hello guys,
I am looking for a cheap NAS capable of hosting 3 Citrix Xen server(VM) for HA implementation via iSCSI connections. I currently have a 2U 8bay Infotrend NAS EonCON 1310 12TB inherited. this NAS is build on SUN OS. it has deduplication features and save a lot storage space. but unfortunately it is super slow...RAM usage is always above 90%. I read up and this is due to SUN OS ZFS file system. this makes the Infotrend NAS unsuitable for VM HA implementation as the VM performance will be abysmal. I will still use it as a file share though...lolx.
I read up the NAS ranking charts here and always found QNAP to be near the TOP performance range.
I am looking for a cheap rack mount NAS and I am looking at QNAP TS-451U and also Synology RS815.
was wondering if QNAP TS-451U and also Synology RS815 with 4 SATA III disks in raid 5 mode 12TB can do the trick?
also I need to replicate the VMs backups from site A to B at night as a DR backup over the WAN. which is 1GB siteA and 100MB siteB(DR site) Fiber WAN link. so in short I need 2 NAS preferably of the same type.
can QNAP TS-451U and also Synology RS815 do the job?
what other options do I have for a cheap NAS?
Thanks
I am looking for a cheap NAS capable of hosting 3 Citrix Xen server(VM) for HA implementation via iSCSI connections. I currently have a 2U 8bay Infotrend NAS EonCON 1310 12TB inherited. this NAS is build on SUN OS. it has deduplication features and save a lot storage space. but unfortunately it is super slow...RAM usage is always above 90%. I read up and this is due to SUN OS ZFS file system. this makes the Infotrend NAS unsuitable for VM HA implementation as the VM performance will be abysmal. I will still use it as a file share though...lolx.
I read up the NAS ranking charts here and always found QNAP to be near the TOP performance range.
I am looking for a cheap rack mount NAS and I am looking at QNAP TS-451U and also Synology RS815.
was wondering if QNAP TS-451U and also Synology RS815 with 4 SATA III disks in raid 5 mode 12TB can do the trick?
also I need to replicate the VMs backups from site A to B at night as a DR backup over the WAN. which is 1GB siteA and 100MB siteB(DR site) Fiber WAN link. so in short I need 2 NAS preferably of the same type.
can QNAP TS-451U and also Synology RS815 do the job?
what other options do I have for a cheap NAS?
Thanks