[X4U] NAS Drive Recommendations

[Andrew Lynch]

I love my Synology Diskstation. 

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On Apr 26, 2012, at 9:33 AM, Joe Sporleder <joe at wacondatrader.com> wrote:

> We currently use Mac minis with Snow Leopard server in a small newspaper publishing environment - with about 5 Mac workstations that regularly access the production data (mainly ad files and associated artwork). I am considering moving the file serving to a NAS drive connected to our ethernet, since many of the NAS appliances I've looked at support AFP (and some support Time Machine as well, which I would like to keep open as an option). The Mac minis would then mainly do light to moderate Internet related services, such as email serving.
> 
> Do any of y'all on this list use NAS in a production environment? I am looking at a 4-bay Buffalo Networks drive (4TB). I have heard very positive things about Buffalo from a tech colleague that works for a college in Nebraska (radio, tv, video production), and Buffalo was also recommended by a tech expert keynote speaker at our state press convention. However, when I went to check prices on the Buffalo products I am considering (also considering a 2-bay version for another office primarily as a time machine backup), reviews on Amazon seemed rather unfavorable of Buffalo.
> 
> Any other brands I should consider? Ones that play well with Mac is a must, and being able to use it as a centralized Time Machine backup for our Mac workstations would be a nice bonus (although I could continue using the Mac mini server for that).
> 
> Joe
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