Affordable NAS solution?

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• NAS in esxi

  Hello I have a server esxi 5.1, and I want to create a machine VM for Nas. The use of this nas solution is for home use.

  This virtual machine will be disk virtual 1 TB of the local data store.

  What configuration is recommended?

  Thank you.

  you have 2 options for the same thing.

  1. create and openfiler vm and shared storage. Here is the link http://www.vmwarebits.com/content/install-and-configure-openfiler-esxi-shared-storage-nfs-and-iscsi

  You can also

  You can also use windows based openfile executable that create the data store and stock, so you can ride in your netwokr.

  2. create a virtual machine join the data as a reader store in VM and share this disc in your network to get it as a shared for your network storage domestic.

• Storage solutions

  Currently I have a NAS with ~5.5TB of all the drive formatted as a volume with software RAID5 on Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise Edition. I would use it as my data store for storing VHDs. This volume is currently formatted as NTFS and has ~2.5TB of the data on it.

  My question:

  Can I use part of this volume as the data store for my box of ESXi? If so, does need iSCSI to format the volume in anyway resulting in a loss of data or does just live above the already existing NTFS file system? If it formats it, what other options can I using this NAS solution as a data store for ESXi?

  On a side note, my network is 1000Base-T, what kind of performance degradation can expect to store my virtual hard drives on a NAS? I'd be better to just buy a 2 TB drive and stick to the ESXi and use local storage?

  Thanks in advance,

  Tony

  Can I use part of this volume as the data store for my box of ESXi?

  -You can, but there are a few hypotheses... it will be not possible if you cannot make one of these:

  1. you can resize the volume with the NTFS file system.  Cut it down so that you have about 2.75 TB of space, to give you a little leeway for the NTFS file system.  Of course, you resize first side Windows, and then resize the volume RAID5 on the NAS.

  2. When you have narrowed down the NTFS volume on the table, create a new volume and formatting in an iSCSI volume.

  3 configure the iSCSI on NAS and VMware host.

  On a side note, my network is 1000Base-T, what kind of performance degradation can expect to store my virtual hard drives on a NAS?  I'd be better to just buy a 2 TB drive and stick to the ESXi and use local storage?

  -Use frames if your network supports.  You'll be wearing, best case, at the speed of the network.  With this in mind, you may well be better to use local storage for your VMware hosts.  But it really depends on what storage performance requirements are for the virtual machine host VMware, but chances are, local storage will be probably faster.  You will not be able to vMotion anything, or do any of the other features that require shared storage between multiple VMware hosts... not a problem if you have just one host however.

• Best strategy: photos to NAS from multiple sources

  Hi all

  I went through the tutorial video on moving pictures on your primary drive to another drive, and it seems pretty simple.

  However I have a mixed scenerio here, and I just want to check on the best and safest way to do.

  Before that I opted for a NAS solution and as I ran out of space on my Macbook Pro, I started to use an external drive to store pictures and catalogues.

  Now that the NAS is running, what I would do is:

  • Move the photos ≈20K of the MBP on the NAS catalogue
  • Move the ≈1TB of pictures from the external hard drive on the NAS
  • Move the corresponding catalags external offshore and on my MBP, so that they remain independent...
  • Combine the remaining catalogues on the external drive in my main catalog on the MBP.

  Again, I'm just casting for a better strategy to those who did it and what happens if the pitfalls to be wary of.

  Thank you for your time and your suggestions.

  LR4, OSX 10.7.5

  I'm just casting for a better strategy to those who did it

  Do these things one at a time. Once you are sure that you have something to work from a single operation, proceed to the next step.

  Regarding the displacement of the photographs... don't take this as an opportunity to move photos and files from here to there in the existing hierarchy of files and folders. Keep your hierarchy even to this process. This isn't the time to organize/reorganize.

• Best NAS for ESX iSCSI

  Hi everyone, we have two ESX Server 3.5 with virtual machines running on a QNAP TS-509Pro and it works well, mhmmh, pretty good really, because when a drive failure happened and replace a disk, during the reconstruction of the nas is very very slow and sometimes we packets lose... a disaster!

  Well, we are looking for a NAS iSCSI, not too big, but with good performance and max 4/5 TB of disk space.

  Around this forum we found for Thecus feedback, but I think it's very similar to QNAP (linux inside).

  Some people suggest me iSCSI SAN PS5000 Dell and HP Storage Works, but it seems very very slow!

  Any suggestions for brands and models?

  Kind regards

  Marco Ciacci

  The best Nas solution seems to be Netapp - and the nice site is it can iscsi also (iscsi free license?).

  If you decide to use iscsi and then the EQL belongs to your narrow choice. Hp with iscsi boxes do not have the best reputation.

  Below that you can find other boxes also - MD3000i Dell or IBM DS3xxx series and then a few small vendors like promise or Infortrend.

  You get what you pay for - I could tell - but by some providers, you pay more than you get. Support and quality are not not to forget.

  We here EQL and we are very pleased with them (with the support too) - but are not cheap - includes some features that you may not have.

  The last time much heard about Datacore products - very interesting when you for example 2 locations connected with GB or CF.

  Just my 2 cents.

• VLDB (30 TB) NonRAC ASM data migration

  My client is running 10.2.0.5 database that is TB 30 in size. Its HACMP/PowerHA with an active/passive configuration.

  Customer wants to migrate this database to the ASM. They do not take backups rman due to the size of the database and bcv backup technology-dependent. Customer wishes to know what is the best way to make this migration with minimal downtime and risk.

  BCV uses the copy on write technology and advanced technical mirroring. A BCV can be used to resynchronize the data, or it can be detached from the separately mounted and active data storage for offline processing.

  If a full restore of an object or a clone of previous device enough so it can be a quick recovery. However, some implementations, like EMC Timefinder/Snapshot are not suitable for the recovery because they depend on the existence of the original data source.

  In any case, I think that BCV technology provides only a very limited way for Oracle database backup, because it duplicates data errors and not suitable for advanced database, rman or tablespace restoration and recovery. A database of 30 to may take your time for RMAN, that also depends on what kind of database, it is and, for example, how often a full backup is required, but it can be done.

  About the NAS, it's just an example to show that there are affordable storage solutions and it doesn't have to be expensive EMC storage systems. I don't see why such a solution cannot meet controls data center very strict regarding the technical aspects.

• Better conservation to use for the Mac Mini Server

  Hi all

  I have a Mac Mini, I want to start using a server around the House. Manage other Macs around the House, centralized Time Machine and are also used as a file server for both Windows I have machines.

  Therefore, a Mac Mini with 500 GB of storage, so I obviously need to add much more. Ideally, I'd like to build a 5 4 Bay RAID system but it is there, I seem to be failing and need help. I seem to have 3 options - stroke of lightning, USB, or NAS.

  Love at first sight seems to be too much and a lot of people say he exaggerated in any case for a home installation

  NAS seems to be the most cost-effective way, but then negates the point of the Mac server still?

  USB looks good, but I can't find any decent USB enclosures, are there who would recommend?

  Thanks in advance

  Mike

  Unfortunately, many would say that Macs are not appropriate to use as real servers for businesses, however some do and for small businesses, they are perfectly usable. Obviously in a situation of host concern the most appropriate a Mac as a server is completely different.

  While the most common choice for the storage of a Mac server these days would be an external RAID Thunderbolt for example the promised Pegasus R4 and R6 lines, I agree for a location that a NAS solution may be more appropriate.

  A NAS can act as a universal file for Mac and Windows PC server, should not let the Mac on all the time, and most NAS devices support also act as a Time Machine backup server. However, some people say that based NAS servers Time Machine are not reliable enough and you may use a real solution of Apple as a Capsule or a Mac running Server.app and sharing a drive as a destination of Time Machine.

  I agree somewhat that NAS based Time Machine systems will not be as reliable as a real Apple one, but I'd also probably say that they are not either completely useless. For example, I use a NetGear ReadyNAS as a system of Time Machine and I'm pretty happy with it.

  In addition, for external storage, there are additional options.

  • USB, as you said
  • FireWire is always possible even if you suddenly need lightning to FireWire adapter, you can even get a FireWire RAID solution
  • Love at first sight as the promised Pegasus system I mentioned
  • NAS - you can connect to it via NFS and "re - share" via AFP via the Mac server
  • iSCSI Ethernet to a NAS system, could be directly at a customer or could be're-shared' via AFP
  • Fiber Channel to aid suddenly in love with FDDI card and then have a configuration Fibre Channel SAN - very expensive and often used by video editors
  • Maybe a bolt of lightning to eSATA adapter, then an eSATA storage solution

• RND4000

  Hello

  I need your advice please, my stuckon RND4000 startup please wait... I don't know what to do...

  Already solved this problem?

  TKX in advance...

  Oh thank God, I have no remerber this feature... I'm a newbie f... Yes it works, I'll probably change to a noctua fan because it's always a bit noisy (to my wife ^^) but it's ok. Thank you all for your time and have a good weekend!

  FYO I changed the power supply because it broke down (THE problem of this NAS solution...) and I bought this power supply 80 +: http://www.ebay.fr/itm/191320447031?_trksid=p2060353.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT . It works well and it have an improved cooling. If it can help someone who has this problem...

• Use of 'root' for the system volume is 100% and/dev/md0 is full

  Hello

  I recently started to receive notifications that the use of 'root' volume of my system is 100%

  I went through all the files and it seems that the culprit is/dev/md0

  I don't have any add-ons installed, and this NAS solution is specifically used as a backup to another NAS. It uses ReadyNAS Replicate for backups.

  Here is the output of df - h and df - i

  

  I tried commands like this:

  du - csh/var
  du - csh/var / *.

  And the problem doesn't seem to be in these directories. Very low use it.

  This error started appearing on the day that I got a copy no error of ReadyNAS Replicate that gave me an Exit Code: 11 (error e/s files)

  Can someone help me solve this problem?

  The reason why you could not find, was that at some point, your encrypted volume was not mounted (perhaps the USB is not was connected when you start the NAS server) and a repeated backup job is filled with the partition of the OS on the NAS.

  When you have looked at the system, the data volume has been mounted. There was data under/data on the partition of the OS, but could not say that.

  I passed on a summary of what has happened to our engineers and am waiting for their suggestion. However as it is a long weekend in the United States I don't expect an answer at least a few days.

• Plex Mediaserver on ReadyNAS RN202 Web site does not open

  I installed the app on the ReadyNAS RN202 mediaserver Plex. Installation went well, however when I try to open the plex website it gives me page not found or can not be displayed.

  If I try to telnet to port 32400 I can not connect.

  What can be the problem or where I watch it again?

  I installed the application through the applications from the Web site of the NAS running OS version 6.4.1 management

  I removed the RN2xx version and installed the general release version. (What is the difference between the versions? because I assume that the RN2xx is the one created specifically for this NAS solution) I was not able to open the Web page, but I found an option in the page actions called dlna.

  Once I clicked on this DLNA option and it went green I could open the page Web of Plex... Eureka :-)...

  I want to add the screenshot on this page but can't browse my pc for the image to add :-(

  This option is hidden in folders-> -> access to the network. Here I have a few buttons that I can click to enable or disable the apperantly access to this share as ftp, smb and dlna. Once I clicked on the option of dlna, it went green and I was able to browse the Web page and manage the Web server of plex...

  Thanks for the support and now it works perfectly...

• Copy of the slowness of the network

  I have a readynas 102 with two 1 TB hard drive. I use this nas solution to backup linux server data. but when I copy the file of linux in the nas netgear folder, it transfers to the speed of 1.15 MB/ps. I checked this process with the client of windows 7. It transfers the files to 10.1 MB/ps.

  I've disabled Virus and snapshot in this folder and updated to 6.2.5 firmware version. the format of hard disks is ext3 and X-RAID, RAID 1.

  What can I do to make this transaction speed?

  Hi all

  My Network slow copy problem is resolved by upgrading to 6.4.1. Now it is the copy of 13Mbps on the network speed. Thanks for the help provided you me.

• Pre-sales questions ReadyNAS104

  I was reseaching NAS solutions for my home. I watched pretty much every video and the web page, but I think I've confused ND. I am interested in the ReadyNAS104 without a hard drive.

  My home network is composed of Mac/Linux/Windows. To begin, I would like to start with 1 hard drive. Is this possible? Assuming that Yes, I understand that there will be no data protection. I think that from what I've seen, all of my computers will be able to read or write to the NAS. Can I set up folders separated for multiple users, access private or shared depending on the user and share? A document I've seen specific that the 104 can support up to 16 TB of data, another 24 TB. Which is correct? This will determine the size of my disk (4 or 6 TB).

  When I add the second disc, the 104 will be copied or JBOD, correct? With a third disc, I'll be able to do other RAID levels? Is it possible to have several volumes, also included in a RAID configuration?

  I saw documents on the DLNA/SD 480 and 1080 HD. If I understand correctly, the 104 will not high levels of video leak? But my Samsung Smart TV will be able to see the action, and I'll be able to watch my movies?

  How the expansion is provided (IE by network or USB)?

  Within RAID level configurations, I would be able to use for example a 1 to a 2 TB, a 3 and a 4 TB drive?

  Finally, this unit can serve as my Time Machine backup?

  Thanks for any info provided in advance. I hope that my questions were not confused?

  Walter

  1. Yes, you may startout with a hard drive
  
  
  2. Yes, you can set up separate, private or shared folders. For private folders, you can use the feature of private home shares
  
  
  3. When we released everything first he 16TB volumes were the maximum supported. If you update 6.4.0 (or later first) you can now have more volumes of 16 TB. So if you start with a 6 TB drive I would 6.4.0 (or later), check the update of the firmware successfully, then do a factory default (erases all the data, settings, everything) because it is a new configuration for a clean installation on this firmware
  
  
  4. It will be RAID-1 mirror, Yes. X - RAID won't JBOD when you add the second drive. When the third disc is added using X-RAID, you will have a 3 drive RAID-5 volume. If you want something different you can disable X-RAID under Volumes, destroy the existing volume - if it is already using this drive (NOTE destroying volume DESTROYS your data, in order to back up your data first) and create the volumes that you want.
  
  
  5. The 104 can stream 1080 p, but what he can't do is video transcoding of any resolution. If she can broadcast your video as it's your customer then it will be. Otherwise the video will not play.
  
  
  6. You can share USB drives on your network. There is no expansion of hunts for the 104. If you need more space than what will fit on the unit, that the best solution would be to get another unit or replace your drives with higher capacity ones (if there are higher capacity disks)
  
  
  7. Using X-RAID disks that you add must have at least the same capacity as the disks. With X-RAID disabled, you can create a volume on any disk you add.
  
  
  8. Yes, you can use this to hold the backups Time Machine on your Mac. You can use the Global Time Machine function or have spent Time Machine backup files for each user.

  Welcome to the community!

• PowerVault NX400. It is possible to work with a Cluster SQL Server 2012?

  Hello, a customer asks me if the current NAS solution, they (DELL PowerVault NX400) will allow them to work as a shared Volume of participating in a Cluster of SQL Server Cluster using SQL Server 2012. If no what others don't bottom end (for small businesses) will be used for these purposes? Receive your answer. What about Diego VP

  DiegoVp

  Thks. DevMgr.

  In this sense, whereas the NX400 comes with Windows STORAGE Server 2012, which has an iSCSI Target Server (as a service) will allow only external 2 servers (active, active cluster) running Windows Server 2012 to use NAS as shared storage?   .

  Yes, if you use the iSCSI target option on your NX400, you could actually use your NX400 as a SAN and allow other 2 servers run a shared storage cluster.

  A few things to keep in mind:

  -When your NX400 must restart (for finishing or any other reason), you will need to first down both your servers in cluster

  -I recommend putting on 2 separate subnets and switches iSCSI traffic (or at least isolated VLAN on 2 separate physical switches). In other words; Avoid iSCSI traffic running on your local network for reasons of reliability and performance. I'd read some of the documentation of Equallogic iSCSI switch to see how you configure switches for iSCSI.

• Group/pool FS7610 and EQL limits

  Hello

  Previously, I was informed here: -.

  "A FS76x0"single"comes as a unit of 2 knots (Controller) which can serve up to 509. If you add a 2nd FS76x0 and form a 'cluster' all numbers is doubled which means 1000 TB. »

  When talking to Dell to try to conceive and to buy a NAS solution to complement or integrate our storage EQL PS I had now some contradictory information about what you get by adding a second FS7610 and forming a cluster within a group/single pool, namely that the capacity is the same that there is 1 or 2 FS7610 nodes.  Note the last sentence.

  Anyway, it doesn't seem I can get 1PB without having at least 2 groups EQL on the same infrastructure, each with 1 or more FS7610 and up to 8 speakers. However if I've already said here is true I can at least postpone for a while that I'll be able to go from 4 to 5 years before I reached the limit of one group/pool/nas.

  Scalability

  The FS76x0 and the EqualLogic SAN offer a solution file, and can scale easily block and

  effectively, as customer needs grow over time. The flexible architecture of the fluid file system

  with paintings of the series PS allows expansion of storage capacity and performance capabilities within the

  a unique namespace. The FS device can address up to a maximum of useful capacity of 509 TB

  available from a single EqualLogic storage pool. 1 to 8 may consist of a pool EqualLogic PS

  berries (members) of the series.

  Notes:

  A group of EqualLogic can have only a single NAS cluster. A NAS cluster consists of one or two

  Devices FS providing file services.

  · A group of EqualLogic can have one or two devices FS76x0 NAS running together in a

  NAS cluster.

  · Can access a cluster consisting of one or two FS76x0 devices in a group EqualLogic NAS

  storage of file from a single pool of EqualLogic only. You can assign a device FS76x0

  a swimming pool and another of FS76x0 for another pool.

  ·

  The maximum capacity of the file a NAS cluster (and thus a group EqualLogic) able to export is

  509 to useful (all a single pool, EqualLogic).

  Currently, you can only assign a "SIN" to a single group and pool.  This NAS unit may consist of one or two main units.  If you have two, then it forms a single cluster and the two will have access to the same pool.   So, yes currently to serve our 1PB you would need two FS76x0 and two groups EQL with 509 to each.   As newer, larger drives are available which will increase.  I would check with your sales/reseller for an overview of the product road map.

• HA configuration

  Hello

  I to ask a question:
  
  If I have 2 knots ESXi peut create un cluster et take advantage of HA?
  , si I have only 2 nodes et by the VSA create a virtual shared storage HA work? or do I need a physical storage?
  
  Thank you
  
  Hello everyone

  For HA you need storage shared, Yes.

  This can be a San, but can also be a more affordable NAS.

  For supported devices take a look at VMware HCL: http://www.vmware.com/resources/compatibility/search.php

  Another option would be to VSANS, which is little successor VSA. It uses the server local storage for things like HA. But it takes at least 3 knots.

  More info here: Virtual SAN: Shared software, Storage | United States