John R Pierce wrote: > On 12/11/10 8:15 AM, 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. >> >> 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. > > see, I'd consider ReadyNAS to be SOHO, just what you said you didn't want. > > >> 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. > > the big boys in NAS are Network Appliance aka Netapp. they will scale > as large as your budget allows. The FAS6200 line scales to something > like 1400 drives and redundant HA controllers. And they will charge as much as your budget allows, too. -- Prentice