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    Network Storage

    Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by joelyfish, Sep 30, 2008.

  1. joelyfish

    joelyfish Notebook Enthusiast

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    Afternoon All,

    Was wondering if anyone has any experience with Network Storage??

    I was looking at one of the WD My Book World Edition as it does exactly what I need and high qty of storage. but have read nothing but poor reviews regarding transfer speeds and additional software that is required.

    Does anyone else have a network storage set up that can be accessed from anywhere (ftp http) etc.

    Any advise would be greatly appreciated.
     
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    X2P COOLING | NBR Super Mod

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    I have a set up back in canada, transfer rates were good but I had to bump up to Cat 7 cables over Cat 5 to get a constant high transfer rate.
     
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    Shyster1 Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Sort of. I got an old _Dell minidesktop w/o a monitor (for $50, incl. a valid XP Pro license, so good deal all 'round) and set it up as a personal server; I usually keep it locked down but I do from time to time open up a (well protected) port when I'm going to be out of town so that I can remote into it and transfer files.

    However, you don't need to go with a full-fledged server if all you want is a basic file server. There's an open-source basic HTTP file server that can be had from here. You could probably also get the source files for Apache and compile a limited version of Apache that would work primarily just as a file server.
     
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  4. blue68f100

    blue68f100 Notebook Virtuoso

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    I use Snap Appliance/Adaptec/Overland NAS servers. I have several, my big one is a Snap4500. It has dual gige ports, hot swapable HD's and capable of delivering ~300MB/sec, designed for SMB, with 40 users accessing. So yes I have more CPU speed than can be delivers than the build in nic. There is an option for fiber optic the reason the speed is high. I run in in Raid 5, 1T, plus is have an expansion box with another 1.6T. Then I have a smaller unit in Raid1, 600meg but it does not support Vista.

    It all gets down to what kind of need you have. As with any units I recommend of raid 1 configuration. This gives you some redundency, but you still need hard backups to cover catastropic failures. Then as with any network device I recommend testing the fool out of it. Like failing HD and see what and how it reports and the recovey process. Do all drives to make sure their is not a problem when it comes to reporting and recovery. Trust me on this, I have found hardware that has some flackie twerks. Without taking the time to test you may end up loosing everything. It's always best to know in advanced if their is a problem especially on home units. Mfg are not using a High end software/firmware.
     
    blue68f100, Sep 30, 2008
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