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Purchasing ReadyNas Pro 6 Diskless
Hello, I'm an IT consultant for a small law firm. The firm is using about 3TB of storage and increasing. I'm currently thinking of purchasing 2 ReadyNas Pro 6 Diskless units and I have a couple...
(1) The PC software is limited to RAIDar, which looks for broadcast packets from the NAS, and reports some basic status. It is mostly useful for initial setup, particularly if you are using DHCP. Administration is done through a web interface.
(2)There's a pretty good review on the WD RED here: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/red ... ,3248.html The Seagate is faster, particularly on random I/O. On sequential access the WD should be fast enough to max out the lan. The WD runs considerable cooler, which one would expect to improve its reliability.
I'd suggest dual-redundancy if you fully populate them with 3 TB drives (giving you about 12 TB of available storage)
However, you don't need to max out both NAS today. You could (for instance) start with 3x3TB with single redundancy in each system, and expand them to 6x3TB with dual redundancy as the storage grows. There is a 8 TB expansion limit from the starting point which you should keep in mind. To go beyond that limit you need to do a factory default procedure with all disks in place, which will wipe all the data on the NAS - so it would need to be reloaded from the other device.
(3) He will be able to access the NAS that is in his home. I don't use replicate, but from the specs it is a one-way sync. (There is a one-time license fee for replicate btw), Egnyte does 2-way sync and some other services (http://www.egnyte.com/netgear/), but there is a monthly charge - also since their solution includes egynte hosted servers you'd want to make sure the law firm is ok with that. Another option is to install a VPN between his office and his home, and have him simply access the primary NAS directly (but still using replicate or the built-in FrontView backup to the second NAS for backup).
(2)There's a pretty good review on the WD RED here: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/red ... ,3248.html The Seagate is faster, particularly on random I/O. On sequential access the WD should be fast enough to max out the lan. The WD runs considerable cooler, which one would expect to improve its reliability.
I'd suggest dual-redundancy if you fully populate them with 3 TB drives (giving you about 12 TB of available storage)
However, you don't need to max out both NAS today. You could (for instance) start with 3x3TB with single redundancy in each system, and expand them to 6x3TB with dual redundancy as the storage grows. There is a 8 TB expansion limit from the starting point which you should keep in mind. To go beyond that limit you need to do a factory default procedure with all disks in place, which will wipe all the data on the NAS - so it would need to be reloaded from the other device.
(3) He will be able to access the NAS that is in his home. I don't use replicate, but from the specs it is a one-way sync. (There is a one-time license fee for replicate btw), Egnyte does 2-way sync and some other services (http://www.egnyte.com/netgear/), but there is a monthly charge - also since their solution includes egynte hosted servers you'd want to make sure the law firm is ok with that. Another option is to install a VPN between his office and his home, and have him simply access the primary NAS directly (but still using replicate or the built-in FrontView backup to the second NAS for backup).
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