[CentOS] What NAS device(s) do you use? And why?

Sat Dec 11 21:39:09 UTC 2010
Adam Tauno Williams <awilliam at whitemice.org>

On Sat, 2010-12-11 at 18:15 +0200, Rudi Ahlers wrote:
> If you use any NAS (or a SAN) devices, what do you use? And I'm
> referring more to larger scale network storage than your home PC or
> home theater system.

EMC AX4 SAN (iSCSI)

> We've had very good experiences with our NetGear ReadyNAS devices but
> I'm in the market for something new. The NetGear's aren't the cheapest
> ones around but they do what it says on the box. My only real gripe
> with them is the lack of decent scalability.

EMC - Scalability is never an issue.

> I'm now looking for something that could scale beyond 100TB on one
> device (not necessarily one unit though) and find it frustrating that
> most NAS's come in 1U or 2U at most.

Go EMC.  Support is solid and the units are well designed.

> Maybe I'm just not shopping around enough, or maybe I prefer to well
> known brands, I don't know.