Great point.. Crytoware is the devil.
Although they're HFS+ filesystem and mac ecosystem... Unaware there was a cryptoware variant for Mac/Unix?
Great point.. Crytoware is the devil.
Although they're HFS+ filesystem and mac ecosystem... Unaware there was a cryptoware variant for Mac/Unix?
Gotcha. I understand
Well, for the iSCSI connection to mac mini. I was going to directly connect the mac mini to the Synology nas via seperate network cables (thunderbolt to GigE adapters) and LACP on both ends. This would be seperate IP assignment
1GigE NIC in the mac mini would be connected to a switch.
Trying to locate down this Linux distro that i was checking into awhile ago.... Does AD integration, openDirectory integration and more... it was nice.. cant put finger on it right now.
Yes -- Can configure user profiles and configure option so network drive maps at login.
Anyone have experience with the Drobo? Would be nice if I can slice up the RAID array into different volumes. The Synology NAS lets me do such.
Again Like to pull the current dropbox files to a different volume and essentially archive them. Create network share for the users that need access.
New folder/file structure would be created and setup as a new share point (SMB) through Mac OSX.
I was planning on using the Synology NAS and present an ISCSI LUN to the mac via GlobalSan iSCSI initiator. Once mounted. Create file fodlers and share those folders over the network using SMB sharing option.
Still data would flow from 1Gbe switches > To Mac mini server > Write to Drobo or Synology NAS
Only way to theoretically achieve higher throughput would be to write directly to the Synology or Drobo.. But then have different set of limitations as far as network & user management.
What would others here propose then? The client just keep using dropbox and forget about other options? everyone has their own opinion.
keep in mind - the offices converted to Mac OSX desktops - at direction of management.
@Dashrender said:
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Setting up user profiles and drive maps upon user login. Similar to that of GPO policies on Windows Server
Speed would help, but would want to propose a solution that would be worth its value in 2-3 years, ROI
its essentially space drop-box takes on local workstations and the sync issues they experience.
File sizes are company PDF's, Images (alot of images), movies, word docs, spreadsheets... normal stuff.
Share storage from mac? So SSO will work on mac environment.
Can I create SMB Share from the Synology NAS? Yep.
Would creating Shares directly from Synology NAS be easier: Sure
But then I would have to goto each work station and manually add the network shares.
I do not trust LDAP connectors on third party products. Be better to manage it directly from Mac OS Server.app
Can the Synology NAS support AFP Time Machine network backups? Yep.. Planned on using it.
Also Planned on using the mac Mini server for NetInstall & NetRestore setup procedures.
My biggest frustration is the strangle hold the server vendors put on you.
I know the type of hardware I want to use for the application. They want to hold my hand and tell me this or that, or say this is what we have as baseline and you have to do it this way.
Just sell me the damn drive trays and let me populate the hard caddy's on my own; its not going to void the warranty. Only item effect would be local disk array - be our responsibility. Big woop
If mobo fails or fails fan; thats not the fault of customer purchased hard drives
I suppose with that mindset, I'm better off with supermicro build.
But supermicro chasis build quality is NOT the same as say a nice Oracle server or HP/CISCO
Also spec'ing 2 servers with internal storage with 4+ drives.. I see as being more expensive
As the server vendors charge high amounts for storage disks. As I'm sure folks would recommend SAS drives over consumer 7200RPM Sata
I really like the HGST NAS drives. High MTBF and great speed.
Understood. So would have to resort in Local storage on server an dutilize the HA-Lizard HA-iSCSI or HA-Lizard on the node....
Appears to be free module/software - was unaware of it. Is it proven?
NAS is handing out iSCSI LUN's as an FYI
ethernet is bonded.
Could install 10GbE cards on servers. But the NAS would still be limitation as does not support PCI-e cards.
ive had similar issues
Tried WSUS server through Group Policy. Never got it to work properly. gave it the finger.
Turned windows updates off through GPO policy settings and to not bother user. Machines still at random will reboot without notice due to updates. Or updates will still get installed.
Am I that incompetent?
Gotcha.. Thats what I originally thought. As I use to use SAMBA as file share server years ago and was fine for my windows hosts.
So then could really do away with dropbox up-sync. Unless they decide to keep 1-user account for backup purpose. Otherwise, all shares could be accessed over the Site to Site VPN tunnels
Still not truely seeing a good DAS thunderbolt unit. The Drobo 5D is a good contender. Alot of bad reviews; but appears to be from folks using it with Windows system with USB3.0. reviews for device connected over thunderbolt appear to be positive.
Unsure about their Hybrid Raid (RAID-6) setup though.
Read/write capability was in regards to the drive being HFS+ file system. Even with SMB share option checked on mac mini. This allows for read/write capability from Windows hosts?
I thought would be able to write to the drive from Windows because being HFS+.. or is that ONLY if the HFS+ formatted drive was directly connected to a Windows/linux machine?
Right, speed is a factor here. And they're not happy with dropbox. Years ago they had a SMB windows server that did file Shares. Then they moved to dropbox (never my suggestion) and have griped since.
As you know, dropbox installs locally on machine and uses disk space to locally sync the files to local machine(s). Not cool when they have over 500GB of data. Fills up drives fast.
I just seen Mac OSX server to be faster & easier to "turn up" and hit ground running for OpenDirectory, SMB shares and "Group Policy" like settings.
i'm all for hearing suggestive alternative solutions!
But right now thought process is Mac mini + DAS (if can find one having features.. looking at drobo now)
You the man. Amazing information here. Goes a long ways.
You think there would be an issue upgrading the current xenserver node to 6.5? Presently 6.0
I have 6.1 ISO sitting here right now that some other nodes were running - but I migrated them to Proxmox for testing/development.
Aways worried something will 'break'
thank you. Wonderful explanation.
I'll see if i can join. have another meeting at 2PM EST. if I'm available i'll hop on
And here i was getting blasted about ProxMox and KVM... I personally feel KVM is superior
Just XenServer uses XEN hypervisor and packages their own features etc. dont know all details, just 10k foot view.