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Choosing a ReadyNAS server
Hey all!
My small little company is on the cusp of committing to Egnyte as our file sharing system, and as most of our users are local, we have decided to go with the "Office Local Cloud" solution via a ReadyNAS.
I'm not sure which NetGear ReadyNAS would suit us, so I was hoping you might help me decide.
Currently, we're running Windows Server 2003 and the file space we currently use is around 800 GB. Not all of that is 'active' - about half of that is archives, backups, and OS files.
What else should we need to take into consideration? We need something to hit our minimum obviously, but we're a small environmental consultancy - we don't have much money to spend on going over the top in any area either.
Thanks for your help!
-W
My small little company is on the cusp of committing to Egnyte as our file sharing system, and as most of our users are local, we have decided to go with the "Office Local Cloud" solution via a ReadyNAS.
I'm not sure which NetGear ReadyNAS would suit us, so I was hoping you might help me decide.
Currently, we're running Windows Server 2003 and the file space we currently use is around 800 GB. Not all of that is 'active' - about half of that is archives, backups, and OS files.
What else should we need to take into consideration? We need something to hit our minimum obviously, but we're a small environmental consultancy - we don't have much money to spend on going over the top in any area either.
Thanks for your help!
-W
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- If you're fine with a desktop ReadyNAS go with the Pro 2 (RNDP2000), Pro 4 (RNDP4000) or Pro 6 (RNDP6000-200). Any of these should be fine for you, but my favourite would be the Pro 6 as it has an optional dual-redundancy feature which protects against two disk failures.
If you want a rackmount ReadyNAS to go in a server rack consider the 1500 or 2100.
If you purchase your own disks be sure to purchase disks from the HCL. - Hi WillC,
mdgm wrote: If you're fine with a desktop ReadyNAS go with the Pro 2 (RNDP2000), Pro 4 (RNDP4000) or Pro 6 (RNDP6000-200). Any of these should be fine for you, but my favourite would be the Pro 6 as it has an optional dual-redundancy feature which protects against two disk failures.
I couldn't have said it any better than Matthew here. Typical Egnyte Office Local Cloud customers with less than 50 users go with the ReadyNAS Pro. As Matthew mentioned, I've heard great things of the Pro 6. For Egnyte customers with 50+ users we start seeing some ReadyNAS 3200 models.
Hope that helps!
~ Johnny - Thanks guys! I'll go have a look and see how I feel about those options.
Mdgm, I see your profile says you live in Australia - any recommended suppliers either nationally online, or in the Melbourne area?
Regards,
-W - I buy online from a reseller that ships direct from the distributor. I used BetterIT but I don't think they have much stock. You could find better stock levels at a different site that uses a different distributor
- Hey guys -
I'm back! Thanks for the guidance, but I have another question you might be able to help me with.
Some of the places I'm looking are offering models that end in 100AJS or 200AJS. For instance, Megabuy.com.au is offering:
RNDP6310-100AJS at $2,140, and
RNDP6310-200AJS at $1870 .
Can you enlighten me as to what the deal is there? The best I can guess is that the 200 series is the later version (as it's the one they're showing on the Netgear pages) and the price difference is just poorly done work by Mega-Buy.
Thanks, as always, for the help! (if you can get back to me today, that'd be sweet as I'm trying to finalize my proposal now, but of course no pressure if you can't!)
-W - The "-200" is the 2nd gen. It has a faster CPU than the "-100".
- Brilliant. Thanks for the help!
- Can anyone advise whether it's necessary to buy a RN Pro pre-populated with drives, or can one buy the "naked" server and get their own drives when planning to use the server for Egnyte? I've seen some vague indications that the bare metal servers lack other features.
Thanks,
Rich - The diskless Pro 6 (RNDP6000-200) is exactly the same as the populated Pro 6 except without drives. Be sure to choose drives from the HCL
Avoid the Pro Pioneer (RNDP600[E]-100) and Ultra 6 Plus (RNDP600U-200) as these are diskless models that lack business features and I believe are not qualified for use with Egnyte. - Thanks very much - i think the only diskless versions i could find were the ultra and pro pioneer - so i'm glad i checked here first. Much appreciated!
mdgm wrote: The diskless Pro 6 (RNDP6000-200) is exactly the same as the populated Pro 6 except without drives. Be sure to choose drives from the http://www.readynas.com/hcl
Avoid the Pro Pioneer (RNDP600[E]-100) and Ultra 6 Plus (RNDP600U-200) as these are diskless models that lack business features and I believe are not qualified for use with Egnyte.
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