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Hardware & Infrastructure => Hardware => Topic started by: Bloody Jack Kidd on December 14, 2009, 12:05:29 PM

Title: NAS
Post by: Bloody Jack Kidd on December 14, 2009, 12:05:29 PM
Anyone using any NAS solutions, either SOHO stuff for home,  or @ the office?

I'm running freeNAS at work on a Dell PE750 with a Highpoint RocketRAID HBA and a couple 1TB WD Caviar Greenies in RAID 1.  Pretty happy with that.

http://freenas.org
Title: Re: NAS
Post by: insurebatimore on March 15, 2010, 01:08:00 PM
I've used FreeNAS and OpenFiler.  Either one is an excellent alternative to something like a Netgear ReadyNAS.

It's a shame NAS is overlooked as a storage platform.  It does some great things.  But alas, hard drives are cheap and SAN's are not.  Leaves NAS somewhat out in the cold.
Title: Re: NAS
Post by: Jeff Golas on March 17, 2010, 11:14:43 AM
I've used Openfiler at home for playing with iSCSI. Big learning curve and a little temperamental but otherwise works great. I've read a few posts online where people have installed it in soon-to-be-retired HUGE commercial NAS products with 100+ drives.