Re: [Nolug] NAS

From: Petri Laihonen <pietu_at_weblizards.net>
Date: Sat, 10 Apr 2010 13:27:16 -0500
Message-ID: <g2oaba7188b1004101127xdd829efs3b935f20d5e3dddd@mail.gmail.com>

If the speed is not an issue, Raid 5 is best bang for the buck for
redundancy.

Next week, I'll be taking a peek for the openfiler.
I had freenas running for few days, but then had to concentrate on other
things.
Building Raid 5 in freenas takes forever. I do not know the exact time, but
with 3x1Tb drives it was overnight process.

P

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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