NAS RAID 5 suggestions required

Viral · 2 Jun 2011 at 20:05

Please give a recommendation of NAS RAID with approx 4TB storage (in RAID 5 config). Keep costs reasonable (no SSD drives)

whitecrook · 2 Jun 2011 at 20:11

Small pc case able to hold 4 hdd

Components to complete the pc

Linux and raid/lvm + samba + sabnzb+ airvideo + etc

Or freenas

For hds either 3x2tb or 4x1.5tb
Best to jave a separate boot disk as well

celliott · 2 Jun 2011 at 20:13

A decent NAS wont be cheap. Would reccomend a Synology DS410 though

#Chri5# · 2 Jun 2011 at 20:41

NetGear ReadyNas Pro 4 - circa £500 (inc VAT) diskless, then something like WD RE4 1TB at £100ish each.

DIABLO · 2 Jun 2011 at 20:48

A HP Proliant Microserver £140 + £228 for 4x 2TB drives = £368, bargain

Zarf · 2 Jun 2011 at 21:23

+1 on the microserver route.
If getting the best speeds out of Gigabit is a concern, and you have windows clients, go for a Windows OS on the NAS. Linux\BSD\Unix distros use a reverse-engineered implementation called Samba which will top out around 70-80MB/s

Viral · 2 Jun 2011 at 21:35

Ok it will be running on a Windows network and speed is important, so I will look into the HP options, is there any particular model number?

DIABLO · 2 Jun 2011 at 22:23

Ahh sorry i see you're in Canada i assumed you were a brit, we in the UK get a £100 rebate on the HP Proliant Microserver right now so it's a bit of a bargain.
http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/us/en/sm/WF05a/15351-15351-4237916-4237918-4237917-4248009.html

http://www.shopbot.ca/m/?m=HP+ProLiant+MicroServer

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18216324

Viral · 2 Jun 2011 at 23:33

Ahh sorry i see you're in Canada i assumed you were a brit,

No worries, I am actually a Brit, I have been in Canada for 6 years nearly now though.

My other question is would a DNS-343 be a good option.