[X4U] Network Attached Storage

[David Ledger]

>From: John Belen <imacdude at mac.com>
>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.
>They want to be able to access their data from off site, and be
>comfortable with data integrity.  After a long conversation with them
>I think that some sort of a Network attached RAID 5 storage device
>would be best.  Does anyone have a recommendation on a GOOD vendor
>for Network Storage?  Preferably one with a Mac interface.

Avoid anything with native SATA drives unless price really dictates 
otherwise, especially if they could get warm. Generic drives that 
happen to have a SATA interface bolted on may be fine, but the many 
of the ones made down to a price for desktops have a lot of plastic 
in their construction. This isn't suitable for continuous-on 
applications. Without cooling off periods the plastic is, well, 
plastic, and slowly deforms and the drive dies. Looking at the 
innards of normal drives, those plastic bits are metal, and in a high 
reliability drive they're even chunkier metal.

David

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