# IT NERDS: NAS devices and replication for dr **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [September 15, 2008, 11:01am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/it-nerds-nas-devices-and-replication-for-dr/54941 "2008-09-15T11:01:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![zwarbyt](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/zwarbyt/32/7623_2.png) [@zwarbyt](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/zwarbyt)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2008, 11:01am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/it-nerds-nas-devices-and-replication-for-dr/54941/1 "2008-09-15T11:01:24Z")
Tapes only go to 4-500 gigs, what do you use when you want to go with a NAS that is in the 2-4 tera range, replicate it with a second one offsite? which NAS devices have this functionality built in and easily config’d? ---
**Author:** ![DeusExMachina](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/deusexmachina/32/5036_2.png) [@DeusExMachina](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/DeusExMachina)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2008, 11:06am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/it-nerds-nas-devices-and-replication-for-dr/54941/2 "2008-09-15T11:06:30Z")
Yes, you replicate it. And your second question…no idea. I didn’t config the 4 NASes we have. ---
**Author:** ![Clean\_Baldy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/clean_baldy/32/7308_2.png) [@Clean\_Baldy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Clean_Baldy)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2008, 11:06am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/it-nerds-nas-devices-and-replication-for-dr/54941/3 "2008-09-15T11:06:45Z")
onsite NAS is simple. Throw a NAS unit in the rack, get some software like ARCserve and voila. NAS. As for offsite replication to another site, utilizing a second NAS unit… someone else chime in? I’ve seen it done, but never looked into the configuration. ---
**Author:** ![Nikuk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/nikuk/32/7254_2.png) [@Nikuk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Nikuk)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2008, 11:12am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/it-nerds-nas-devices-and-replication-for-dr/54941/4 "2008-09-15T11:12:06Z")
[http://nyspeed.com/forums/showthread.php?p=813994&highlight=drobo#post813994](http://nyspeed.com/forums/showthread.php?p=813994&highlight=drobo#post813994) only stupidly cheap optioni can think of. has its obv drawbacks. ---
**Author:** ![BluBalls](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bluballs/32/7212_2.png) [@BluBalls](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BluBalls)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2008, 11:18am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/it-nerds-nas-devices-and-replication-for-dr/54941/5 "2008-09-15T11:18:01Z")
GoldenGate or if you really want to be safe with a hot recovery, MirrorActivator(Sybase). Not the cheapest solutions but they work. ---
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2008, 11:19am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/it-nerds-nas-devices-and-replication-for-dr/54941/6 "2008-09-15T11:19:14Z")
What do you use right now for a NAS? I know a number of SAN solutions offer WAN replication… How often does the data change? ---
**Author:** ![zwarbyt](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/zwarbyt/32/7623_2.png) [@zwarbyt](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/zwarbyt)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2008, 11:20am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/it-nerds-nas-devices-and-replication-for-dr/54941/7 "2008-09-15T11:20:52Z")
A. Doesnt need to be cheap B. No product in place yet, i’m saying, if your boss came to you today and said: Buy a 2 TB nas, and set up another 2 TB nas offsite to replicate with, what would you use? ---
**Author:** ![BluBalls](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bluballs/32/7212_2.png) [@BluBalls](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BluBalls)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2008, 11:23am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/it-nerds-nas-devices-and-replication-for-dr/54941/8 "2008-09-15T11:23:04Z")
I’d ask why it has to be NAS and not DAS. SAN would just be easier to maintain but more expensive. I’d tell him that I’m picking up 2 HP C3000s and call goldengate then call it a day. ---
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2008, 11:24am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/it-nerds-nas-devices-and-replication-for-dr/54941/9 "2008-09-15T11:24:43Z")
> [@BluBalls](#): > > I’d ask why it has to be NAS and not DAS. SAN would just be easier to maintain but more expensive. I’d tell him that I’m picking up 2 HP C3000s and call goldengate then call it a day. C3000’s are blade chassis…the storage blades max out at 876gigs each… ---
**Author:** ![BluBalls](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bluballs/32/7212_2.png) [@BluBalls](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BluBalls)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2008, 11:28am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/it-nerds-nas-devices-and-replication-for-dr/54941/10 "2008-09-15T11:28:29Z")
I know(ment with a few SB40c’s w/ 120GB SFF SATA hard drives 🙂 )… or go with some DL 380s ---
**Author:** ![Clean\_Baldy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/clean_baldy/32/7308_2.png) [@Clean\_Baldy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Clean_Baldy)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2008, 11:31am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/it-nerds-nas-devices-and-replication-for-dr/54941/11 "2008-09-15T11:31:34Z")
> [@BluBalls](#): > > I know… or go with some DL 380s Proliant DL380 G5 server? That isn’t a NAS… ??? Or, are you speaking of some other DL 380? ---
**Author:** ![chino](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bcef8e/32.png) [@chino](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/chino)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2008, 11:32am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/it-nerds-nas-devices-and-replication-for-dr/54941/12 "2008-09-15T11:32:25Z")
We never got into this too heavily because of cost, off site replication is decently expensive. I know there are plenty of services that can knock this out for you but be prepared to pay. Couple of things, first do you have multiple physical offices? If so, how is the bandwidth between those? If it is semi decent you can just replicate to another office of yours… we do that now with two windows server 2003 file servers using DFS. If money is not an object, i’d probably outsource it. You’d probably be ok with two NAS’s and Arcserve though, provided you have a location to house one offsite. ---
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2008, 11:32am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/it-nerds-nas-devices-and-replication-for-dr/54941/13 "2008-09-15T11:32:43Z")
Idk Blueballs is naming out HP Blade Chassis and HP blades for some reason :lol: The biggest thing is what kind of data you are replicating? How much of it changes on a daily basis…things like that…then look for a solution that fits your data and project growth… ---
**Author:** ![BluBalls](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bluballs/32/7212_2.png) [@BluBalls](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BluBalls)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2008, 11:33am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/it-nerds-nas-devices-and-replication-for-dr/54941/14 "2008-09-15T11:33:26Z")
😛 lol ---
**Author:** ![chino](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bcef8e/32.png) [@chino](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/chino)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2008, 11:33am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/it-nerds-nas-devices-and-replication-for-dr/54941/15 "2008-09-15T11:33:37Z")
blades are all the rage now, didn’t you know?! ---
**Author:** ![Clean\_Baldy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/clean_baldy/32/7308_2.png) [@Clean\_Baldy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Clean_Baldy)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2008, 11:34am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/it-nerds-nas-devices-and-replication-for-dr/54941/16 "2008-09-15T11:34:00Z")
> [@LZ](#): > > Idk Blueballs is naming out HP Blade Chassis and HP blades for some reason :lol: Maybe he works for PCI downtown Buffalo. They are an HP shop. LOL ---
**Author:** ![BluBalls](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bluballs/32/7212_2.png) [@BluBalls](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BluBalls)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2008, 11:35am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/it-nerds-nas-devices-and-replication-for-dr/54941/17 "2008-09-15T11:35:12Z")
> [@Clean Baldy](#): > > Maybe he works for PCI downtown Buffalo. They are an HP shop. LOL Nope and nope… I sell analytic database stuff. ---
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2008, 11:37am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/it-nerds-nas-devices-and-replication-for-dr/54941/18 "2008-09-15T11:37:45Z")
![http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v335/formulals1/IMAGE_00009.jpg](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v335/formulals1/IMAGE_00009.jpg) no wayz ---
**Author:** ![boxxa](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boxxa/32/5045_2.png) [@boxxa](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boxxa)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2008, 11:38am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/it-nerds-nas-devices-and-replication-for-dr/54941/19 "2008-09-15T11:38:42Z")
HP has a lot of different solutions that are scalable. Heard a lot of good things from customers who run them with 1-2TB and even ones that run 100+TB in full cabinets clustered. ---
**Author:** ![BluBalls](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bluballs/32/7212_2.png) [@BluBalls](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BluBalls)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2008, 11:42am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/it-nerds-nas-devices-and-replication-for-dr/54941/20 "2008-09-15T11:42:43Z")
we have a database appliance which has a C3000 we configure and can store up to 10tb, there is one with Sun and IBM also but I like the HP guys more 😃 That’s why I like hp lol. [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/it-nerds-nas-devices-and-replication-for-dr/54941.md?page=2)