VtSoundman
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Hi Folks -
I have a business is not at the stage where I need to spend big money on IT/complex solutions/contracts, but it tetering on edge of disaster if I don't address work flow.
...edit: business that is NOT at the stage where I need to spend lots of money...
Here is the issue: image capture studio that moves tremendous amounts of data around for use by onsite employees (~5) and contractors (~20) around the world. The data sets these folks work on are typically 50-100 gigs - that has to be downloaded to the the local machines, modified/rendered & then re-synced with the server/cloud service.
For local storage, I need ~20TB of real-time space that can by synced with Google Drive services. (I have 12TB now, but will need addition 6TB in the next few months. I also never want to worry about space/expanding). Since the 750-1TB datasets come in quickly via RAID 1 SSD units, and a local Ethernet connection, the NAS needs to be relatively fast to handle the uploads, sync'ing/etc.
What NAS do you recommend for
1. Sync with Google Drive
2. Offer RAID (RAID 10 vs RAID 5/6...open to discussion)
3. Can perform automatic syncing to a 2nd redundant/passive server
4. Can perform 'automated' offline backups using USB/ESATA drives that are stored offsite
5. This is an all MAC office, so the ability to be a time machine server would be great too.
6. Has 2 or more 1GB Link aggregation (prefer 4 ports)
I was considering the 12-15 drive bay units that have expansion capability as spinning storage needs will grow. The QNAP expansion units connect by what appears to be a USB3.0 cable, so that is out - the SYNOLOGY boxes look better - something like the DS1815+...
Does anyone have experience with the SYNOLOGY expansion units? Am I better off buying additional NAS boxes instead?
If I go with DS1515+, there isn't much expansion room or ability to have a hot spare. The DS1815+ allows a hot spare + an SSD cache (I'm assuming this can utilize an SSD cache). I was also considering a DS2416+
For drives, I am considering the HGST 4TB NAS drives. I wanted to stay away from larger drives in the primary NAS to avoid long rebuild times.
I need some help with direction/architecture & components. Budget is not unlimited, but this data is my livelihood and that of ~30 people. IT is not my business, so it needs to be relatively straightforward & robust.
Help! Creativity would be much appreciated!
I have a business is not at the stage where I need to spend big money on IT/complex solutions/contracts, but it tetering on edge of disaster if I don't address work flow.
...edit: business that is NOT at the stage where I need to spend lots of money...
Here is the issue: image capture studio that moves tremendous amounts of data around for use by onsite employees (~5) and contractors (~20) around the world. The data sets these folks work on are typically 50-100 gigs - that has to be downloaded to the the local machines, modified/rendered & then re-synced with the server/cloud service.
For local storage, I need ~20TB of real-time space that can by synced with Google Drive services. (I have 12TB now, but will need addition 6TB in the next few months. I also never want to worry about space/expanding). Since the 750-1TB datasets come in quickly via RAID 1 SSD units, and a local Ethernet connection, the NAS needs to be relatively fast to handle the uploads, sync'ing/etc.
What NAS do you recommend for
1. Sync with Google Drive
2. Offer RAID (RAID 10 vs RAID 5/6...open to discussion)
3. Can perform automatic syncing to a 2nd redundant/passive server
4. Can perform 'automated' offline backups using USB/ESATA drives that are stored offsite
5. This is an all MAC office, so the ability to be a time machine server would be great too.
6. Has 2 or more 1GB Link aggregation (prefer 4 ports)
I was considering the 12-15 drive bay units that have expansion capability as spinning storage needs will grow. The QNAP expansion units connect by what appears to be a USB3.0 cable, so that is out - the SYNOLOGY boxes look better - something like the DS1815+...
Does anyone have experience with the SYNOLOGY expansion units? Am I better off buying additional NAS boxes instead?
If I go with DS1515+, there isn't much expansion room or ability to have a hot spare. The DS1815+ allows a hot spare + an SSD cache (I'm assuming this can utilize an SSD cache). I was also considering a DS2416+
For drives, I am considering the HGST 4TB NAS drives. I wanted to stay away from larger drives in the primary NAS to avoid long rebuild times.
I need some help with direction/architecture & components. Budget is not unlimited, but this data is my livelihood and that of ~30 people. IT is not my business, so it needs to be relatively straightforward & robust.
Help! Creativity would be much appreciated!
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