[ale] NAS suggestions

[Jeff Lightner]

We've been using a Linux embedded SNAP NAS for the past couple of years
for Windows storage. I haven't heard any major complaints about it and
would have since the Windows admins ask me when they need assistance
usually.

It is from Overland Storage and their site for it is:
http://www.overlandstorage.com/US/products/nasdataprotection.html

Also this site appears to give pricing for some Overland Storage stuff
way below the $50,000 range.
http://www.snapserveronline.com/


-----Original Message-----
From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of
Robert L. Harris
Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2009 2:50 PM
To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
Subject: [ale] NAS suggestions


I need a solid NAS solution that'll give 3-5 TB without costing 50K.  
I've been using
a CoRAID solution I really liked but when doing an "mkfs" on a drive 
this morning
it threw a bad block.  As a result of dealing with the bad IO the NFS 
effectively
stopped and the whole NAS basically stopped responding to NFS traffic
which
killed my ESX servers.

I'd like to stay away from something requiring dedicated cables (Fibre 
channel, etc)
if I can due to the overhead of replacing the existing gige NAS in place

right now.

Robert

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