Buy or build a fast NAS/Storage Server?

[PeBi]

Hello all here,


I want to get a new NAS Server which should accomplish the following:

1. more than 750MB/s ( better 1GB/s ) data throughput
2. more than 20TB of dataspace
3. thus Thunderbolt and/or 10Git ethernet ( -> is there a 10gbit ethernet-thunderbolt "converter"? )

Devices which come near this range would be:
Something like the TS-EC879U-RP by QNAP
or Promise Pegasus R6 ( ok not exactly a Nas )

So my Questions:
Does anyone know other available devices which suffice the above criteria?
Has anyone experience in building such a machine himself or does know a place to get information about it?


Thank you all.
Regards,
P

 

[phrehdd]

Hello all here,


I want to get a new NAS Server which should accomplish the following:

1. more than 750MB/s ( better 1GB/s ) data throughput
2. more than 20TB of dataspace
3. thus Thunderbolt and/or 10Git ethernet ( -> is there a 10gbit ethernet-thunderbolt "converter"? )

Devices which come near this range would be:
Something like the TS-EC879U-RP by QNAP
or Promise Pegasus R6 ( ok not exactly a Nas )

So my Questions:
Does anyone know other available devices which suffice the above criteria?
Has anyone experience in building such a machine himself or does know a place to get information about it?


Thank you all.
Regards,
P

Nice tall order there. I suggest going to SmallNETBuilder site. They have all sorts of information there concerning NAS, test and results and other items of interest (routers etc.)

I have used different NAS solutions and you will find that each maker has its fanboys. Presently I only have two NAS running - one QNAP and one I built that uses hardware RAID (card) and runs under Linux.

 

[alexeig]

I want to get a new NAS Server which should accomplish the following:

1. more than 750MB/s ( better 1GB/s ) data throughput
2. more than 20TB of dataspace
3. thus Thunderbolt and/or 10Git ethernet ( -> is there a 10gbit ethernet-thunderbolt "converter"? )

750MB/s aggregate bandwidth or to each NAS client? (If the latter, how many?)

Is there a reason for it to be NAS (and not DAS)?