Re: [ARSCLIST] network attached storage for a small studio

[Tom Fine <tflists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Richard:

Thanks. This is an interesting company. Interesting device. I will study it closer.

I'll settle for one NAS in a corner of the house.

-- Tom Fine

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Richard L. Hess" <arclists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 2009 10:05 AM
Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] network attached storage for a small studio


> Hi, Tom,
>
> I would suggest that you run a Thecus N5200PRO with four Samsung 1 TB 
> drives in RAID6 that will give you 2 TB and the ability to lose two 
> drives without losing data. The fifth slot could be used for a fifth 
> drive to give you 3 TB of capacity later.  www.thecus.com
>
> I still think you're better off with two RAID5 boxes--at least in 
> different ends of the house if not in different buildings. To do 
> that, I'd add ViceVersa Pro from www.tgrmn.com to manage the mirroring.
>
> The Thecus NAS boxes are less costly than the Negear ReadyNAS NV+ 
> that I also have and faster. I use GigE between the NAS and the DAW, 
> though since I ingest 16T at times, I would rather ingest to a 750GB 
> drive in the DAW and then run stuff off to the NAS. I have ingested 
> to the NAS without problems for stereo work--and 16T would probably 
> work as well, but I haven't tested it.
>
> The advantage of this or the Netgear, is I can answer questions for 
> you from first hand experience <smile>.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Richard
>
> At 09:42 AM 2009-04-14, you wrote:
> > Hi All:
> >
> > I'm seeking recommendations for a network attached storage device 
> > that requires little or no IT skills and can plug and play to back 
> > up the DAW and storage drives of a small studio (mine). 2TB total 
> > storage desired, preferably mirrored in a RAID. The key features 
> > desired are reliability and little or no IT skills required. I also 
> > need this thing "smart" enough to not start doing some 
> > disc-intensive job while I'm in the middle of a transfer or burning 
> > optical media. Something that uses off-the-shelf hard drives would 
> > be great, for inexpensive maintenance over time. Backup software 
> > should be robust enough to do good error-checking and verification.
> >
> > Windows XP Pro is used throughout the network, so the device should 
> > be 100% compatible.
> >
> > Recommendations/experience reports most appreciated and thanks in advance.
>
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