[mdlug] NAS Recommendations

[Mike Mikowski]

> Does anyone have expereince with Teamf1.com's NASS system?

I do not, but I have purchased two Synology DS213J's and like them quite a bit.  They do provide root ssh access and can support Unix users and groups (with some meddling - I have the docs if you need them) and NFSv4 which apparently provides the same effective access control.  This is vastly better than the Seagate black NAS pos it replaced.

They also have a very good web admin client, and many easy to install, numerous, and well designed extensions such as a DLNA server.

Synology has a good range of NAS product options, including enterprise NAS.  If you haven't looked, I encourage you to do so.

Sorry if this is off-base as I have not followed the entire thread.

On Mar 15, 2014 8:44 AM, Robert Adkins II <radkins at impelind.com> wrote:
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> > 
> > All of that is well and good, except that it raises the 
> > threshold of knowledge if I am not immediately available and 
> > the host server dies, bringing down all the VMs, while the 
> > hardware for the shared drives is still chugging along and 
> > able to continue serving, if only it had something to 
> > authenticate AND or get files onto the network with. 
> > 
> > If there is a NAS solution that will use a Samba PDC 
> > for user authentication and provide me with the granular 
> > control of shared resources that I must have, that would be 
> > the best option. Especially if I can setup an automatic 
> > network back-up of the NAS to another identical unit that 
> > could be made into the "live" server in cases of calamity. 
> > 
> > The goal is to keep email and fileserving flowing and 
> > if there is a failure that a total and complete neophyte can 
> > perform a couple of clicks and bring up a back-up server with 
> > VMs that are clones of the most recently active VMs to keep 
> > email and fileserving flowing. No, they cannot be asked to 
> > move any cables or switch around any hardware. 
> > 
> > "Bullet Proof" and super simple are the goals. 
> > 
> > -Rob 
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> Does anyone have expereince with Teamf1.com's NASS system? It lists 
> NT Domain authentication as one of the security options  and also shows per 
> file/folder permissions that can be assigned to "users", I'm curious to know 
> if it can also assign/understand group membership as well. I would prefer to 
> assign group permissions to files stored on the system, rather than have to 
> add each user to each shared resource. 
>
> This is the kind of product that I am looking for. 
>
> -Rob 
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