Re: [Nolug] NAS

Also I was wondering if anyone had seen or tried a drobo?

Thanks,

Shane Russo

On Sat, Apr 10, 2010 at 1:12 PM, Shane Russo <russo.shane@gmail.com> wrote:

> Awesome. I am just not sure if with todays drive a RAID 6 is necissary.
> What are the odds of 2 drives failing at once?
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Shane Russo
>
>
>
> On Sat, Apr 10, 2010 at 1:08 PM, James Thompson <james@plainprograms.com>wrote:
>
>> RAID 6 is supported by Openfiler.
>>
>>
>>
>> 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 12:54 PM, Shane Russo <russo.shane@gmail.com>wrote:
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>>> 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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