Purchasing ReadyNas Pro 6 Diskless

claykin wrote:

OP, if you are setting this up for a professional lawfirm, I highly recommend Enterprise disks. Nothing good can come of value engineering and using consumer grade disks. If you have a problem, and the fault is disk related, any other IT guy will immediately remark on the use of consumer grade disks. For one, its been my experience when exchanging Enterprise disks under warranty that the OEM will work with you on the replacement. I have had several brand new replacements sent over the years, including one just last week. And, Enterprise disks are typically built better, have better specs and URE rates.

I agree that good enterprise disks are the best option. Cost may be higher, but there would be a big impact if the law firm lost their files.

claykin wrote:
Take a look @ http://www.Egntye.com. They have a solution that integrates with the Readynas as the local cloud. Alternatively look @ http://www.box.com Business/Enterprise plans. The other option that comes to mind is MS Exchange, but unless they have a Win Server it can get pricey for hosted exchange and 3TB of data.

A fully supported turnkey solution has a lot of advantages, especially for firm that is too small to have their own IT department. Egnyte would certainly simplify things, since the syncing is automatic, and there is cloud backup to boot. The cost may be a factor, also the law firm would want to review the privacy policies and security - ensuring that legal privilege is maintained, etc. But it is worth exploring - it allows the lawyers to focus on their practice, and not get sucked into becoming IT guys.