Re: [Nolug] NAS

From: Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson_at_cox.net>
Date: Sat, 10 Apr 2010 13:05:32 -0500
Message-ID: <4BC0BDEC.3030601@cox.net>

RAID5 is still popular with penny-pinching companies, since they
typically use SCSI drives (which, along with controllers and other
necessary accoutrement, still costs an arm and a leg).

On 2010-04-10 12:12, James Thompson wrote:
> Openfiler (http://www.openfiler.com/) is another good option that has
> support for iSCSI and SAN capabilities in addition to NAS.
>
> I, personally, avoid RAID 5. I prefer RAID 10, faster and still resilient to
> a single drive failure.
>
>
> James Thompson
> Plain Programs, LLC
> New Orleans, LA
>
> P: (504) 298.8160
> E: james@plainprograms.com
> W: www.plainprograms.com
>
>
> On Sat, Apr 10, 2010 at 12:02 PM, Shane Russo <russo.shane@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions or thoughts on a NAS server.
>> I have been looking at freenas alot lately. Also is there a big difference
>> nowadays between software and hardware raid 5?
>>

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