Enterprise 2 Drive USB Storage Devices
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If NAS is an option, that changes everything. The whole set of problems that you are facing (not business class, bizarre sounding requirements, etc.) is all because NAS is being ruled out. We still need to think at the goal level, but almost certainly the answer here would be NAS, not a USB drive bay.
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If a NAS is possible, we have a Synology DS414j and it seems to work fine. No issues (yet). It's a 4 bay, not a 2.
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@johnhooks said:
If a NAS is possible, we have a Synology DS414j and it seems to work fine. No issues (yet). It's a 4 bay, not a 2.
The DS214 should be a two bay.
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The DS214 is available in the fire proof ioSafe option too from @robb-moore's company.
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Then the goal would be.
We have a lot of data that needs to be available for reference in the future, just in case a client ever needs or wants to use it again, how can we save this data?
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@Reid-Cooper said:
@johnhooks said:
If a NAS is possible, we have a Synology DS414j and it seems to work fine. No issues (yet). It's a 4 bay, not a 2.
The DS214 should be a two bay.
I was just pointing out ours was a 4, in case he wanted to look at that model. And it's only ~$50 more than the 214+
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@DustinB3403 said:
Then the goal would be.
We have a lot of data that needs to be available for reference in the future, just in case a client ever needs or wants to use it again, how can we save this data?
Why couldn't you use something like onedrive? 1TB for $7 a month and you get Office 365 (if you're using Windows).
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@DustinB3403 said:
Then the goal would be.
We have a lot of data that needs to be available for reference in the future, just in case a client ever needs or wants to use it again, how can we save this data?
The the next questions would be...
- How quickly do you need to retrieve it?
- Is this the archive or the backup of an archive?
- How does it need to be accessed or how do you feel the access will take place?
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Retrieval must support on-demand (at customer request)
It's the archive nothing more.
Accessed as a network share so the department who is building these files can also archive them at the EoL (for that file) -
@DustinB3403 said:
Retrieval must support on-demand (at customer request)
It's the archive nothing more.
Accessed as a network share so the department who is building these files can also archive them at the EoL (for that file)Sounds like a NAS like the DS214 is ideal. You get the storage you need with the minimum in complexity. No reason to connect to a VM at all, the unit would be completely stand alone. Fewer parts to fail, easier management, better performance. You win all the way around.
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ReadyNAS has a nice two bay unit as well.
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Yes Synology (and ioSafe by extension) and ReadyNAS are my standard "go to" recommendations for this type of gear, especially at this scale.
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@johnhooks said:
@DustinB3403 said:
Then the goal would be.
We have a lot of data that needs to be available for reference in the future, just in case a client ever needs or wants to use it again, how can we save this data?
Why couldn't you use something like onedrive? 1TB for $7 a month and you get Office 365 (if you're using Windows).
One Drive is the worst product in the 365 range.
Until they fix the arbitary SharePoint limitations and the broken sync client It's not something easily used.
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@Breffni-Potter said:
One Drive is the worst product in the 365 range.
Until they fix the arbitary SharePoint limitations and the broken sync client It's not something easily used.
That's not One Drive, it's One Drive for Business - sadly, it's very important delineate that difference whenever possible because of the extreme difference between those two products even though lay people will consider them mostly the same for no reason other than the name.
The same could be said for Skype and Skype for Business (old Lync).
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@Dashrender said:
@Breffni-Potter said:
One Drive is the worst product in the 365 range.
Until they fix the arbitary SharePoint limitations and the broken sync client It's not something easily used.
That's not One Drive, it's One Drive for Business - sadly, it's very important delineate that difference whenever possible because of the extreme difference between those two products even though lay people will consider them mostly the same for no reason other than the name.
The same could be said for Skype and Skype for Business (old Lync).
I think that you just channeled me
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@Dashrender said:
The same could be said for Skype and Skype for Business (old Lync).
Believe it or not on Mac and iOS... it's not old Lync, it's still Lync. They've not bothered to make it even branded as Skype for Business! So to a lot of users, there is no such thing as SfB and Lync is still the only product! Talk about bizarre branding choices.
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I apologize, I should have been more clear about which it was.
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@scottalanmiller said:
@Dashrender said:
@Breffni-Potter said:
One Drive is the worst product in the 365 range.
Until they fix the arbitary SharePoint limitations and the broken sync client It's not something easily used.
That's not One Drive, it's One Drive for Business - sadly, it's very important delineate that difference whenever possible because of the extreme difference between those two products even though lay people will consider them mostly the same for no reason other than the name.
The same could be said for Skype and Skype for Business (old Lync).
I think that you just channeled me
Yep - I wrote that and heard only your voice, not my own. lol
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Skype for Business (with the click 2 run installer) is still called Lync in all of their coding ..
Its weird.
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@DustinB3403 said:
Skype for Business (with the click 2 run installer) is still called Lync in all of their coding ..
Its weird.
One Drive is still called Groove in the back end too.
Why would Microsoft pay someone to change there name of the code they are reusing?
The bulk of people don't look at the back end.
