Re: [Blind-sysadmins] Accessible Nas solutions?

Hi, The newer Poweredge machines (R620, probably newer models) switch the fans off so all you hear when the servers initially power up after the self test are the disks. That said I would never now go with machines at my house unless I wanted fast access to storage. For everything I have done, I have just used cloud servers to do it, and paid for the machine whilst I was using it. Ok, so if the machine is up for a while it could cost around £10-15, but it's better than buying an old server and paying money for that. Andrew. -----Original Message----- From: Blind-sysadmins [mailto:blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org] On Behalf Of Katherine Moss Sent: 21 July 2016 15:14 To: Blind sysadmins list Subject: Re: [Blind-sysadmins] Accessible Nas solutions? Somebody I know has two Dell PowerEdge r710's, and one of them is at his desk, I do believe. Just sort of makes a background noise in the room for him. After power up, those things are so quiet. I'm thinking of going that route for my rackmount so that I can work with servers in my house without disturbing callers. -----Original Message----- From: Blind-sysadmins [mailto:blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org] On Behalf Of Billy Irwin Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2016 9:26 PM To: Blind sysadmins list Subject: Re: [Blind-sysadmins] Accessible Nas solutions? I would get that it is the electrical current radiating. I would really have to listen hard to notice that. Billy -----Original Message----- From: Blind-sysadmins [mailto:blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org] On Behalf Of Scott Granados Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2016 9:22 PM To: Blind sysadmins list Subject: Re: [Blind-sysadmins] Accessible Nas solutions? Dell gear is very loud you’re right, especially on initial power up. Speaking of noise, I’m wondering why it is you can hear read and write access on SSD disks. I have several and while they are much more quiet than their rotating ancestors you can still hear pulses when the disk is being accessed. It’s a pure SSD as well not fusion. I don’t understand how that’s possible. I thought there were no moving parts in SSD? Is this like a resonance thing or something like the old CRT tubes? I don’t understand what in an SSD could possibly make anything approaching an audible sound.

On Jul 20, 2016, at 9:17 PM, Billy Irwin wrote:

Spearking of large fans and lots of noise,

In my office here I have 2 Dell R410 Rack mount server, MikroTik Router and 24 Port GB switch. Not to mention all the other 2-way radio stuff running in here. I just had to buy a portable AC to keep it cool. Sounds like I am in a full size DC. Cost them more to get rid of that box than to just leave it.

Billy L. Irwin

-----Original Message----- From: Blind-sysadmins [mailto:blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org] On Behalf Of Scott Granados Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2016 9:13 PM To: Blind sysadmins list Subject: Re: [Blind-sysadmins] Accessible Nas solutions?

As someone who started an ISP in his house years ago, the noise gets old quick. I used to sleep with 200 Microcomm 28.8 modems behind my head in an open rack enclosure and yeah, that negotiating sound was cool at first, meant I was making money but after a while. Between the Sun servers, air conditioning, modems and fans on the terminal servers I war ear plugs in my spare room. Once we moved to real office space and colocation space it was all good but the start up period cured me of my need for the extra machine noise. I’ll admit though, taking a full NNTP feed across several Sun boxes with big drive arrays was pretty cool. The desks and enclosures had a nice rumbling noise from all the disk access.

My mother still has a single phone line delivered to her home over OC12.:) The DDM2000 fiber mux is still in her basement chugging away delivering a single phone line. The linemen’s expression when he came in to install DSL for her though was pretty priceless. Now that she’s cutting the cord I wonder if they will finally come pick up the box. You want fans try one of the old fiber boxes.

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On Jul 20, 2016, at 9:13 AM, Katherine Moss wrote:

I kid you not ... would spend more on a rackmount device just for the extra noise level.

-----Original Message----- From: Blind-sysadmins [mailto:blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org] On Behalf Of Can Kirca Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2016 9:55 AM To: Blind sysadmins list Subject: Re: [Blind-sysadmins] Accessible Nas solutions?

lol, nice that :))

2016-07-19 4:23 GMT+03:00, Katherine Moss :

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You can get used to the noise, eventually. I find that in my networking room, I end up needing more. LOL

-----Original Message----- From: Blind-sysadmins [mailto:blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org] On Behalf Of Can Kirca Sent: Monday, July 18, 2016 7:30 PM To: Blind sysadmins list Subject: Re: [Blind-sysadmins] Accessible Nas solutions?

WD Ex2 ultra series comes with one included fan and unfortunatly it has some noise..

2016-07-19 2:00 GMT+03:00, Phil Rigby :

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Hi,

Any view on how this device does with respect to power consumption and fan noise? Good that it has an accessible interface but I'd be interested in these other points as well.

Thanks, Phil.

-----Original Message----- From: Blind-sysadmins [mailto:blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org] On Behalf Of Can Kirca Sent: 17 July 2016 23:27 To: Blind sysadmins list Subject: Re: [Blind-sysadmins] Accessible Nas solutions?

Hello Mobeen,

Currently I'm using EX2 Ultra series from WesternDigital. These series comes with WDRed disks that can be used 24X7 or you can buy it diskless. It has nice web interface, remote FTP support, Dropbox integration, WebDav, iOS and Android app etc. Also you can install Wordpress, Joomla or SMF board internally. You can backup your Windows pc's, iOS device photo library and Mac..

If you have aditional questions, please let me know.

Regards.

2016-07-17 13:31 GMT+03:00, Mobeen Iqbal :

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Hello Everyone.

Please forgive the cross posting. I'm wondering if anyone has any thoughts on the following. I'm thinking of purchasing a nas solution for my home so users files are backed up in real time. Ideally, I'd like a solution where all files are stored locally i.e to internal hard drives, and you can install a dropbox stile app on each computer and specify folders to automatically back up. QNAP, Synology, Netgear, DLink and Buffalo all seem to be manufacturing Nas solutions. I've tried Synology in the past and wasn't a huge fan of their web interface. You couldn't do a lot with it at all which is a real shame as the devices have a lot of functionality. My primary concern is web interface accessibility. It would be nice to have a manufacturer that provides a decent web interface and that take accessibility seriously to the point that they're not breaking things every 2 minutes. I could build my own but i've then got the concern of how reliable the real time backup apps are in a home made solution. So, in short does anyone have any thoughts on which devices you've found to be accessible/reliable? iOS and android access is not essential. What web interfaces have you been able to access with screen readers? I look forward to your thoughts. Many thanks in advance for all comments, I'll do my best to respond but may not respond to everyone individually.

All the best,

Mo.

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