NAS for extra shared drive space

Ish · 13 Jul 2010 at 11:24

Hi

We would like to add a NAS to our network with a capacity of around 2TB.

It will be used to backup the server to and as space to put shared drives on.

Which NAS would you suggest?

We were thining of a Buffalo Terrasataion but were told

"Remember the Buffalo Terrastation disks are not formatted NTFS. You need an NTFS formatted NAS to support permissions on subfolders and files within a Windows share, even if it does allow AD logins."

Thanks

iaind · 13 Jul 2010 at 11:26

They can be formatted in NTFS and windows permissions can be applied - I've got one here

However, I wouldnt use one for anything remotely critical - put a server in

Ish · 13 Jul 2010 at 11:30

I'm getting conflicting information as this post also highlights problem of not being able to apply permisions to subfolders http://forums.buffalotech.com/t5/Storage/TeraStation-AD-Authentication/td-p/6573

This is the model we are looking at buying http://www.buffalo-technology.com/products/network-storage/terastation/ts-wxl-terastation-duo/

Harpss1ngh · 15 Jul 2010 at 14:01

Can't you use RSYNC to synch the NAS with the data on your file server? For shared drives, the NAS you linked in your first post includes SAMBA 3 which can authenticate to AD and then you can assign share permissions that way.

lurkio · 21 Jul 2010 at 08:35

Try a Qnap Nas if you are in the market for one , expensive but great