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Active Storage? NAS?
Name: Paul Date: June 11, 2002 at 08:48:13 Pacific
Comment:
I'm looking for a High-speed (100 megabit) device that would basically function as a hard drive that could plug directly into a network (RJ 45 Connector), that is able to have netware/NT/Win2k permissions, on the folders and files. Should NAS? ex. MAXattach be only used for backup, or does it have enough speed for about 150 users home drives (would probably be used for mainly for Outlook .PST Files). I would want something at least 100 gigs and could be backed up easily. Any suggestions?
Summary: "Am I correct in thinking that if I want good read/write performance and am not worried about redundancy, a simple RAID0 setup will meet my needs?" Your read/write performance will be bottlenecked by ...
Summary: They're for storage. NAS = Network Attached Storage Even if a program is a network capable app, you would install it on a server, not a NAS. ...
Summary: I don't think so. What you're referring to is Network Access Storage(NAS). You can purchase NAS hard drives for that purpose. I believe what you have requires a Hard Drive Controller which, basical...
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