NAS – Buffalo Terrastations

Hi Jay -

We use them here & there and have had very good luck with them.

They tend to be a bit cheaper than some of the other NAS devices out there.

We use them often to replace tape backup drives, but choosing the right software for backups is critical as some products, even BackupExec, don’t handle re-connecting and re-mounting the backup volumes well. We also use them on occasion for cheap network storage or to put off upgrading a server’s storage capacity. They certainly aren’t as flexible configuration-wise as a Windows of Mac OS Server, but in the right environment they work well enough. The ‘Pro’ series can connect to an existing AD Domain. Managing shares & permissions is a bit clumsy, at least compared to doing the same within Windows Server.

We have moved many of our clients to an off-site internet-based backup solution hosted by Brainspiral in our Bennington and Lanesboro data centers. Many of our clients don’t have much data, so it’s faster, safer & cheaper than trying to maintain something in-house.

Hope that information helps.

Best,

hunter greene Brainspiral Technologies, Inc. ————————————————————————————- hunter@brainspiral.com http://brainspiral.com w: 413-458-5755 c: 413-281-4918

On Mar 19, 2010, at 1:17 PM, Jay wrote:

> Hey Hunter, > > I was wondering if you are using the Terrastations extensively for storage and what your thoughts are on them? I have primarily been using snap servers for storage and Overland Reo’s for backups. I am thinking about trying the terrastations for NAS as the snap servers are a little flaky. > > Jay