To know that your data is safe and always available is an essential factor for your business. Therefore the choice of who will take care to preserve your data is a fundamental choice for the security and tranquility of your business.

For long-term storage normally it is preferable to use NAS (Network Attached Storage). Within this category, QNAP and NETGEAR offer reliability and safety, plenty ofconfigurations and models for all needs and products easily scalable to fit changing and evolving needs.

Instead, when the time to access data is critical, then it will be necessary to use systems designed specifically for quick access such as SAN (storage area network).

The DELL produces good SAN systems and offers multiple models suited to different needs.

As an example, two systems, one NAS and one SAN, are described below.

QNAP-TS-853-pro
QNAP TS-853 Pro
Storage capacity up to 48T
Processor Intel Celeron 2.0 to 2.41GHz
Memory 2GB RAM expandable up to 8GB
Hard disk support 8 x 3.5“ SATA 6Gb/s, SATA 3Gb/s o 2.5″ SSD hard drive
Configurations supported RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 5 +hot spare
Port LAN 4 x Gigabit RJ-45
Por USB 3x USB 3.0 2x USB 2.0
Netgear-ReadyNAS-516-
Netgear ReadyNAS 516
Storage capacity up to 24T
Processor Intel Ivy Bridge Core i3-3220 3.3 GHz
Memory4GB RAM
Supporti per hard disks 6x 3.5 “ o 2.5″ SATA HDD/SSD (maximum 4 TB)
Supported configurations single disc, JBOD, RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 6, RAID 10
LAN Port 2x 10/100/1000 Mbps
Free slot for 10 GbE card
DELL-MD3800f-
DELL MD3800f 16Gb Fibre Channel array

Up to 12 discs 3.5″ o 2.5″ SAS, near-line SAS and SSD drives

Single or double controllers
4GB cache per controller or 8GB per controller with the configuration double-controller

* images on the page are indicative, specifications are subject to change for improvement without any prior notice.