[mdlug] NAS Recommendations

[Robert Adkins II]

> 
> 	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