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ReadyNAS Value Added Resellers
I currently have a ReadyNAS Pro 6 with 6 3tb drives in it with dual redundancy, and I am quickly running out of space. My initial idea was to use dual redundancy and drop down to single redundancy as...
PapaBear,
I'm fully aware there are no 4tb drives on the HCL, believe me that isn't going to stop me. As long as one other person says they have some working, I'll stuff some in there. I have the Pro 6 (according to Frontview) populated from eAegis with 6 Hitachi HDS723030ALA640 consumer-class 3tb drives for which I paid around $2300 pre-floods. I have 3 tiers of data, with tier 1 backed up in about 10 different spots, and tier 2 backed up on an old ReadyNAS NV with 6tb (about 6 years old) at the house in Thailand, as well as on portable drives. Some tier 3 data is also backed up on a myriad of portable 1.5tb drives, but none of the data is what you would consider "valuable" so my neck isn't really out there. I have about 50 users sharing data on the NAS, and the reason I'm looking for a VAR for a new NAS and not backing up to LTO or something is so I can use the current one as a full backup and just set the boxes in a corner and just forget about them. I also have no time or energy to roll my own custom solution, although I have looked into building a 24-odd disk setup and groaned at the thought of RMA'ing that many disks.
Paying a $1000 premium to buy another of what I have right now doesn't make sense to me. I hate the idea of switching to QNAP or Thecus because Netgear (may have) shut down the VARs, but if nobody knows of anyone out there who will do it, I guess that is what I may have to do. I have to admit, it doesn't exactly make me feel warm and fuzzy towards the ReadyNAS brand knowing that yoh-dah and chirpa have left.
Anybody else know any VARs?
I'm fully aware there are no 4tb drives on the HCL, believe me that isn't going to stop me. As long as one other person says they have some working, I'll stuff some in there. I have the Pro 6 (according to Frontview) populated from eAegis with 6 Hitachi HDS723030ALA640 consumer-class 3tb drives for which I paid around $2300 pre-floods. I have 3 tiers of data, with tier 1 backed up in about 10 different spots, and tier 2 backed up on an old ReadyNAS NV with 6tb (about 6 years old) at the house in Thailand, as well as on portable drives. Some tier 3 data is also backed up on a myriad of portable 1.5tb drives, but none of the data is what you would consider "valuable" so my neck isn't really out there. I have about 50 users sharing data on the NAS, and the reason I'm looking for a VAR for a new NAS and not backing up to LTO or something is so I can use the current one as a full backup and just set the boxes in a corner and just forget about them. I also have no time or energy to roll my own custom solution, although I have looked into building a 24-odd disk setup and groaned at the thought of RMA'ing that many disks.
Paying a $1000 premium to buy another of what I have right now doesn't make sense to me. I hate the idea of switching to QNAP or Thecus because Netgear (may have) shut down the VARs, but if nobody knows of anyone out there who will do it, I guess that is what I may have to do. I have to admit, it doesn't exactly make me feel warm and fuzzy towards the ReadyNAS brand knowing that yoh-dah and chirpa have left.
Anybody else know any VARs?
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