Re: [Nolug] NAS

On Sat, Apr 10, 2010 at 01:13:30PM -0500, Shane Russo wrote:
> 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?

Higher than you think, especially with the capcities increasing by
leaps and bounds.

Brett

> >
> >
> > 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:
> >>
> >>> 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
> >>>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>
> >

-- 
B. Estrade <estrabd@gmail.com>
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