QNAP appliances can be integrated in AD and it works well. You basically add it
to your domain as
you would a Windows PC. Then you can set up permissions for the shares you
define on the NAS using
AD groups and/or users.
I have one in use at a small business since 2 years (model TS-459U-SP+).
:07 PM
To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com
Subject: [NTSysADM] NAS SMB server (QNAP?)
SHORT VERSION
Anyone here used the QNAP appliances as an SMB file server (Windows File
Sharing) in an Active Directory environment? How'd it go?
(Not as an iSCSI target or other block-level protocol.)
LONG
Can it also act as a DFS share?
From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com]
On Behalf Of Jean-Christian Chevalier
Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2013 1:05 AM
To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com
Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] NAS SMB server (QNAP?)
QNAP appliances can
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*On Behalf Of
*Jean-Christian Chevalier
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*Subject:* Re: [NTSysADM] NAS SMB server (QNAP?)
QNAP appliances can be integrated in AD and it works well. You basically add
it to your domain as
you would a Windows PC
SHORT VERSION
Anyone here used the QNAP appliances as an SMB file server (Windows
File Sharing) in an Active Directory environment? How'd it go?
(Not as an iSCSI target or other block-level protocol.)
LONG VERSION
I'm looking for what will basically be a network-attached disk
drive.
bad
experience with them overall...
Don K
On Mon, 10/28/13, Ben Scott mailvor...@gmail.com wrote:
Subject: [NTSysADM] NAS SMB server (QNAP?)
To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com
Date: Monday, October 28, 2013, 1:06 PM
SHORT VERSION
Anyone here
On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 2:14 PM, Don Kuhlman drkuhl...@yahoo.com wrote:
Sorry, I know that's not helpful, but I can at least say I didn't have any
bad experience with them overall...
Hey, from what I've seen of the cheap NAS space, Didn't burst into
flame is useful feedback...
Thanks.
Sure thing - If memory serves, I think we had about 300 users hitting it at
different times. Plus we did use AD auth from all the clients...
Don K
On Mon, 10/28/13, Ben Scott mailvor...@gmail.com wrote:
Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] NAS SMB server (QNAP
I have two QNAP devices at $Work. One is dedicated as a B2D target for
BackupExec and is doing essentially what you're talking about. It
leverages AD for share permissions, and hasn't so much as burped since I
set it up a couple of years ago.
Another nice feature is that it 'just works' with
On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 3:10 PM, Kurt Buff kurt.b...@gmail.com wrote:
No experience with the QNAP, but here's what I'd do.
Get a refurb Dell server and stuff it full of disks.
Put FreeNAS on it.
Done.
Apparently you missed this part:
But management here is concerned that good Linux
On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 12:21 PM, Ben Scott mailvor...@gmail.com wrote:
On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 3:10 PM, Kurt Buff kurt.b...@gmail.com wrote:
No experience with the QNAP, but here's what I'd do.
Get a refurb Dell server and stuff it full of disks.
Put FreeNAS on it.
Done.
Apparently
On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 4:11 PM, Kurt Buff kurt.b...@gmail.com wrote:
Heck, if you want, they'll even sell you a commercial appliance that
does the same thing, and the pricing isn't unreasonable..
http://www.ixsystems.com/storage/ix/home-office-storage/freenas-mini.html
Doesn't look like a
Perhaps your minions don't have the necessary experience because they
haven't been given the opportunity. Sounds like your initial gut decision
to go with a home grown solution would provide more than one benefit.
- Sean
On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 1:43 PM, Ben Scott mailvor...@gmail.com wrote:
On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 2:43 PM, Ben Scott mailvor...@gmail.com wrote:
On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 4:11 PM, Kurt Buff kurt.b...@gmail.com wrote:
Heck, if you want, they'll even sell you a commercial appliance that
does the same thing, and the pricing isn't unreasonable..
I wasn't going to go there, because I've been in the same boat.
Management is often shy Open Source stuff. I don't know what it is,
but I've seen it enough to know that opening up for Open Source is not
something management does very often, or willingly.
It's a shame, really, as it does several
On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 6:00 PM, Sean Martin seanmarti...@gmail.com wrote:
Perhaps your minions ...
On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 6:14 PM, Kurt Buff kurt.b...@gmail.com wrote:
I wasn't going to go there ...
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3318/3251058133_44de524524_z.jpg
-- Ben
On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 3:28 PM, Ben Scott mailvor...@gmail.com wrote:
On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 6:00 PM, Sean Martin seanmarti...@gmail.com wrote:
Perhaps your minions ...
On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 6:14 PM, Kurt Buff kurt.b...@gmail.com wrote:
I wasn't going to go there ...
that in mind. Open source software does not have this
problem.
- Original Message -
From: Kurt Buff
[mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com]
To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com
Sent: Mon, 28
Oct 2013 15:14:32 -0800
Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] NAS SMB server (QNAP?)
I wasn't going to go there, because I've been
Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] NAS or Server-Budget Update
Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2013 03:27:45 +
There are almost an infinite combination of possible bits of hardware you could
purchase.
My suggestion is you get some requirements – here are some categories that
might assist you in gathering
On Sun, Jun 23, 2013 at 6:12 PM, J- P jnat...@hotmail.com wrote:
So , somehow the client doubled the budget to 10k
So I am looking at the synology 3412RPxs
and I am debating weather to purchase a new host box- or upgrade the the
curent r300 to a full 24gb of ram-
this would allow me to
So are you saying to not utlize the R300 Vshpere - and just get a VRTX?
And retire the R300 Vsphere?
Jean-Paul Natola
Date: Sun, 23 Jun 2013 18:46:31 -0700
Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] NAS or Server-Budget Update
From: kurt.b...@gmail.com
To: ntsysadm
i just figured getting the r3412 there would be no need for the VRTX- but if
you have alternate options- PLEASE share
Jean-Paul Natola
Date: Sun, 23 Jun 2013 18:46:31 -0700
Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] NAS or Server-Budget Update
From: kurt.b...@gmail.com
And that it supports AD for permissions.
From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On
Behalf Of J- P
Sent: Thursday, June 20, 2013 8:56 AM
To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com
Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] NAS or Server
So it seems like more folks ar3 leaning to the NAS
They may call it CIFS rather than NTSF
--
richard
From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On
Behalf Of Jonathan Link
Sent: Thursday, June 20, 2013 8:18 AM
To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com
Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] NAS or Server
Do they have NTFS permissions
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Behalf Of Richard McClary
Sent: Thursday, June 20, 2013 9:30 AM
To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com
Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] NAS or Server
They may call it CIFS rather than NTSF
--
richard
From: listsad
...@lists.myitforum.com] On
Behalf Of David Lum
Sent: Thursday, June 20, 2013 9:53 AM
To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com
Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] NAS or Server
Unless it's a Buffalo Terrastation :( (or at least the version I have which
is ~4 yrs old).
From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.commailto:listsad
, Don
*Sent:* Thursday, June 20, 2013 6:37 AM
*To:* ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com
*Subject:* RE: [NTSysADM] NAS or Server
** **
CIFS is the share from the storage (NAS/SAN) perspective. Once the server
is connected to the CIFS share, you then apply NTFS perms to it, just like
you would
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Date: 06/19/2013 11:24 PM
Subject:RE: [NTSysADM] NAS or Server
Sent by:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com
I'm not following the single point of failure
this is what the end result will be -except the file/nas issue
1 Esxi host running 2 guets
a) guest one win2012 dc
b
Same here on the Buffalo... blah :(Don KFrom: Jonathan Link jonathan.l...@gmail.com To: "ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com"
ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com Sent: Thursday, June 20, 2013 8:59 AM Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] NAS or Server Ding, ding...On Thu, Jun 20, 2013 at 9:53 AM, David
mentioned above
Jean-Paul Natola
To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com
Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] NAS or Server
From: christopher_bod...@glic.com
Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2013 10:25:22 -0400
For something that's just doing file storage
I'd probably lean towards a NAS device. If you
[jnat...@hotmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, June 20, 2013 9:09 AM
To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com
Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] NAS or Server
So Clearly Buffalo is out of the running,
And 1 vote for each Qnap and Synology
Jean-Paul Natola
From: john.c
@lists.myitforum.com
Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] NAS or Server
Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2013 08:07:17 -0700
Are there any other requirements you have before everyone makes suggestions?
For a NAS device I like the Qnap devices. Since you were debating between a NAS
and a Windows Server, why not look at a Windows
To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com
Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] NAS or Server
Are there any other requirements you have before everyone makes suggestions?
For a NAS device I like the Qnap devices. Since you were debating between a NAS
and a Windows Server, why not look at a Windows Storage Server type device
: RE: [NTSysADM] NAS or Server
I was thinking of suggesting this...
I use Server 2012 as a file share and an iSCSI target for my Hyper-V hosts in
my lab and it's awesome. Also, the dedup of my file share has reduced the size
by 54%. Can't wait for 2012 R2 so that I can also dedup my VHDX files
@lists.myitforum.com
*Subject:* RE: [NTSysADM] NAS or Server
** **
Unless it’s a Buffalo Terrastation…. L (or at least the version I have
which is ~4 yrs old).
** **
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[mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] *On Behalf Of *Guyer, Don
*Sent
...@lists.myitforum.com] *On Behalf Of *Webster
*Sent:* Thursday, June 20, 2013 7:57 AM
*To:* ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com
*Subject:* RE: [NTSysADM] NAS or Server
** **
I tried a QNAP NAS in my lab and even after getting ASB involved, we never
could get the thing working the way it was advertised
Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2013 12:49:04 -0400
Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] NAS or Server
To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com
I'm not following the single point of failure
With a single host machine containing X guests, any failure of the host machine
would render all X guests inoperable until fixed.
Best
Natola
--
From: asbz...@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2013 12:49:04 -0400
Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] NAS or Server
To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com
*I'm not following the single point of failure *
With a single host machine containing X guests, any failure
:26 -0400
Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] NAS or Server
From: jonathan.l...@gmail.com
To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com
Perhaps I should more appropriately say, is I would buy two and replicate
data to the other device as a hot spare of sorts.
On Thu, Jun 20, 2013 at 2:11 PM, Jonathan Link
From: jnat...@hotmail.com
To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com
Subject: [NTSysADM] NAS or Server
Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2013 20:43:30 -0400
Company background,
30 yrs old, started with 2 guys, went to to computers in the late 90's had
about 20 users, 1 W2k server and a 120 gb SNAP-
Fast forward
, and of course I dont need to populate all
the drive bays right away, heck there used to a
7200k sata1 mirror-
Jean-Paul Natola
From: jk.har...@live.com
To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com
Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] NAS or Server
Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2013 20:51:19 -0400
I
] NAS or Server
Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2013 21:07:56 -0400
Are you migrating the file/print to another machine? I am hoping you don't
have anything on the Exchange server but Exchange.
Jon
From: jnat...@hotmail.com
To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com
Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] NAS or Server
Date: Wed
fast they are going to move
in that direction.
Jon
From: jnat...@hotmail.com
To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com
Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] NAS or Server
Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2013 21:18:30 -0400
print yes, file is the other question, if I go to NAS do I need windows file
server? wouldn't the NAS take
productions) doesnt increase much on internal
(computer users) -
Just trying to find a strong reason to either go NAS or Server
Thanks again ASB
Jean-Paul Natola
From: asbz...@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:32:49 -0400
Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] NAS or Server
From: asbz...@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:32:49 -0400
Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] NAS or Server
To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com
What do you think will be the usage in 3-5 years? If that's what you're
planning for, then you need to have some idea of what that is.
Frankly, for that size
reason to either go NAS or Server
Thanks again ASB
Jean-Paul Natola
--
From: asbz...@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:32:49 -0400
Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] NAS or Server
To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com
What do you think will be the usage in 3-5
I ran 6 to 8 clients on a Dell 2950 I think the model was 2 Xeon quads with 36
GB RAM and 1 TB of storage for the clients and 64 GB for the host OS. I had
about 50 users attaching.
Jon
From: jnat...@hotmail.com
To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com
Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] NAS or Server
Date: Wed
...@kj.net.au
To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com
Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] NAS or Server
Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2013 03:06:39 +
You
have a pretty small scale environment. I don’t see any reason why you can’t
run additional guests *assuming* that you have sufficient physical resources to
service
?? :) I should still be ok making it a
print, dns or dfsr member?
So in retrospect, i should get a synology and not deal with a new windows
server?
Jean-Paul Natola
From: asbz...@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2013 23:09:19 -0400
Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] NAS or Server
running exchange 2013
3. Windows 2008 physical member server running sql 2005- physical hardware
The DC's are all on separate physical hardware-
Jean-Paul Natola
From: k...@kj.net.au
To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com
Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] NAS or Server
Date
: Thursday, 20 June 2013 1:44 PM
To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com
Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] NAS or Server
these are not a single physical running all guests
1 Esxi host running 2 guets - Physical Hardware
a) guest one win2012 dc
b) guest 2 citrix tx
2.windows 2012 dc physical (former DC/File
NAS or Server
Thanks again ASB
Jean-Paul Natola
From: asbz...@gmail.commailto:asbz...@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:32:49 -0400
Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] NAS or Server
To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.commailto:ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com
What do
I think that was a low shot but I am not sure.
Jon
From: webs...@carlwebster.com
To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com
Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] NAS or Server
Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2013 04:20:46 +
Are you saying that ASB is now old?
webster
Sent from my iPad so please excuse all
: Wednesday, June 19, 2013 11:01 PM
To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com
Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] NAS or Server
So, if the motherboard in your Exchange server failed, then your Exchange
service would still be available to end users?
If you put additional services on that physical host (say, your
file storage ( and also run
hourly backups on that)
and to clarify , not taking shots at anyone, I'm reiterating my appreciation to
Amdrew
Jean-Paul Natola
From: dani...@hotmail.com
To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com
Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] NAS or Server
Date
gathering requirements, then do ask and we can
try to help you out.
Cheers
Ken
From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On
Behalf Of J- P
Sent: Thursday, 20 June 2013 2:47 PM
To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com
Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] NAS or Server
just trying
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