10 PC Office Data Storage Recommendations
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@BRRABill said:
Couple more questions on this NAS.
- I know drive capacity and performance capacity was mentioned. Obviously space drives drive capacity (pun intended) but what drives performance? The number of users? The types of files? Both?
We use WD reds in RAID10 (which the 2 bay NAS obviously can not do), it'll max out gig lan for a large file transfer providing not many other people are poking at it simultaneously. We do more large file moving than most office environments so our experience is probably different than yours will be. We like em for what that's worth.
- Does anyone use encryption on this? I could see this being a nice fit for smaller shops (accountant, law firm, doctor) who need encryption. I know there is a performance drain, but I'm imagining on a Word file it's not a big issue. A huge video file might be another animal.
We do not
- The 214 and 215+ were both mentioned. Any reason to go with the 215+ over the 214? I have such a hard time making these kinds of decisions!
Um, make sure you look at the feature list to ensure it has cloudsync. That's pretty much the only app on them I'd really care about.
- How do you access files on this remotely? It looks like it has a VPN add-on?
We use a VPN through another system, no experience with theirs.
- Why are there so many media-type add-ons for this thing? Do people typically do that in a business setting?
Because they can? That's my best guess. Why make 2 products the same but differ in software for Business and Home use cases I suppose.
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@BRRABill said:
- I know drive capacity and performance capacity was mentioned. Obviously space drives drive capacity (pun intended) but what drives performance? The number of users? The types of files? Both?
It's driven by usage. How is stuff being accessed. Number of users and file types would be misleading. It is more complex than that. You'd need to measure your usage and see what is needed.
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@BRRABill said:
- Does anyone use encryption on this? I could see this being a nice fit for smaller shops (accountant, law firm, doctor) who need encryption. I know there is a performance drain, but I'm imagining on a Word file it's not a big issue. A huge video file might be another animal.
No. That's pretty worthless in a small, non-technical environment. How and where would they use this encryption that it would be both useful and protect anything? What do you want to encrypt against?
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I also didn't see what was currently in place. Are people just sharing off of local disk?
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@BRRABill said:
- The 214 and 215+ were both mentioned. Any reason to go with the 215+ over the 214? I have such a hard time making these kinds of decisions!
One is current, one is old.
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@BRRABill said:
- How do you access files on this remotely? It looks like it has a VPN add-on?
Sure. But realistically, why are you hosting your own files if you want remote access? Why host your own files at all? @coliver is right that in nearly every case, you should not be running your own file storage at all.
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@BRRABill said:
- Why are there so many media-type add-ons for this thing? Do people typically do that in a business setting?
No, selling these things for people who don't get business needs or are using them at home or treat IT like a game are common. These things tend to cater to a lot of bad behaviour.
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@scottalanmiller said:
These things tend to cater to a lot of bad behaviour.
And how - they are absolutely chock full of insane stuff to use in a business. None the less, decent hardware and OS at the end of the day.
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Yeah, just because you can does not imply that you should.
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Actually that applies to desktop imaging too
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@BRRABill I can post some screen shots of the OS in here if you'd like - just let me know what you're curious about.
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I feel like a synology sales rep lol
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You are!
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@MattSpeller said:
@scottalanmiller said:
These things tend to cater to a lot of bad behaviour.
And how - they are absolutely chock full of insane stuff to use in a business. None the less, decent hardware and OS at the end of the day.
Are those really necessary in this instance? It seems like having on site storage would be a terrible idea for this company.
My recommendation would be to look at Office 365 and see if that feature set works for you. One Drive for Business would be amazing for your users.
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@coliver said:
@MattSpeller said:
@scottalanmiller said:
These things tend to cater to a lot of bad behaviour.
And how - they are absolutely chock full of insane stuff to use in a business. None the less, decent hardware and OS at the end of the day.
Are those really necessary in this instance? It seems like having on site storage would be a terrible idea for this company.
My recommendation would be to look at Office 365 and see if that feature set works for you. One Drive for Business would be amazing for your users.
I agree. Unless there is a very special case need the whole idea of local storage at all seems wrong. Sure there might be no WAN or something odd, but then the VPN for remote access would not apply. Office 365, Google Drive, DropBox and other tools are almost always the right ones here.
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@scottalanmiller said:
@coliver said:
@MattSpeller said:
@scottalanmiller said:
These things tend to cater to a lot of bad behaviour.
And how - they are absolutely chock full of insane stuff to use in a business. None the less, decent hardware and OS at the end of the day.
Are those really necessary in this instance? It seems like having on site storage would be a terrible idea for this company.
My recommendation would be to look at Office 365 and see if that feature set works for you. One Drive for Business would be amazing for your users.
I agree. Unless there is a very special case need the whole idea of local storage at all seems wrong. Sure there might be no WAN or something odd, but then the VPN for remote access would not apply. Office 365, Google Drive, DropBox and other tools are almost always the right ones here.
Dropbox for Business was basically designed for this scenario. It will even to LAN syncing so you just have to seed it once and all the computers will talk to each other over the LAN.
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@scottalanmiller said:
One is current, one is old.
From looking I thought they were in different lines. Plus versus value.
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@BRRABill said:
@scottalanmiller said:
One is current, one is old.
From looking I thought they were in different lines. Plus versus value.
I do not believe so. Could be wrong.
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I'm in the middle of a crisis now at work, but I will post on Office 365 info soon.
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