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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Hello Again,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>For around 15k you can also get Cisco NSS-xxxx 4 bay storage system chassis which is further more than reliable….<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:gray'>Rgds,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:gray'>kn<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Keshwarsingh Nadan [mailto:kn@servihoo.net] <br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, March 22, 2012 1:57 PM<br><b>To:</b> 'LUGM Discuss Mailing List'<br><b>Subject:</b> RE: [lugm.org] NAS - Synology<br><b>Importance:</b> High<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Hello,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>For around 15k you can get an entry level HP / Fujitsu server with very low power consumption & a 3 years warranty on all parts.. You have a hardware raid controller, enterprise class sata hard drives, dual gigabit nics etc etc… You just have to load an openfiler & you leave it alone running & forget it..<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:gray'>Rgds,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:gray'>kn<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> <a href="mailto:discuss-bounces@lugm.org">discuss-bounces@lugm.org</a> <a href="mailto:[mailto:discuss-bounces@lugm.org]">[mailto:discuss-bounces@lugm.org]</a> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Nishal Goburdhan<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, March 22, 2012 11:42 AM<br><b>To:</b> LUGM Discuss Mailing List<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [lugm.org] NAS - Synology<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Mar 21, 2012, at 12:00 PM, pascal maya wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222;background:white'>Hello all,</span><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222;background:white'>This is an SOS call to the Mauritian Linux Community. Can you guide and help me locate a reliable supplier in Mauritius to purchase a </span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222'>Synology DS412+ .</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222'>Any other relevant/similar alternatives(Qnap, Lacie, Dlink, etc), your more than welcomed to suggest.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222'>Setting up a FreeNAS is not an option, I'm looking for a small compact solution with easy backup and restoration with RAID builtin.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222'>Is Dropo an expensive alternative to other similar products ??? BTW Dropo suppliers here in MAU ?</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>it's drobo. :-)<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> they're not cheap, but if you want a fire-and-forget solution, then this works well (i have one at home).<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>it's formatted for use with AFP (yes, go ahead and laugh logan, we only have macs at home!), and it Just Works (tm).<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>my non-technical significant other is trained to look at the three colours (green, orange, red, and act accordingly - ie. green=don't touch; orange=tell me; red=swap disk with spare, and tell me). i used to spend quite a bit of time travelling, and, ease-of-use, trumped all else, hence my decision to go drobo.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>the local reseller is paoma, in curepipe - <a href="http://www.paoma.mu">www.paoma.mu</a>. very helpful - not that there is much to do! <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222'>What could be the approximate cost for purchasing that kind of hardware here in MAU ?</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></blockquote><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>i bought my 4drive unit 2 years ago, with 2x 1TB disks; it wasn't cheap at the time (+30K iirc) and i got a discount because i also purchased a UPS and other peripherals as well.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>i've seen smaller synology units (2 disk) in stock at ct-zone at bagatelle for ±11K. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>ispace-technologies - <a href="http://www.ispace-technologies.com">www.ispace-technologies.com</a> - in ebene also had QNAP units in stock, when i was there 2 weeks ago.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>as ajay mentioned, most of these units use proprietary raid systems to give you the expandable raid array options (what drobo sells as the any-size disk-grow-as-you-need-raid-array). while this works great when it works, i've read lots of horror stories of people trying to get the data recovered when something fails. same with synology's SHR system - we recently purchased one for office use in ZA, and the supplier warned -against- using their SHR (expandable array) option for our data storage purposes. ymmv.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>yo should also know that these raid5+1 systems take absolutely forever to rebuild - i recently swapped a 1TB for a 2TB drive to get to (2+1+2+2), and the volume rebuild took more than 30 hours! of course it's useable during this period, but that might affect your data usage/storage systems. (as a home user, this didn't impact me too much)<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>i've been thinking about a backup NAS, and, speaking from a drobo user's perspective, i doubt i will buy this again.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>both qnap and synology seem to offer the same options at almost the same price point; both of which are well below drobo's.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>while i love the simplicity:<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>* it's expensive by comparison<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>* there are cutesy home features in the other two that drobo lacks (built-in media server, etc.)<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>don't get me wrong - the unit works great. it's just expensive by comparison *for home use*<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>the single largest technical benefit i've seen is that even my old unit will scale to 4x 4TB. looking through the whitepapers for synology and qnap, most of their non-professional units will not support 4TB drives (some not even 3TB).<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>hth,<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>--n.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>btw, if you're willing to look for suppliers in ZA for these, ping me offlist.<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></body></html>