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Micronet MaxNAS iSCSI Enabled Network Storage Server MXNAS7500 Network Attached Storage
This review is from : MicroNet MaxNAS 7.5 TB ( 5 x 1.5 TB ) Net Work Attached RAID with iSCSI MXNAS7500
Great RAID box for a bargain price . This is an initial review that comes after a few days of initial experimentation with the 7.5 TB unit.
First impressions are very good. Build quality is quite high with a solid metal case. Drives were already fitted with the carriers and packed securely outside of the case. Time from boxing to power up was about five minutes. It took about a minute to boot and was ready to go. After 24 hours of activity, drives are steady at 37 deg centigrade, so unit runs cool.
I read manuals, so after having had a chance to study the documentation initial setup over the network using DNS was a breeze. Webpages are well organized and informative. Unit is set up using RAID 5 and SMB shares so out-of-the-box it's probably ready to go for most users. I wanted to experiment with configuration so I set up a RAID 6, which took several hours to initialize. This was not unexpected. Doing anything with terabytes of storage takes time.
I run an astronomical survey looking for hazardous asteroids at the University of Arizona. We take about 20 GB of data per night per telescope. After compression each night requires between 4 and 6 GB. We have been looking for a low-cost solution to put our entire archive online and so we decided to experiment with the MaxNAS unit. It is our intention to use JetStor for our large archive, but to use the MaxNAS at our survey in Australia. While I will be testing the unit over the summer before deploying in the South, I'm very encouraged with its performance so far.
In addition to SMB shares, the unit supports a variety of other ways to move data into and out of the system. Among those are NFS, FTP, and Apple filing protocol. Users may also access data through a web interface. I set up a vanilla NFS mount point and I'm getting read rates of around 8 to 9 MB per second over my Fast Ethernet network. I have not measured write speeds yet, but suspect they are a bit slower. We shall see.
At this early juncture I rate the unit for stars. If it proves reliable, or does not reveal any serious software bugs, I may bump my rating to five stars.
Stay tuned.
Great RAID box for a bargain price . This is an initial review that comes after a few days of initial experimentation with the 7.5 TB unit.
First impressions are very good. Build quality is quite high with a solid metal case. Drives were already fitted with the carriers and packed securely outside of the case. Time from boxing to power up was about five minutes. It took about a minute to boot and was ready to go. After 24 hours of activity, drives are steady at 37 deg centigrade, so unit runs cool.
I read manuals, so after having had a chance to study the documentation initial setup over the network using DNS was a breeze. Webpages are well organized and informative. Unit is set up using RAID 5 and SMB shares so out-of-the-box it's probably ready to go for most users. I wanted to experiment with configuration so I set up a RAID 6, which took several hours to initialize. This was not unexpected. Doing anything with terabytes of storage takes time.
I run an astronomical survey looking for hazardous asteroids at the University of Arizona. We take about 20 GB of data per night per telescope. After compression each night requires between 4 and 6 GB. We have been looking for a low-cost solution to put our entire archive online and so we decided to experiment with the MaxNAS unit. It is our intention to use JetStor for our large archive, but to use the MaxNAS at our survey in Australia. While I will be testing the unit over the summer before deploying in the South, I'm very encouraged with its performance so far.
In addition to SMB shares, the unit supports a variety of other ways to move data into and out of the system. Among those are NFS, FTP, and Apple filing protocol. Users may also access data through a web interface. I set up a vanilla NFS mount point and I'm getting read rates of around 8 to 9 MB per second over my Fast Ethernet network. I have not measured write speeds yet, but suspect they are a bit slower. We shall see.
At this early juncture I rate the unit for stars. If it proves reliable, or does not reveal any serious software bugs, I may bump my rating to five stars.
Stay tuned.
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Feature MicroNet MaxNAS 7.5 TB ( 5 x 1.5 TB ) Net Work Attached RAID with iSCSI MXNAS7500
- 3 USB expansion ports for storage and printer sharing
- iTunes compatible streaming audio server
- Installation Wizard for PC/Mac
- Bundled with NTI Shadow TM Backup software
- Embedded Synchronization/Backup Utility (NSYNC)
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Product Details
EAN : 0749656135895UPC : 749656135895
MPN : MXNAS7500
Brand : Micronet
Weight : 20 pounds
Height : 8 inches
Length : 9 inches
Width : 9 inches
Binding : Personal Computers
Format : CD
Manufacturer : Micronet
Model : MXNAS7500
Operating System : N/A
Publisher : Micronet
SKU : DBLV07013
Studio : Micronet
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