NAS server with SATA III and USB 3.0

drManhattan · 07-09-2014, 02:51 PM

Hi

I'm looking for NAS server that can meet below spec :
- max 2 HDD 3,5 inches
- max 8TB storage
- eSATA III (6Gbs) interface
- USB 3.0 interface
- SATA III (6Gbs) interface for the drives in enclosure
- RAID 0/1 + JBOD

Is there a appliance on the market that meets this spec ?
What do you suggest to buy ?

mostlyharmless · 07-09-2014, 03:29 PM

From what I've seen, if you want SATA 3 and eSATA you're probably looking at a 4 bay unit at least, with a big bump in price and Windows Server included. If you can live with SATA 2, then there's lots of options. At least that's in the US...

Seagate makes quite a range of units and seems to have a reasonable reputation.

Buffalo Terastation 5000 seems to fit your specs.

drManhattan · 07-10-2014, 03:07 AM

I need SATA III.
What do you suggest to buy ?

If I didn't find small appliance for only 2 hdd I considered to buy HP MIcroServer Gen8.

lleb · 07-10-2014, 04:47 PM

http://www.buffalo-technology.com/en...tm/?no_cache=1

ive had great luck with the Buffalo LinkStations over the past 4-5 years or so. If you are willing to hack them you can even gain native access via ssh and rsync, but that will destroy the warranty.

ive used them for media sharing as well as sftp backups and mounting them natively as NFS shares to combine with rsync push.

drManhattan · 07-11-2014, 02:53 AM

Unfortunately none of the appliances doesn't support SATA III 6Gbs interface for disk.

lleb · 07-12-2014, 10:17 AM

ahh sadly you are correct. sorry. they do have some enterprise solutions, but i suspect those will be a bit on the high $$$ side.

no clue how good or how much these are, but here is a sata 3 solution NAS

https://www.synology.com/en-global/products/spec/DS414j