Re: [Nolug] NAS

From: James Thompson <james_at_plainprograms.com>
Date: Sat, 10 Apr 2010 13:08:05 -0500
Message-ID: <q2je65280501004101108p99a72729zc785149b3c6c15e2@mail.gmail.com>

RAID 6 is supported by Openfiler.

James Thompson
Plain Programs, LLC
New Orleans, LA

P: (504) 298.8160
E: james@plainprograms.com
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On Sat, Apr 10, 2010 at 12:54 PM, Shane Russo <russo.shane@gmail.com> wrote:

> What about a possible RAID 6?
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Shane Russo
>
>
>
> On Sat, Apr 10, 2010 at 12:12 PM, James Thompson <james@plainprograms.com>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?
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Shane Russo
>>>
>>
>>
>

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