NAS recommendations

[sparkeh]

We are thinking of adding a NAS box to the network to hold/share multimedia resources.

 

Anyone have any recommendations for a good solution?

 

I was looking at the Buffalo Terrastation.

 

TIA

 

Mark

[mattx]

Freenas

 

FreeNAS: The Free NAS Server - Home

 

[ I wonder how many times I have pushed this now ???!!! ]

 

Also suggest:

 

[ame=http://www.amazon.com/Learning-FreeNAS-Gary-Sims/dp/1847194680]Amazon.com: Learning FreeNAS: Configure and manage a network attached storage solution: Gary Sims: Books[/ame]

 

Excellent book covering most aspects.

[linescanner]

How big do you need ?

[tmcd35]

Buffalo Terastations, every time!

[ozzy]

Terastation for me to, we have had two for 2 years now for backup and storage and not had a single problem with them:)

[Haptic]

We are thinking of adding a NAS box to the network to hold/share multimedia resources.

 

Anyone have any recommendations for a good solution?

 

I was looking at the Buffalo Terrastation.

 

TIA

 

Mark

 

How about this Mark,

 

Buffalo TeraStation Pro II 1TB 19 Rackmount Network Attached Storage £395.00+vat Free Next Day Delivery

 

http://img.misco.co.uk/images/uploadedimages/large/301011.jpg

 

 

Features:

Simple Install and Management

 

 

Active Directory Support - Will join an AD domain to utilise AD users and groups

 

DFS (Distributed File System) Support

 

Intuitive front panel LCD shows status information

 

Easy setup wizard and management through intuitive web interface

 

Quick swap hard drive trays behind the front panel for easy drive access and replacement

 

2U 19” Rack Mountable

 

UPS Support

 

RAID Support

 

 

Five Operating RAID Modes: RAID 0, 1, 5, 10, Standard

 

Advanced RAID system continually checks hard drive and RAID performance

 

High Performance

 

 

Four High Speed (7,200 RPM) Hard Drives in One

 

10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet with Jumbo Frame

 

Large near silent fan to release HDD heat effectively and quietly

 

Built-in FTP server functionality

 

Two USB 2.0 ports, allowing extra drives to be connected

 

Memeo™ AutoBackup Software Included

 

 

Specifications

Buffalo TeraStation Pro II 1TB 19 Rackmount Network Attached Storage

Standard Compliance IEEE802.3ab/IEEE802.3u/IEEE802.3 Standard 1000BASE-T/ 100BASE-TX/ 10BASE-T

Data Transfer Rates 10 / 100 / 1000 Mbps

Connector Type RJ-45

Hard Drive Size 1.0TB

Dimension (WxHxD mm) 480 x 86 x 420

OS Support Windows® Vista™, Windows® XP, Windows® 2000

 

In Stock and available for free next business day delivery!

[mattx]

Buffalo TeraStation Pro II 1TB 19 Rackmount Network Attached Storage £395.00+vat Free Next Day Delivery

 

You can do better than that by building your own and using Freenas [ FreeBSD ] plus get much more features.

 

If you want a straight out the box solution though its quite a good price.....

[oggster]

Be careful of these if you have lots of users and want to use AD authentication. We bought one and soon discovered an undocumented feature - the AD authentication only supports up to 1000 users!

Its coded into their software and they wouldn't change it. We ended up sending it back.

[FN-GM]

Be careful of these if you have lots of users and want to use AD authentication. We bought one and soon discovered an undocumented feature - the AD authentication only supports up to 1000 users!

Its coded into their software and they wouldn't change it. We ended up sending it back.

 

We had the same thing, sent it back for a ready nas.

[sammy]

Buffalo TeraStations all the way...good robust piece of kit, i have several schools that use those and never had any problems.

[Ric_]

You can do better than that by building your own and using Freenas [ FreeBSD ] plus get much more features.

 

Also Openfiler (see Openfiler — Openfiler Homepage ) - even MORE features (e.g. iSCSI).

[sparkeh]

Thanks everyone! And thanks Simon for the call, always a pleasure.

[jimmckenna]

Following on from the previous comments about self build. Anyone care to offer up a spec they have used for self build and is now "doing the business" I am looking more at back up than shared drives also rack mount version. Much appreciated in advance!! Ta

[Steven_Cleaver]

Buffalo Terastation here too although only for backup.

[Sylv3r]

Be careful of these if you have lots of users and want to use AD authentication. We bought one and soon discovered an undocumented feature - the AD authentication only supports up to 1000 users!

Its coded into their software and they wouldn't change it. We ended up sending it back.

 

I think they is an update to the firmware which enabled you to have unlimited AD authentication.