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Iomega's New Unix (Optional) NAS Appliance
Tora writes: "Zip disk maker Iomega
has released a sexy new 1U Network Attached
Storage server
with an option
for either Unix or Microsoft Windows as the OS.
Their previous NAS offering was Windows-only; it is nice to see
both OS options available, although they do not yet have pricing up
for the Windows version."
They are light on the details. What speed drives? What kind of internal controller? Anything in this box redundant or is all my storage gone when a power supply fails? Things like that are important, and they don't seem to mention it when I looked. I also question buying something like this from someone that makes nothing else even close.
We use the Compaq TaskSmart 2400N NAS. Yes, it runs Win2K but it's rock solid and very good. It's built around a normal Compaq server so we already have spares. It can do up to 10TB in Cluster config. It uses all standard Compaq drives and parts which can be shared among other systems. Plus, you can manage it from Insight Manager. It also exports out to NFS for UNIX clients.
It seems anyone that needed 1/2 TB on a NAS would already have other servers and would be better served going with their vendor's answer, assuming they had a good one.