After a horrible raid 5 + hot spare failure. (Lost a second drive during rebuild)
I have been looking for a Raid 6 Solution and have found this within a price I can touch, but I cannot find a single review other than the manufacturer description... No user reviews, nothing.
Here it is:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816111434
Due to costs, I was planning on wd red drives with hot spare.
from Sans Digital:
The AN6L+B is a performance tuned Windows/MAC/Linux files shareing NAS server dual Gigabit server for high capacity share data storage. Much more advanced than most 6-bay share + iSCSI towers on the market, the AN6L+B utilizes the power of Intel CPU and 4GB of DDR III memory, to provide exceptionally fast performance. With increased CPU processing power, the AN6L+B is capable of providing enterprise-level features such as iSCSI initiator and target support, snapshot with scheduling, and real-time folder-to-folder replication. Along with built-in RAID 5 and 6, the AN6L+B provides enterprise-class features that are normally not included in product of such price range.
Note: Sans Digital recommends the use of enterprise hard drives when in use with any RAID controller applications. Standard desktop or green desktop drive may not be supported and may compromise RAID system stability and performance. For more information on the difference between RAID and desktop hard drives, please see the Western Digital knowledge base. For a list of compatible RAID Edition SATA hard drives,
Dual Gigabit and RAID Hard Drives Protection
AN6L+B is designed with simple setup and easy maintenance features in mind. Features such as installation wizard for easy implementation out of the box, convenient web-based management for local or remote configuration, Dual 10/100/1000 Ethernet ports supporting teaming and fail-over redundancy plus RAID protection for your data storage making the AN6L+B a very robust yet easy to use Windows/MAC/Linux file sharing server system.
Feature Rich Data Storage - Built-in Snapshot, Folder Replication and iSCSI
In comparison to other products in the market, AN6L+B is bundled with many enterprise level advanced features without the additional cost. For example, iSCSI target support for iSCSI applications, iSCSI initiator support for future data storage expansion, folder to folder replication, scheduled or on-demand volume snapshot and local tape backup support just to name a few.
iSCSI Support for VMware
To take advantage of centralized storage for all virtual machines in VMware ESX or Vsphere, the AN6L+B can be uses as a focal storage point for the VMWare ESX or ESXi sever hosting multiple virtual machines. Utilizing the AN6L+B as an iSCSI target storage system for the VMware ESX/ESXi server, the AN6L+B is ready for your VMware storage virtualization needs.
Features
Operating system specifically design for Windows/MAC/Linux file sharing NAS and iSCSI application.
4GB DDR3 memory.
Supports up to a total of 24TB (Raw) SATA hard drive (4TB x 6 HDD)
RAID 0, 1, 1+0, 5 and 6 with spare.
Dual Gigabit Ethernet ports.
Convenient setup and easy maintenance.
IP discovery tools for easy deployment.
Web GUI configuration interface supporting Internet Explorer and Firefox browsers.
Informational Event Log for diagnostics.
Supports local user account.
Supports Windows Active Directory Service or Primary Domain Server and Workgroup.
Supports HTTPS/SSL service.
Storage protection.
Designed with Linux based Journaling file system (XFS).
Folder to folder replication supporting scheduling with multiple versions or full replication with bandwidth control.
Supports scheduled or on-demand volume snapshot.
System configuration backup and restore.
Supports Local Tape backup, 3rd party backup agent.
Supports iSCSI.
Supports iSCSI target and initiator.
Supports VMware ESX Server 4.0/4.1 5.0/5.1 or Microsoft Hyper-V Server or Citrix XGen Server.
What do you folks think of this and does anyone have one?
Wyo
I have been looking for a Raid 6 Solution and have found this within a price I can touch, but I cannot find a single review other than the manufacturer description... No user reviews, nothing.
Here it is:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816111434
Due to costs, I was planning on wd red drives with hot spare.
from Sans Digital:
The AN6L+B is a performance tuned Windows/MAC/Linux files shareing NAS server dual Gigabit server for high capacity share data storage. Much more advanced than most 6-bay share + iSCSI towers on the market, the AN6L+B utilizes the power of Intel CPU and 4GB of DDR III memory, to provide exceptionally fast performance. With increased CPU processing power, the AN6L+B is capable of providing enterprise-level features such as iSCSI initiator and target support, snapshot with scheduling, and real-time folder-to-folder replication. Along with built-in RAID 5 and 6, the AN6L+B provides enterprise-class features that are normally not included in product of such price range.
Note: Sans Digital recommends the use of enterprise hard drives when in use with any RAID controller applications. Standard desktop or green desktop drive may not be supported and may compromise RAID system stability and performance. For more information on the difference between RAID and desktop hard drives, please see the Western Digital knowledge base. For a list of compatible RAID Edition SATA hard drives,
Dual Gigabit and RAID Hard Drives Protection
AN6L+B is designed with simple setup and easy maintenance features in mind. Features such as installation wizard for easy implementation out of the box, convenient web-based management for local or remote configuration, Dual 10/100/1000 Ethernet ports supporting teaming and fail-over redundancy plus RAID protection for your data storage making the AN6L+B a very robust yet easy to use Windows/MAC/Linux file sharing server system.
Feature Rich Data Storage - Built-in Snapshot, Folder Replication and iSCSI
In comparison to other products in the market, AN6L+B is bundled with many enterprise level advanced features without the additional cost. For example, iSCSI target support for iSCSI applications, iSCSI initiator support for future data storage expansion, folder to folder replication, scheduled or on-demand volume snapshot and local tape backup support just to name a few.
iSCSI Support for VMware
To take advantage of centralized storage for all virtual machines in VMware ESX or Vsphere, the AN6L+B can be uses as a focal storage point for the VMWare ESX or ESXi sever hosting multiple virtual machines. Utilizing the AN6L+B as an iSCSI target storage system for the VMware ESX/ESXi server, the AN6L+B is ready for your VMware storage virtualization needs.
Features
Operating system specifically design for Windows/MAC/Linux file sharing NAS and iSCSI application.
4GB DDR3 memory.
Supports up to a total of 24TB (Raw) SATA hard drive (4TB x 6 HDD)
RAID 0, 1, 1+0, 5 and 6 with spare.
Dual Gigabit Ethernet ports.
Convenient setup and easy maintenance.
IP discovery tools for easy deployment.
Web GUI configuration interface supporting Internet Explorer and Firefox browsers.
Informational Event Log for diagnostics.
Supports local user account.
Supports Windows Active Directory Service or Primary Domain Server and Workgroup.
Supports HTTPS/SSL service.
Storage protection.
Designed with Linux based Journaling file system (XFS).
Folder to folder replication supporting scheduling with multiple versions or full replication with bandwidth control.
Supports scheduled or on-demand volume snapshot.
System configuration backup and restore.
Supports Local Tape backup, 3rd party backup agent.
Supports iSCSI.
Supports iSCSI target and initiator.
Supports VMware ESX Server 4.0/4.1 5.0/5.1 or Microsoft Hyper-V Server or Citrix XGen Server.
What do you folks think of this and does anyone have one?
Wyo