do all the drives have to be the same on this box, ie, if you have 2x250gb and you want to then add a larger drive, it works?
Also do they sell just the bare box? At 03:02 PM 02/27/2009, you wrote: >We're using this at a client's site > >http://www.buy.com/prod/netgear-readynas-nv-1tb-gigabit-desktop-network-storage-2x500gb/q/loc/101/204696978.html > > >4 drives, RAID-5, uses little power, has built-in backup features, >etc. It will send you an email when it encounters an error. > >The only drawback we've seen is the throughput is a little slow for >live data. If you're using it for backup, or data storage and not >for live database operations, it works very well. > >I would recommend it and it hardly takes up any space at all. > >It's now down to $650.00, we paid about $900 only about 6 months ago. > > > >--- On Fri, 2/27/09, Steve Ellenoff <[email protected]> wrote: > > > From: Steve Ellenoff <[email protected]> > > Subject: [NF] Building an easily expandable huge data share for home > > To: [email protected] > > Date: Friday, February 27, 2009, 12:44 PM > > My other post about interest in Windows Home Server was > > mainly due to > > my strong desire to build an easily expandable huge data > > store for my > > home, though I would think any corporate environment small > > or large > > would have similar needs. > > > > Here are my goals: > > 1) One single huge store of data in the 10-20TB range ( I > > can never > > find all the files I want, as they are scatted on many > > 500GB drives ) > > 2) Put to good use, all the various different sized drives > > I have > > lying around ( I hate wasting a perfectly good drive ) > > 3) Ability to simply add new drives to instantly expand > > capacity ( > > This rules out most RAID setups ) > > 4) Ability to hotswap drives when a drive fails. > > 5) Safety in case of a drive failure in the storage pool > > (ie some > > form of redundancy) > > 6) Ability to remove drives from the pool in order to > > recover files > > in the event the server crashes (ie you cannot read RAID > > drives > > outside of the RAID setup) > > 7) Inexpensive ( ie, perfer to build from existing parts > > rather than > > fork over for new hardware ) > > 8) Ability to have automated backup computers in my home > > (many of > > which have themselves huge drives 500GB) > > 9) Keep everything as Green as possible, so the server > > could be a > > fairly low powered energy efficient machine > > 10) Super simple, minimal fuss, idiot proof functionality, > > both setup > > and maintenance. > > 11) Reliable and stable ( putting all your data on 1 server > > is a > > scary thing, it must be super stable and have easy external > > backup of > > it's contents ) > > > > I was attracted to the marketing of Windows Home Server as > > it claims > > to address most if not all of my goals above. My biggest > > concern with > > it is #11, reliability. Realize that I would be building my > > own WMS > > from retired computers, rather than forking over 500$ for > > an HP > > MediaSmart machine, so the outlay of $ is a simple $99 fee > > for the OS. > > > > I am not sure if there are any alternatives that meet all > > the above > > goals, but I'm hoping you guys have some suggestions > > and thoughts? > > > > In researching a bit more, I found that Drobo came close to > > meeting > > my desires of an easily expandable storage pool (although > > you're > > limited to 4 drives only), however I've read several > > really bad > > reviews of it online about data loss and slow performance, > > plus the > > cost of the unit (500$ w/o any drives) all of which makes > > me less > > than thrilled about the idea. > > > > FreeNAS seems to be recommended often as well, but I've > > not seen any > > mention of FreeNAS having the ability to expand capacity > > and have > > data redundancy easily. On top of that, > > I've never loved linux command lines. > > > > I've not written off any of these 3 solutions, so if > > someone with > > experience wants to chime in about which way I should go, > > please do, > > or better, if there's a method I'm overlooking, > > please do tell. > > > > Thanks everyone- > > Steve > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Post Messages to: [email protected] > > Subscription Maintenance: > > http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox > > OT-free version of this list: > > http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech > > Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox > > This message: > > > http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] > > ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are > > the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or > > medical advice. 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