How about a ZFS based solution? Freenas or nexenta?
Julian
Sent from my iProduct, cause I'm iSpecial But not in that ishort bus kind
of way...
> On Nov 12, 2013, at 10:58 PM, Naushad Zulfiqar wrote:
>
> I'm a super big fan of Synology devices. Have a 5 bay version and another
> 5 bay ESATA hanging off that. Works peachy.
>
>
>> On Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 9:56 PM, Alex Lee wrote:
>>
>> Yes it does support different disk sizes in their Synology Hybrid Raid
>> setup (1 or 2 disk fault tolerance).
>>
>> Like I said, Synology isn't cheap but I wanted less hassles and a smaller
>> footprint (power, size, etc) - I ended up re-using most of my Unraid disks,
>> plus a few new ones for the Synology since I had to maintain my Unraid
>> array, copy to Synology, turn down Unraid, repurpose old Unraid drives.
>>
>> I'm at ~34TB with 8x 4TB + 5x 3TB with room for 5 more drives.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 10:40 AM, Steve Tomporowski >> wrote:
>>
>>> All good points, Alex, except for the cost. A Synology system would cost
>>> me $500 to $800 without disks and limit me in number of disks. Right
>> now I
>>> have disks & a system, the only cost would be the software. As it is, I
>>> can't find WHS2011 for less than $49.99 (where'd you find it for $29.99,
>>> Chris?), adding flexraid would be another $80.00. Or go with Unraid for
>>> $70.00 (or free if I limit myself to 3 disks).
>>>
>>> Does Synology do an array of differing size disks?
>>>
>>> Steve
>>>
>>>
On Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 12:40 PM, Alex Lee wrote:
Unraid is basically a special version of slackware linux.
I used to use Unraid and switched over to Synology at 2x the cost.
a. 1 disk failure tolerance for Unraid - I wanted 2 (which Synology
offered with their hybrid raid setup)
b. Unraid performance is great if you use a cache disk (SSD), same as
Synology (without cache disk)
c. When a disk fails, how do I know which one failed? (Unraid) ... I
>>> don't
want to look at each of my drives and read the label.
d. Wanted a lower power footprint so it can last longer on UPS. My
16-drive Unraid tower used a 600W PSU, my 13-drive Synology uses less
>>> than
half that.
It basically boiled down to the fact that I have less time and
>> tolerance
>>> to
deal with the little issues that come up on homegrown solutions that
>>> forced
me to go with a much more expensive but polished product.
On Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 8:08 AM, Steve Tomporowski wrote:
> Yeah, I found a discussion comparing Flexraid to Unraid. For me,
>> they
are
> identical except for two issues: Flexraid can add disks with data
already
> on them (Unraid can't) while Unraid can run the OS from a USB stick,
saving
> a MB SATA port, while Flexraid requires one disk for the OS.
>
>
> On Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 10:26 AM, Chris Reeves
> wrote:
>
>> Flexraid runs on top of any windows os. Whs2011 can be had very
cheaply
>>
>> -Original Message-
>> From: "Steve Tomporowski"
>> Sent: 11/12/2013 8:03 AM
>> To: "hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com" <
hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com
>>
>> Subject: Re: [H] NAS Software
>>
>> Are you using WHS2011 for streaming? I'm assuming that flexraid
>> can
>>> be
>> used standalone?
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Nov 11, 2013 at 8:36 PM, Chris Reeves >>
> wrote:
>>
>>> I've been using whs2011+flexraid. Whs2011 can be found for $29.
>> I
paid
>>> $39 for flexraid.
>>>
>>> I currently have 48tb online and performance has been really
>> solid
>>>
>>> -Original Message-
>>> From: "Steve Tomporowski"
>>> Sent: 11/11/2013 5:40 PM
>>> To: "hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com" <
> hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com
>>>
>>> Subject: [H] NAS Software
>>>
>>> After picking up some scrap hardware, most notably a couple of
E8400's,
>>> I've got a bunch of stuff to build a NAS.
>>>
>>> For software, I want something that will give me some sort of
>>> parity,
> so
>>> that I can replace a dead drive without loosing stuff and the
>>> ability
> to
>>> add storage without doing a nuke and reinstall. I looked at
>>> FreeNAS,
>>> but that's a pain to increase storage, but then noticed UnRaid (I
think
>>> it's been mentioned here before), which seems to fit the bill.
>>>
>>> Anyone familiar with UnRaid --- good/bad points --- or is there
>>> some
>>> other software I missed? Free is to be preferred, but UnRaid
>> seems
to
>>> be worth the extra $70.
>>>
>>> Thanks...Steve
>
>
>
> --
> Best Regards,
>
>
> Zulfiqar Naushad
