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Multiple workstations accessing NAS simultaneously
Hey there, Is there a setup or integration's of hardware/software that can help lessen the wear & tear of a NAS & its drives that is in an environment of workstations accessing it, working off of it...
I don't believe that some direct access will shorten the disk drive life, but I think can hurt performance in cases where a lot of files are opened/updated together as part of a larger project.
You could consider using RAID-10 or perhaps RAID-50, as they would outperform the usual RAID-5. Enterprise-class disks will give shorter seek times than NAS-purposed drives and are intended for higher workloads - so consider WDC Gold, or their Seagate equivalents. SSD tiering is a new feature that will also improve performance, so you might investigate that as well (at least plan on leaving a slot open for an SSD).
Note that RAID isn't enough to ensure that your data is safe, so you also should make sure you have a suitable backup plan in place.
I appreciate the information and feel better that the direct access can be helped with Raid 10. This is what I was initaily looking into doing. The HDD suggestion is right in line with my reserach, thanks. Netgear was going to give me WD Gold Datacenter Hard Drive WD4002FYYZ vs the typical Enterprise class. ANy difference that you know of between the 2? Both have the same rpm, gb/s and cache.
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