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Server vs. NAS Storage
I am trying to think through options for a mission-critical office
requiring a storage server. What are the differences and pros/cons of a computer/server vs. a freestanding NAS network accessible storage device? Assume either one will have a RAID 1 mirroring configuration. |
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Server vs. NAS Storage
A server you have to buy an operating system, maintain software
patches, worry about security holes, maintain the OS which may or may not have advances volume management capabilities. NAS is up and running in minutes, dedicated system for file serving, maximum flexibility for volume management. wrote: I am trying to think through options for a mission-critical office requiring a storage server. What are the differences and pros/cons of a computer/server vs. a freestanding NAS network accessible storage device? Assume either one will have a RAID 1 mirroring configuration. |
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Server vs. NAS Storage
I'd agree with everything the last poster said. In addition, I'd add
that most real NAS systems have stripped out everything in the OS not needed for file sharing, resulting in much higher performance. NAS excels in ease of management and performance. I'd take an actual NAS box over a general purpose server any day. If you want to spend $20-30 to learn more on the subject, my book (Using SANs and NAS) is available: http://www.amazon.com/Using-SANs-NAS.../dp/0596001533 |
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Stunster wrote: A server you have to buy an operating system, maintain software patches, worry about security holes, maintain the OS which may or may not have advances volume management capabilities. NAS is up and running in minutes, dedicated system for file serving, maximum flexibility for volume management. Thanks... so what are the advantages of a server? |
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Stunster wrote: A server you have to buy an operating system, maintain software patches, worry about security holes, maintain the OS which may or may not have advances volume management capabilities. NAS is up and running in minutes, dedicated system for file serving, maximum flexibility for volume management. Thanks... so what are the advantages of a server? |
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Server vs. NAS Storage
The only one that comes to mind is that a server MAY be less expensive to
acquire. However, if you consider the TCO of both, I think even a low-end NAS system would win out. On 4 Sep 2006 09:21:20 -0700, wrote: Stunster wrote: A server you have to buy an operating system, maintain software patches, worry about security holes, maintain the OS which may or may not have advances volume management capabilities. NAS is up and running in minutes, dedicated system for file serving, maximum flexibility for volume management. Thanks... so what are the advantages of a server? _______________________________________________ Subscribe or Unsubscribe to this mailing list he http://backupcentral.com/mailman/lis...kupcentral.com |
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Server vs. NAS Storage
"Stunster" writes:
A server you have to buy an operating system, maintain software patches, worry about security holes, maintain the OS which may or may not have advances volume management capabilities. NAS is up and running in minutes, dedicated system for file serving, maximum flexibility for volume management. What makes you think an NAS doesn't also need patches and have security holes? |
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Server vs. NAS Storage
Hi,
I think with an SAN/NAS-attached storage You have the following advantages: - scalability: The storage can grow far more than a direct attached disk-storage - availability/disaster-recovery: If You organize Your data well, You can mount the remote-storage by another server and contitue Your business. tbase [ruediger] http://www.uname-a.net |
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Server vs. NAS Storage
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ups.com... Stunster wrote: A server you have to buy an operating system, maintain software patches, worry about security holes, maintain the OS which may or may not have advances volume management capabilities. NAS is up and running in minutes, dedicated system for file serving, maximum flexibility for volume management. Thanks... so what are the advantages of a server? Usually general purpose hardware, making it easy and cheap to expand with newer network cards, storage hardware etc. A server can also be used to run other services and applications besides file serving Rob |
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Server vs. NAS Storage
On 3 Sep 2006 21:32:46 -0700, "W. Curtis Preston"
wrote: I'd agree with everything the last poster said. In addition, I'd add that most real NAS systems have stripped out everything in the OS not needed for file sharing, resulting in much higher performance. NAS excels in ease of management and performance. I'd take an actual NAS box over a general purpose server any day. If you want to spend $20-30 to learn more on the subject, my book (Using SANs and NAS) is available: http://www.amazon.com/Using-SANs-NAS.../dp/0596001533 NAS systems also have an OS (though it needs less maintenance certainly), it has bugs that need fixing, patches to install, firmware updates, etc. I agree it's easier to manage than a full-service OS but to say it doesn't need any of those things is misleading. Also, depending on the NAS and the server I may very well choose a server over the NAS. If you're talking NetApp, then no, there's no server I would choose over it. But if we're talking a very low end NAS I would much prefer to build a Solaris NAS server instead. ~F |
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