Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2000 22:25:39 -0500 From: Matthew Cerha <mcerha@io.com> To: Steve Sizemore <steve@cmpharm.ucsf.edu> Cc: Peter Losher <Peter.Losher@nominum.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Quantum Snap Server and FreeBSD? Message-ID: <20000816222539.A17533@io.com> In-Reply-To: <20000816092009.A5122@cmpharm.ucsf.edu>; from steve@cmpharm.ucsf.edu on Wed, Aug 16, 2000 at 09:20:09AM -0700 References: <Pine.NEB.4.21.0008091627060.1866-100000@svalbard.nominum.com> <20000816092009.A5122@cmpharm.ucsf.edu>
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> > I have been looking at various NAS File Servers over the past couple of > > weeks (ranging from NetApp Filers to Auspex's) as well as basic RAID > > solutions. I came across both the Snap Server 4000 from Quantum, and the > > Maxtor MaxAttach NAS 400 in my search, and I wanted to ask the FreeBSD > > community at large to see if they have had any experiences using either of > > these products. (Both accessible via NFS and SMB) We plan on deploying > > one of these products in a mostly mixed Net\FreeBSD server environment (as > > well as a smattering of legacy Sun/SGI/HP/AIX systems mixed in for "fun") > > I bought a Quantum Snap Server 4000. I'm not overly thrilled with it, > although it does perform exactly as advertised. The problem is that it > it doesn't support normal unix permissions, and it runs NFS version 2. > This means that it doesn't integrate very well with my unix network. > (Plus it requires that you run Windows (ugh!) to completely manage it, > although a lot of the management can be done through the web > interface.) Another option is the OpenNAS gear at www.raidzone.com. It's Linux based, so intergrating into a *NIX environment should be easy. Supports Samba and Appletalk as well. They are trying to be a low-cost alternative to NetApps. I don't own one or have not used one, but they looked interesting. Cheers, Matthew Cerha | "*If*, is the word in the middle of *life*." mcerha AT io.com | --Apocalypse Now To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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