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Recommendations for Mac-Friendly Rackmountable RAID-5 NAS
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I have been in search of a Mac-friendly rack-mountable Network Attached Storage Solution for quite some time now.
My goal is to have quick and easy access to a single universal iTunes & iPhoto Library to have access to from all of the Mac computers in my home (in addition to having a single location to use for storing and accessing most of my other everyday files ~ like documents, videos, etc...)
I recently read an article on Macnn about a recently released Qnap rack-mountable NAS that seems like it would fit the bill, but I wanted to check with others to get their take on this device.
Ideally I'd like to find an NAS with RAID 5 support so that I wouldn't have to worry about regularly backing up with a second redundant drive (all this means is more cables, more clutter, more heat, and more electricity)..
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated... Thanks!
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Originally Posted by m021478 
I have been in search of a Mac-friendly rack-mountable Network Attached Storage Solution for quite some time now.
My goal is to have quick and easy access to a single universal iTunes & iPhoto Library to have access to from all of the Mac computers in my home (in addition to having a single location to use for storing and accessing most of my other everyday files ~ like documents, videos, etc...)
I recently read an article on Macnn about a recently released Qnap rack-mountable NAS that seems like it would fit the bill, but I wanted to check with others to get their take on this device.
Thecus also has rackmount units with a built in iTunes server (and AFP sharing, etc).
Originally Posted by m021478
Ideally I'd like to find an NAS with RAID 5 support so that I wouldn't have to worry about regularly backing up with a second redundant drive (all this means is more cables, more clutter, more heat, and more electricity).
RAID has no impact on backup requirements.
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Originally Posted by mduell
Thecus also has rackmount units with a built in iTunes server (and AFP sharing, etc).
Can you provide a link to the specific unit you're talking about?
RAID has no impact on backup requirements.
I know that it doesn't mean that backups aren't necessary, but RAID 5 does mean that any one of the drives can fail at any given point and so long as I replace the failed drive with a working one (before a second drive fails) then I won't lose any of the data stored on the RAID.
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I would definitely put together a prototype of this setup of yours so that you can test how file locking works in these different apps. In general, having multiple apps writing to the same data simultaneously is not something you should ever take for granted. However, if this data would just be for read only access, disregard this.
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Originally Posted by m021478
Can you provide a link to the specific unit you're talking about?
I know that it doesn't mean that backups aren't necessary, but RAID 5 does mean that any one of the drives can fail at any given point and so long as I replace the failed drive with a working one (before a second drive fails) then I won't lose any of the data stored on the RAID.
Spendy, rackmount, with iTunes server
4 drive RAID5, but not rackmount, with iTunes server
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