[X4U] Network Attached Storage

[Neil Laubenthal]

If you want a RAID to hang off a fileserver . . .http:// 
www.wiebetech.com/home.php has some nice SATA/FW drives.

If you're looking for a separate NAS . . .I know a couple guys that  
have a ReadyNAS from http://www.infrant.com/. This is a Linux based  
NAS with a web interface for configuration.

Personally . . .I think the external RAID on an in expensive  
fileserver (you can use a Mini or an iMac nicely) is a more rugged  
solution . . .if the NAS fails you're out of business even if the  
only part of it that broke is the motherboard (a NAS is basically a  
PC motherboard with a stripped down Linux kernel and a bunch of  
drives). With the external RAID you can simply move it to another Mac  
and get back online.

If you're not wedded to RAID 5 . . . Otherworld Computing  
(www.macsales.com) has some nice mirrored RAID drives.

Whatever you do . . .for either a NAS, RAID, or other external  
drive . . .you want to get good quality drives in it and not bottom  
basement drives . . .they'll last longer. I have an OWC mirrored RAID  
for my fileserver and I got the one with Seagate Barracuda drives in it.

If you want a Mac interface . . .you're pretty much stuck with the  
external RAID and set up a Mac as the fileserver (unless you get an  
XServe and it's RAID).


On Sep 2, 2006, at 18:19, John Belen wrote:

> Hi have a friend with a graphic Design firm that is looking for a  
> good solution for Network Attached Storage on an all Mac Network.
>



TTFN:

neil


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