Looking for a NAS... want your recomendations

[mlchris2]

I need a NAS, here are my requirements;

*minimum of 2TB of storage. Storage expansion not necessary, but would be nice

*RAID 1 or RAID 5
*Dual NIC

*AD integration or some way of mapping drive from user's pc (pc are in a Workgroup environment and not part of domain) to NAS. something that will give NAS device some sort of security.

*External Web or FTP access. some of my users will need to access this NAS from their house, etc or a remote office without VPN.

If you guys can recommend a few NAS devices for me to check out. I have found IOMEGA, Buffalo, and Thecus.




Mark C.

 

[RMGBELGIUM]

How about freenas ? setup a server, install freenas, you have the ability to setup raid as you want, you can stuff in as many nics as you want, and can integrate in AD. And expandible

rgds,

R.

NetApp Certified NCDA/NCIE-SAN

 

[mlchris2]

I checked out Freenas and for me to buy parts, etc... I'm only a few $100 shy of buying a manufatured NAS unit with warranty, etc. I dont have any pc's lying around that would suffice. ALthough, I might try to get my hands on some parts and test it out.

I've found 3 devices;

Buffalo TeraStation III
Lacie 5big Network
Synology DS509+

Anyone have any recommendations on any of these 3 devices? I'm leaning more towards the DS509+ or the Lacie 5big Network.

Mark C.

 

[LeeMason]

Also have a look at Thecus (

http://www.thecus.com).

They have a great range of NAS devices. I like FreeNAS as well and also OpenFiler but I can see your point as for small NAS requirements some of the pre-built boxes are very good value and offer a lot of facilities.


Lee Mason
Optimal Projects Ltd

http://www.opl.co.uk

http://www.backupsanywhere.com