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Some advice for a prospective buyer
I'm about to pull the trigger on purchasing a ReadyNAS Ultra4 with a few 2TB hard drives to fill it up, but was hoping if someone would be able to give me some advice and do some expectation managemen...
I've got a number of ReadyNAS devices and I have suffered a number of drive failures. I've documented all of my drive failures, as well as expansions (horizontal & vertical) in this thread to give folks an idea of what's involved: viewtopic.php?f=20&t=25794&p=269565#p298959
Bottom line: it just works. Having said that, RAID devices are not a substitute for a backup. Have a look at this document: http://www.readynas.com/?p=3153
At home, I backup my primary ReadyNAS (Pro) to a secondary unit (NVX) and at work, I backup all of my servers to an on-site ReadyNAS 2100 and then replicate the primary 2100 to 2 remotely-located ReadyNAS 2100s.
Yes, it works quite well, encrypts the data and is very firewall-friendly (no port-forwarding involved) and does not require knowing the IP address at home. I think at times people have complained about performance issues, but I can't speak to whether it was a limitation of their ISP upload speed or some other factors.
You could also try WebDAV, however, it requires port-forwarding and last time I tried it in Windows 7 it was a PITA. It also requires knowing your home IP address, so you'll need to use a dynamic DNS service.
http://www.readynas.com/?p=126
Bottom line: it just works. Having said that, RAID devices are not a substitute for a backup. Have a look at this document: http://www.readynas.com/?p=3153
At home, I backup my primary ReadyNAS (Pro) to a secondary unit (NVX) and at work, I backup all of my servers to an on-site ReadyNAS 2100 and then replicate the primary 2100 to 2 remotely-located ReadyNAS 2100s.
Riddlefox wrote: he ReadyNAS Remote software sounds like it'd fit the bill for offering remote access to the file server as seamlessly as possible. However, the ratings for ReadyNAS Remote on the download page seems low (2.8 stars out of 5?). Does the ReadyNAS Remote software work well? Is everything encrypted during transfer?
Yes, it works quite well, encrypts the data and is very firewall-friendly (no port-forwarding involved) and does not require knowing the IP address at home. I think at times people have complained about performance issues, but I can't speak to whether it was a limitation of their ISP upload speed or some other factors.
You could also try WebDAV, however, it requires port-forwarding and last time I tried it in Windows 7 it was a PITA. It also requires knowing your home IP address, so you'll need to use a dynamic DNS service.
http://www.readynas.com/?p=126
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