I know the topic is ready built NAS's, but if you all want to build something yourselves, I've built a couple of NAS's/SAN's with COTS hardware. For OS's I've used OpenFiler(7/10), FreeNAS(7/10), and Nexenta(8/10). For hardware, everything from 4 to 24 drive SAS controllers. These are mostly to support ESX servers through iSCSI connections, but FreeNAS/Nexenta supports CIFS/NFS/FTP/RSYNC/WebDAV too.
---- Julian On Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 10:45 PM, DSinc <[email protected]> wrote: > James, > I understand completely. I went to NAS because I chose not to > build out (now) 2 retired machines. > From my reads, the WD-Red drives are a good choicefor reliability. > I have to admit that the '3TB' drives are causing concern and some > restrictions in the 'NAS' community also! > I don't have that much 'stuff' to deal with. LOL! > I still run 500GB drive pairs. > I never got into streaming whatever, audio/video storage. > My apologies. > Duncan > > > On 10/29/2012 22:23, James Maki wrote: >> >> Duncan, >> >> I have a Windows 7 system up and running with two Sans Digital external >> Enclosures and 5 unused SATA connections on the motherboard. To expand my >> disk storage will only be the cost of the drives. A NAS enclosure would be >> a >> great additional cost. It's just economics. If I was starting from >> scratch, >> I would give a NAS a second look. >> >> Jim >> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: [email protected] [mailto:hardware- >>> [email protected]] On Behalf Of DSinc >>> Sent: Monday, October 29, 2012 7:19 PM >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: Re: [H] Using 3 TB Drives >>> >>> James, >>> Do you have some fear to buying/running a NAS product? Well, other than >>> initial cost? Yes, I accept that most of the current offers run some >>> form >> >> of >>> >>> Linux. Igive 'open source' an awful lot of cred now. 'Their Linux' is >> >> really >>> >>> pretty solid. At the very least, it talks to my installed drives and back >> >> to >>> >>> Windows as a full Windows client. >>> >>> Of course your needs may be different. >>> >>> I fully accept re-using and regenerating old stuff to new purpose. >>> I accept this. And, this has nothing to do with the WD-Red's. >>> Even Netgear/Readynas seems to be in love withthese new drives. >>> >>> I can not buy my normal drives for my 3 NAS. They are no longer available >> >> at >>> >>> 'reasonable' prices. I may choose WD-Red's in a 1GB size for my NAS's. >> >> This >>> >>> purchase will take place upon any current drive failure, or, 2013 early. >>> >>> Just wondering? >>> Duncan >>> >>> On 10/29/2012 21:52, James Maki wrote: >>>> >>>> Jason, >>>> >>>> Thanks for the real world experience. Hope that NewEgg doesn't up the >>>> price on the 3 TB before I can order >>>> >>>> Jim >>>> >>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>> From: [email protected] [mailto:hardware- >>>>> [email protected]] On Behalf Of Jason Chue >>>>> Sent: Monday, October 29, 2012 6:35 PM >>>>> To: [email protected] >>>>> Subject: Re: [H] Using 3 TB Drives >>>>> >>>>> The HP Microserver that I'm using these 3TB drives on does not >>>>> support EFI/UEFI. In fact, HP officially says the Microserver only >>>>> supports 2TB >>>> >>>> drives. >>>>> >>>>> No problems whatsoever. >>>>> On 30 Oct 2012 03:08, "James Maki" <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hi, >>>>>> >>>>>> As a follow-up on my question regarding WD Red drives in a software >>>>>> RAID vs. >>>>>> NAS, I am trying to decipher the ins and outs of 3 TB drives. As far >>>>>> as I can figure out, 3 TB drives will always work with 64 bit >>>>>> Windows >>>>>> 7 as data drives, but to boot from a 3 TB the motherboard MUST >>>>>> support an EFI/UEFI BIOS. So, it would seem that I could RAID 4 or 5 >>>>>> 3 TB drives in Windows 7 Professional on an older (circa 2011) >>>>>> Gigabyte Motherboard that does not state that it supports EFI/UEFI for >>> >>> data. >>>>>> >>>>>> Any warnings or caveats on this idea? Am I missing any important >>>>>> points that would destroy my vision? I guess I waited too long on >>>>>> the 2tb Reds. They were $119.99 over the weekend and then jumped to >>>>>> $159.99 at NewEgg today. >>>>>> The 3tb remain at $179.99. So 2tb at $80/gig vs. the 3 tb at $60/gig. >>>>>> Still >>>>>> disappointed that I didn't buy a bunch of Samsung 2tb before the >>>>>> floods and price increases last year. The last one I purchased was >>>>>> $70 for 2tb and had a 3 year warranty vs. the new Seagate branded >>>>>> Samsung's 1 year warranty costing $130. >>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks to those who responded to my initial WD Red post regarding >>>>>> utilizing WD Reds in a software RAID vs. NAS. >>>>>> >>>>>> Jim Maki >>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >> >
