Can anyone recommend a NAS device that includes RAID technology, good
access
speed and is a solid product capable of providing access to data residing
on
the device by up to 10 users simultaneously without grinding to a halt?
Files accessed will not be large files, mainly spreadsheet, pics etc...
The
device will normally not be accessed by this many users at the same time -
but could be occasionally - so I just want to source a unit capable of
that.
Currently the data resides on a dual processor Dell Win2K server with
2x75gb, 15Krpm drives in a RAID1 config. I would like the access speed of
the device to be similar to what I can achieve with that server if
possible.
I am not 100% sure of the exact numbers I am currently achieving with my
server - I am just hoping that someone using a NAS or SAN in their
environment can possibly recommend something. I would also be looking for
a
TB of usable space and am thinking of RAID1 (2x1tb) drives?
I have researched a bunch of NAS devices and so far the best bang for the
buck I cna see is the Snap Server 410/210 series. The throughput speeds
are
listed at about 252Mbits/sec and response time is .757 millisecond. This
isn't really high end but may do for what I need...
Oh ya, price?? I want to be in the $2000 range max if that is achievable!
Thoughts?
Thanks, Brad
