tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5976686513564131325.post5901494582978610430..comments2024-03-17T15:34:05.492-06:00Comments on MPECS Inc. Blog: A Single Drive NAS Setup For Business?Philip Elder Cluster MVPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06082028960643490292noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5976686513564131325.post-15928427764309422252009-08-13T22:08:05.233-06:002009-08-13T22:08:05.233-06:00Michael,
That is an excellent idea!
We have a nu...Michael,<br /><br />That is an excellent idea!<br /><br />We have a number of different power supplies around that should work. I will give it a try tomorrow.<br /><br />PhilipPhilip Elder Cluster MVPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06082028960643490292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5976686513564131325.post-89747114768394367002009-08-13T17:23:38.640-06:002009-08-13T17:23:38.640-06:00Try a new powersupply, I had the same problem with...Try a new powersupply, I had the same problem with that vendor's drive and was sure it was a bad drive. When I got the new power supply from the company it worked again like a champ.Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00405731389170967173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5976686513564131325.post-33210239878731048962009-08-11T15:30:10.215-06:002009-08-11T15:30:10.215-06:00Chris,
Yes, a whole new can of worms with them.
...Chris,<br /><br />Yes, a whole new can of worms with them.<br /><br />Eric,<br /><br />Unfortunately, this particular client does not have <i>any</i> server based infrastructure at all.<br /><br />They also do not have the budget to afford hosted Exchange or SharePoint and/or online backup, so solutions for them are very limited.<br /><br />Yes, Drobo Pro is an excellent device, however finances puts it out of reach in this case.<br /><br />Thanks,<br /><br />PhilipPhilip Elder Cluster MVPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06082028960643490292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5976686513564131325.post-44129776673464917802009-08-11T15:23:20.768-06:002009-08-11T15:23:20.768-06:00I'm not a big fan of these NAS boxes. The Lin...I'm not a big fan of these NAS boxes. The Linux issues mentioned are just the tip of the iceburg for many of them, never mind trying to integrate them into your environment.<br /><br />If you have SBS, you have your server so why complicate things?<br /><br />I supoprt SBS for my church, and I'm going to try out a Drobo Pro connected to the SBS server via iSCSI for them. It will give me protection against hardware failure, pleanty of room to grow and the ability to grow without having to rebuild the array. It even provides optional two disk redunancy if I get to six or more 1TB or larger drives and get concerned about recover time in case of a drive failure (similar to RAID 6). At $1,200 retail for an driveless Drobo, it's a pretty good deal for what it brings to the table - especially if you leverage your existing SBS server.Eric Eskamnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5976686513564131325.post-1550863310508349782009-08-09T07:15:25.606-06:002009-08-09T07:15:25.606-06:00The other issue with NAS devices, be they single o...The other issue with NAS devices, be they single or multi-disk is that they're invariably running an embedded Linux, so the file system is most likely EXT3 (EXT2 if you're unlucky).<br /><br />This means it's always good to have a spare NAS unit to be able to swap over in the case of NAS failure (rare, but it does happen), otherwise you need to find recovery utilities such as R-Studio that support EXT2/3 file systems.<br />Having Linux/UNIX skills in-house or readily available can also help. <br /><br />Lining up one or more data recovery labs and finding out their prices and recovery times is also a good move.stryqxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11725668205462749500noreply@blogger.com