Re: Video server / NAS

[David Greaves <david@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

But they only have limited internal storage....

2x 5.25" spaces (assumuing you use the drive rails) and 1 has the
CDROM
4x 3.5" spaces (1 has the internal 16oGb SATA)

so only room for 4 more drives - which is fine, but if you're storing a
Tb+ of data and don't use RAID5 then you're nuts ;)

FWIW, I have a 1.2Tb store with 6x 250Gb drives *and* a hot spare (7 disks)
I've used the resilience twice over the last year or so.

David

Paul Gale wrote:

> The £100 Dell servers are VERY quiet :) Mine runs 24/7 in my office
> and I can't hear it. The noisiest bit would be the drives though, so
> careful selection would be a must if going that route.
>
> Paul.
>
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of
> > Adam Stevens
> > Sent: 30 August 2005 23:38
> > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> > Subject: [ukha_d] Video server / NAS
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > My old video server died tonight.  It's basically just an old
Dell
> PC with
> > a bunch of disks connected to it (3 internal IDE, 2 internal
SATA, and 4
> > external IDE via a firewire box).
> >
> > I've been aware that it's been "on it's way out" for a
long time,
> and have
> > been looking around for a neater solution.  Ideally I'd like to
treat
> > myself to a 1Tb or 1.6Tb Terastation (http://tinyurl.com/4wd7h),
> <http://tinyurl.com/4wd7h%29,> but
I
> > can't quite bring myself to spend around £600 when I've already
got over
> > 1Tb of disk storage in my current server.
> >
> > So, as I see it, I've got 3 options:
> >
> > 1) Build/buy a new PC, bung all my old drives in it.
> > 2) Buy one of those USB NAS's, which allow USB drives to be
connected to
> > the network.
> > 3) Look for something like the Terastation, but which comes with
no
> > drives, so I can put my own in.
> >
> > I'd rather stay away from building yet another PC.  I know that
> NAS's are
> > basically just PC's with pre-installed software, but I like the
idea
> of a
> > "stand alone" unit connected to the network.  If I did
build a PC, I'd
> > have to put some flavour of Windows on it (I don't know enough
about
> Linux
> > to trust myself to be able to fix it if something went wrong),
and
> > although I haven't looked at Windows Server for NAS, I don't know
if it
> > suits my needs (eg, remote control via web interfact etc).
> >
> > I'm not a big fan of USB and/or firewire drives.  I don't know if
it's
> > just me, but I've never had a reliable external USB/firewire
drive (and
> > I've tried *lots*!).  Even my current box'o'four IDE drives with
a
> > firewire interface has given me major headaches at times.  I'd
also have
> > to get a load of USB caddies, and they'd each need their own PSU
> etc. etc.
> >
> > So, basically, I'm looking for something as near as possible to
the
> > Terastation, but something which will allow me to use my existing
> drives,
> > and something which I can get for around the £200 mark (or less
> > obviously!).  I don't really care if it supports IDE or SATA
drives
> > (ideally, something which came in both flavours, so I could get
one of
> > each!).  It should also be able to hold at least 4 drives
internally...
> > Two and a pinch, but only if it's cheap.
> >
> > Noise is also an issue.  I've considered getting one of those
cheap Dell
> > servers which pop up occasionally, but although I have great
respect for
> > Dell, I know from using them in my office that their servers are
quite
> > noisy, and the NAS needs to me in my home office (it doesn't need
to be
> > whisper-quite - I've already got a PC on 24/7, but I'd rather not
have a
> > hurricane in the office!).
> >
> > Any ideas?! - I'm really hoping someone will say "Ah yes, a
diskless
> > Terastation, go to this link"! :-)  I've Googled 'til my
figures bleed,
> > but I haven't found one!
> >
> > Thanks,
> > A.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Yahoo! Groups Links
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
>
>
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