Enterprise 2 Drive USB Storage Devices
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So I'm well aware of the question, and how loaded it is.
We are currently using laCie and have had a rather high failure rate as of recently with 2 different units. So are there any units that fit in the Enterprise environment?
I know I know (@scottalanmiller)
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By the very definition I use for "enterprise worthy gear" - no.
Having said the blindingly obvious, I'm sure that you can find a quality enclosure to stick some drives in.
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House built IMO doesn't generally fill the description either. Which is why I left it out of the question.
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I guess a better question would be.
if you had absolutely no other choice and had to buy a 2 bay enclosure for External USB storage, what would you go with?
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@DustinB3403 pre-fab'd ones are notorious for using the absolute worst of the worst drives - caveat emptor
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But that's just the spinning rust portion, of which it's expected to be replaced at some point anyways.
I'm thinking total unit, what are the best of the best. Best form-factor, best controller, best "spinning rust" .. (haha.. best spinning rust.. ha)
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@DustinB3403 said:
I'm thinking total unit, what are the best of the best.
Probably a NAS with USB ports then - still BYORust
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@MattSpeller said:
@DustinB3403 said:
I'm thinking total unit, what are the best of the best.
Probably a NAS with USB ports then - still BYORust
Can you give me the item name, as that .ca site doesn't want to load from my point.
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@DustinB3403 Synology DS214+ Diskless System DiskStation 2-Bay Network Storage
Highest rated on newegg.ca - YMMV but the synology units are usually pretty good
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The price of the bay isn't that expensive either. . .
(no I'm not going to be purchasing this for work)
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Buffalo makes some
Netgear makes someetc.
Two disk? why not just stick the drives inside the machine? Use Windows or Linux to software RAID them, assuming money is the concern.
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@DustinB3403 said:
We are currently using laCie and have had a rather high failure rate as of recently with 2 different units. So are there any units that fit in the Enterprise environment?
No, it's neither an enterprise vendor nor an enterprise product category (USB external drives.) But to be fair, you are not in any way an enterprise so that's not a show stopper.
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@DustinB3403 said:
House built IMO doesn't generally fill the description either. Which is why I left it out of the question.
That's not correct at all. By that definition "servers" aren't enterprise and, of course, they are.
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@DustinB3403 said:
if you had absolutely no other choice and had to buy a 2 bay enclosure for External USB storage, what would you go with?
Depends on the need, of course, but by definition that's not an enterprise need, so looking for an enterprise solution isn't going to work out well. You can definitely get better than Lacie with vendors that people have mentioned.
But almost certainly there is a better answer here. Obviously if you have no choice, whatever. But if you can evaluate the goal rather than starting from a solution, I bet there is a better approach to be found. At least in most cases.
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@Dashrender said:
Buffalo makes some
Netgear makes someAre you sure? They make NAS and SAN units, do they make USB class DAS units? I'm pretty sure Netgear, at least, does not.
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@scottalanmiller said:
@Dashrender said:
Buffalo makes some
Netgear makes someAre you sure? They make NAS and SAN units, do they make USB class DAS units? I'm pretty sure Netgear, at least, does not.
yeah I was thinking NAS, why would you want DAS like this? anyway... you're probably right.
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@Dashrender said:
yeah I was thinking NAS, why would you want DAS like this? anyway... you're probably right.
They are treating it like it is any external hard drive. It's a bad situation, but it is what it is.
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Use Caldigit.
Lucie used to make good units, but they've cut the quality hugely.
Seen these in use at many a place and got 2 of the mini ones myself.
Very reliable, maintain their performance for years.
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@DustinB3403 said:
I guess a better question would be.
if you had absolutely no other choice and had to buy a 2 bay enclosure for External USB storage, what would you go with?
I guess my question should have been, does it have to be USB?
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Yes (at least with what we have currently) Which that is planning on being changed to newer hardware.
