NAS for Business

[luffy789]

Hi,

Need to set up network shared folder for business less than 30 people. Storage is mostly normal word docs and excel files only. Used for sharing between employee and archiving only.

Which NAS to recommend ar?

I am looking at Synology ds 416 with 2 3TB RAID 1. Is that good enough?

 

[86technie]

Get vendor to advice and quote you accordingly.
Vendor support is also a important factor, usually if home grade
NAS you will need bring the NAS down to their service center.

Do also check whether do they provide onsite support or not
which usually comes as additional cost but worth in the long run.

 

[jtjt00]

There are rack mount Synology NAS too, for companies with rack mount servers.

 

[evildoctor]

Hi,

Need to set up network shared folder for business less than 30 people. Storage is mostly normal word docs and excel files only. Used for sharing between employee and archiving only.

Which NAS to recommend ar?

I am looking at Synology ds 416 with 2 3TB RAID 1. Is that good enough?

Before you setup, do you understand your company's network environment? Is there firewall etc? If you are well knowledge in networking stuff, then i suggest you to go for a synology DS 916+ or DS 716+ since you only using 2 hard disk. If you have a rack at the office, then maybe for the rack version. It will save space. If you know just the basic stuff, i suggest you to engage a professional to help you do this network shared folder implementation. There are a lot of companies out there do this network infrastructure thingy. And there are a few ways to implement this network shared folder. If I'm not wrong, some companies use a server instead of a NAS.

 

[luffy789]

Before you setup, do you understand your company's network environment? Is there firewall etc? If you are well knowledge in networking stuff, then i suggest you to go for a synology DS 916+ or DS 716+ since you only using 2 hard disk. If you have a rack at the office, then maybe for the rack version. It will save space. If you know just the basic stuff, i suggest you to engage a professional to help you do this network shared folder implementation. There are a lot of companies out there do this network infrastructure thingy. And there are a few ways to implement this network shared folder. If I'm not wrong, some companies use a server instead of a NAS.

Is it that hard to set up the shared folder? i heard synology is very easy to set up.

 

[jtjt00]

Is it that hard to set up the shared folder? i heard synology is very easy to set up.

From this, I conclude you have yet to use/own a Synology NAS before. Whether it is easy or difficult to set up NAS, it depends on user experience. And also raid rebuilt should the NAS or HDD kaput.

Since this is for business storage, best to approach a vendor for a solution not only setup, but also maintenance service.

 

[evildoctor]

Yeap, agree with JT. Best is to approach a vendor for your business. 30 users is quite a lot. And roughly each user need how much space?

From this, I conclude you have yet to use/own a Synology NAS before. Whether it is easy or difficult to set up NAS, it depends on user experience. And also raid rebuilt should the NAS or HDD kaput.

Since this is for business storage, best to approach a vendor for a solution not only setup, but also maintenance service.

 

[Desmond_]

approach a vendor like Ace Peripherals... they can assist you with goverment funding on storage platform...

 

[kurch]

Agree with jt. I just want to add, the most important is the data stored in the NAS and ensure has sufficient knowledge on how to setup RAID, Backup, Restore, and set the correct access privileges. Alternatively, you can engage 3rd party company to perform this activities.

 

[jtjt00]

Just a sharing in my case:

At home:

DS414 running SHR with 4x 2TB HDD, with backup to external HDD.

At work:

Server 1: 2x 600GB HDD running Raid 1
Daily backup using bat script with scheduler into yyyymmdd folder into a 250GB HDD, periodically manually delete old folders.
File type stored: Office document, PDF, etc
Current usage: < 3GB

Server 2: 320GB HDD
Daily backup using bat script with scheduler into yyyymmdd folder into a 500GB HDD, periodically manually delete old folders.
File type stored: Office document, PDF, photos, images, etc
Current usage: < 25GB

Both servers are desktop workstations with SSD as OS drive.

 

[batniss]

Hmm, batch file? Why not use hyperbackup with its versioning capabilities?

Even rSync is a better option over bat.

 

[batniss]

Synology very easy to setup no need vendor to do it la. Just go to their tutorial page, everything is there.

 

[jtjt00]

Hmm, batch file? Why not use hyperbackup with its versioning capabilities?

Even rSync is a better option over bat.

The backup is for my small maintenance group of < 10 staff usage. My IT dept does not allow NAS on my company network, as such Synology NAS is out of question.

 

[jtjt00]

Synology very easy to setup no need vendor to do it la. Just go to their tutorial page, everything is there.

I do agree that Synology NAS is easy to setup in my case and those having experience in NAS.

But in the context of TS having zero experience with Synology NAS and critical office document at stake, the risk is paramount to him.

TS, do avoid using 3TB HDD as BackBlaze data shows 3TB HDD failure higher than others.