[KLUG Members] RE: alternate redundancy v. cost

[Rusty Yonkers]

I would be really curious as to which NAS boxes you have been
impressed with .... both vendor and model... This sounds like a nice
solution.  I can see that having a computer be the domain controller
for security and then one or more NAS boxes for storage would be a
really good way to distribute the load.  I would assume that the
backups would go to a tape on the DC server .... or if the NAS is
inexpensive enough backup to NAS or maybe to removable SATA drives on
the server.

The times they are a-changin and the best way to do things now will
look a lot different than just a year or two ago.  I have felt for
about a year that the age of the tape is just about dead for backup.
I think in smaller environments that the basic setup is going to look
quite a bit different too ... and cheaper.




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Russell C. Yonkers Jr. 
CNE, MCP, A+, CCNA, Linux+, Server+, Network+ certified
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Currently using SuSE 9, Mac OS X, Windows 2000, and WinXP 
And yes I run a network at home with Linux and Windows servers
See my personal website http://www.geocities.com/therustycook
Or my consulting site at http://www.atomicsupergeek.com


	
		
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