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How important is having the right amount of storage for all of your network needs? Without having a massive computer system, hard disk storage is the answer for many users for increased server space. The advantages of having a storage system that provides several solutions for users in the virtual environment begin with being ahead of the competition. This system provided by the QNAP TS-259 Pro+ NAS is the investment for business owners who are looking to
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Thursday, May 24, 2012
Migrate from WHS to WHS 2011 with FlexRaid
I came across an interesting post on the FlexRaid forum that provides a step by step guide of how he migrated from the original version of Windows Home Server to the 2011 version of WHS and added FlexRaid to provide parity protection to his data.
The introduction to the post indicates that he had to copy his data over to the new NAS configuration:
I just recently went from WHS v1 to WHS 2011. I had around 12TB of data to move, 16TB worth of space. I know you can technically
The introduction to the post indicates that he had to copy his data over to the new NAS configuration:
I just recently went from WHS v1 to WHS 2011. I had around 12TB of data to move, 16TB worth of space. I know you can technically
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Thecus N4200ECO 4 Bay NAS Review at Kitguru
Kitguru has a new review of the Thecus N4200ECO 4 Bay NAS. This Thecus NAS is an Atom processor (1.8 Ghz) driven NAS with 1 GB of DDR3 RAM. The review summarizes the NAS:
The Thecus N4200ECO NAS system is a very high performing NAS system. It blitzed through our data bandwidth tests, peaking around 93 MB/s when dealing with large single files. Not only is it powerful enough to be used in a small office environment, but it can handle reasonably intensive demands before waving
The Thecus N4200ECO NAS system is a very high performing NAS system. It blitzed through our data bandwidth tests, peaking around 93 MB/s when dealing with large single files. Not only is it powerful enough to be used in a small office environment, but it can handle reasonably intensive demands before waving
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
New Netgear ReadyNAS Pro 6 Review
I found a new review of the Netgear ReadyNAS Pro 6 on pcadvisor.co.uk. The ReadyNAS Pro 6 includes a standard Intel (non-atom) processor for better performance. The ReadyNAS Pro 6, as the name implies, is a 6 bay NAS.
Performance is summarized:
Like all other NAS drives, it could comfortably meet gigabit speeds for large file reads. And in write performance, the Netgear ReadyNAS Pro 6 proved the fastest unit too – at 1MB it could write at around 17MBps, rising to a leading
Performance is summarized:
Like all other NAS drives, it could comfortably meet gigabit speeds for large file reads. And in write performance, the Netgear ReadyNAS Pro 6 proved the fastest unit too – at 1MB it could write at around 17MBps, rising to a leading
Monday, May 21, 2012
How to Speed Up Your NAS With iSCSI
PCWorld has a new article with the same title as this post. The title is somewhat misleading because changing your storage usage on your NAS to iSCSI has some other advantages over just a speed boost. As the article summarizes:
I've already touched on some of the benefits of using iSCSI. As mentioned above, an iSCSI network target appears to a system as a local drive; therefore, not only can you format the iSCSI target with the host OS’s file system, but you can also run applications that
I've already touched on some of the benefits of using iSCSI. As mentioned above, an iSCSI network target appears to a system as a local drive; therefore, not only can you format the iSCSI target with the host OS’s file system, but you can also run applications that
Thursday, May 17, 2012
Openindiana vs Nexentastor vs FreeNAS
Catn.com has the beginning of a series comparing the three NAS operating systems - Openindiana, Nexantastor and FreeNAS. All three NAS operating systems feature availability of the ZFS file system which some believe is perfect for NAS devices.
This part of the series describes the three possibilities and then concentrates on FreeNAS with some speed testing supplied. The goal of the article is to explore systems with ZFS storage available:
So what choices did we have for ZFS
This part of the series describes the three possibilities and then concentrates on FreeNAS with some speed testing supplied. The goal of the article is to explore systems with ZFS storage available:
So what choices did we have for ZFS
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Convert an Old PC into a Modern FreeNAS Server
I'ts not often that one of the old school "mainstream" publications gives any significant space to one of the free NAS distributions that allow you to turn a PC into a NAS. PCWorld has just posted an article that outlines how to do just that with an old PC and FreenNAS. The article summarizes one of the big advantages of FreeNAS:
Best of all, the software--FreeNAS--that will power this machine is exactly what its name describes: a free operating system for network-attached storage. And side
Best of all, the software--FreeNAS--that will power this machine is exactly what its name describes: a free operating system for network-attached storage. And side
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
A Year With the Drobo FS
I came across another type of post that I really like to read - real world long term experience with a NAS in the home. This one is about living with a Drobo FS for a year. The writer seems to really like the device especially after he sorted out his bad drive problems (Seagate). He sums up his experience as follows:
Use quality drives. Don’t buy the cheap drives and definitely avoid Seagate drives as the Drobo seems to hate those. When I upgraded to the WD drives, I bought the
Use quality drives. Don’t buy the cheap drives and definitely avoid Seagate drives as the Drobo seems to hate those. When I upgraded to the WD drives, I bought the
Monday, May 14, 2012
Building a E-350 based NAS
I came across a nice little post about building a NAS from scratch using an AMD E-350. The author decided to use Centos for the operating system:
In the beginning I was pondering whether to choose FreeNAS or CentOS. Both are probably good choices, but since I don’t consider ZFS as the holy grail of file systems and I’m a passionate Fedora user the final choice was the CentOS 6.2 minimal spin. One of the main arguments for CentOS compared to other Linux distributions was that it has a
In the beginning I was pondering whether to choose FreeNAS or CentOS. Both are probably good choices, but since I don’t consider ZFS as the holy grail of file systems and I’m a passionate Fedora user the final choice was the CentOS 6.2 minimal spin. One of the main arguments for CentOS compared to other Linux distributions was that it has a
Friday, May 11, 2012
Synology Download Station Add On for Google Chrome
If you use the Chrome browser and have a Synology NAS, there is a new add on that allows for downloading directly to the NAS using the NAS's download function. This is a pretty neat add on that is easy to setup and use. A video showing the add on installation and use is below:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=vNGzhmbLlh8
Source: system-log.com
Looks like a great way to easily move your download tasks directly to the Synology NAS. You can find the Synology
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=vNGzhmbLlh8
Source: system-log.com
Looks like a great way to easily move your download tasks directly to the Synology NAS. You can find the Synology
Thursday, May 10, 2012
Comprehensive Guide To Setting Up Your FreeNAS Server To Access Your Files From Anywhere
Scribd has an interesting article with a comprehensive guide (with many screen shots) showing how to setup a FreeNAS NAS with the ability to access your files from anywhere that has internet access.
This guide is somewhat mis-titled because although it covers how to setup internet access to your FreeNAS device, it also covers how to install FreeNAS, configure shares etc.
Go on over to the guide to check it out.
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FreeNAS Version 8.2.0-BETA3 Released
This guide is somewhat mis-titled because although it covers how to setup internet access to your FreeNAS device, it also covers how to install FreeNAS, configure shares etc.
Go on over to the guide to check it out.
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Plex Server Supports DLNA
Some NAS devices come with robust ability to run third party apps - Synology DSM 4.0, for example, allows running Squeezebox Server and Plex to name a few. Plex just got more interesting with its ability to support DLNA devices which means that you don't need to run a special client in order to access videos and files on the sever.
Beta News has a post that describes the DLNA feature of the newest Plex server version:
With the release of Plex Server 0.9.6.1, users no longer have to install
Beta News has a post that describes the DLNA feature of the newest Plex server version:
With the release of Plex Server 0.9.6.1, users no longer have to install
Synology Diskstation DS212 Unboxing
Click below to watch a quick unboxing of the Synology DS212 2 drive NAS:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVXkCxkYWVc
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVXkCxkYWVc
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Wednesday, May 9, 2012
How to install and configure SnapRAID on Ubuntu Server
There is a new guide on how to install and configure SnapRAID on Ubuntu Server. Snapraid is:
Beside the ability to recover from disk failures, the other features of SnapRAID are:
You can start using SnapRAID with already filled disks.
The disks of the array can have different sizes.
You can add disks at any time.
If you accidentally delete some files in a disk, you can recover them.
If more than two disks fail, you lose the data only on the failed disks. All the data in the
Beside the ability to recover from disk failures, the other features of SnapRAID are:
You can start using SnapRAID with already filled disks.
The disks of the array can have different sizes.
You can add disks at any time.
If you accidentally delete some files in a disk, you can recover them.
If more than two disks fail, you lose the data only on the failed disks. All the data in the
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Run Quickbooks on Windows Home Server - Add On
Theofficemaven.com has released another in its series of add ons for Windows Home Server (WHS) 2011 - this time for running Quickbooks from Windows Home Server 2011. Run one copy of Quickbooks and up to 10 computers on the network can access their own instance of Quickbooks:
WHS QuickBooks 2011 can run a server-installed copy of QuickBooks from any computer just as if it were running directly on the local computer. QuickBooks runs in its own fully resizable window with its own entry in the
WHS QuickBooks 2011 can run a server-installed copy of QuickBooks from any computer just as if it were running directly on the local computer. QuickBooks runs in its own fully resizable window with its own entry in the
Netgear ReadyNAS Ultra 2 Plus Network Media Storage Device Review
Bigpicturebigsound.com has added a review of the ReadyNAS Ultra 2 Plus NAS. After giving an extensive run through of the features on this ReadyNAS model, the review concludes:
Built like a tank, it runs quiet and responds quickly when anything is asked of it. Highly recommended.
Source: Bigpicturebigsound.com
Reviews over at Amazon are very positive for this high performance two bay NAS.
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Built like a tank, it runs quiet and responds quickly when anything is asked of it. Highly recommended.
Source: Bigpicturebigsound.com
Reviews over at Amazon are very positive for this high performance two bay NAS.
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Netgear ReadyNas Duo v2 network
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