On Dec 11, 2010, at 11:15 AM, Rudi Ahlers <Rudi at SoftDux.com> 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. > > 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. > > TheCus devices seems to be rather powerful as well, and you can stack > upto 5 units together. But that's where the line stops. > > 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. > > Maybe I'm just not shopping around enough, or maybe I prefer to well > known brands, I don't know. > > > > So, what do you use? > How well does it work for you? > And, how reliable / fast / scalable is it? I use Equallogic and it performs very well and it scales quite good as well. It's quite a bit more then Netgear but it's enterprise level Though it's iSCSI only, so if your looking for CIFS/NFS included then it's not for you. I provide file services through virtualization and even the extra licensing costs, it's way cheaper then EMC/NetApp NAS head licensing (and guaranteed compatible too). -Ross