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- What NAS have you tried?
- What was this NAS Used for?
- What are your views on that NAS?
- Have your experiences with their support been positive?
- Do you have any understanding of this NAS's failure rates?
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Netgear ND520 (20GB)
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What was this NAS Used for?
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Doorstop
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What are your views on that NAS?
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Unreliable piece of junk. Netgear was so embarassed they withdrew it from the marketplace.
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Have your experiences with their support been positive?
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Nope - firmware updates were not available on their web site - you had to contact support, and they'd give you an update file that took an hour to install and bricked the unit.
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Do you have any understanding of this NAS's failure rates?
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2, both failed. One replaced under warranty. Failed again.
I'm surprised this didn't sour me on the whole NAS concept...
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Snap 4100's (over a dozen), 1100's (2)
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What was this NAS Used for?
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Media library, centralized backup server for Windows and Unix boxes.
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What are your views on that NAS?
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Not bad. Unfortunately, the 4100's are stuck at the 128GB/drive limit, which is why I moved on.
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Have your experiences with their support been positive?
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Yes. Got good support and a replacement drive shipped ASAP. But that was several companies ago.
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Do you have any understanding of this NAS's failure rates?
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Lost one drive (a 60GB IBM DeathStar). Had some fans get clogged with cat fur.
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RAIDzilla (homebrew server-grade NAS).
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What was this NAS Used for?
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Same as the second one.
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What are your views on that NAS?
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Fine for its time. Needs more capacity (only 5TB per server).
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Have your experiences with their support been positive?
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Self-supported.
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Do you have any understanding of this NAS's failure rates?
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The only problem has been drive failures of the Seagate 400GB drives. Otherwise, rock-solid.
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RAIDzilla II (currently being built, pic
here). 32TB disk, 48GB RAM, 2x E5520 CPUs.
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What was this NAS Used for?
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Same as above units.
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What are your views on that NAS?
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It will kill any benchmark with its 40+GB of RAM cache. Kind of expensive at $15K.
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Have your experiences with their support been positive?
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So far - I'm still building the first one (4 total are planned).
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Do you have any understanding of this NAS's failure rates?
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None yet.