[NTLUG:Discuss] NAS devices

[Stuart Johnston]

Ralph wrote:
> Howdy,
>   I get to spec out and probably buy a NAS for the office.  I see some 2
> U servers that have 8 exposed 2.5 inch drive bays.  When I think of 2.5
> inch hard drives, I don't think of drives that can take heavy use.  Are
> these new drives built better than laptop drives?  Is SAS better than
> SATA?  SAS drives seem to go up to 146 GIG and SATA up to 500 GIG.  At
> least, that is what Pogo Linux says.  I don't need huge amounts of
> throughput.  But, reliability is very important.  Any comments?

SAS = Serial Attached SCSI so generally, SAS drives will be more 
reliable than SATA.