Open Source Network Attached Storage Unit
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Basics
- A device used for Large Scale Storage
- Often Abbreviated NAS
Used For
- On site website backups
- Media Archiving
- Records Archiving
- On site storage of collaborative work
Industry Standards
Existing Open Source Designs
Minimum Viable Product
- As cheap and power efficient as possible, while still retaining high power and speed (ie a nice balance if you were to make a graph with the two as the x and y axis)
- Scalable to many formats/standards form sub GB ethernet all the way to 300 Gbit/s infiniband
- Low Latency
- Scalable from low users, to airport/concert level of users
- Optional Built in VPN, and Tor + any other encryption capabilities
- Made in partnership with OCI and the Free Network Foundation
Basic Design
Rack Cabinet
CPU Based Server Computer
1 GBE Switch(s)
10 GBE Switch(s)
100 GBE Switch(s)
Infiniband Switch(s) (Coaxial Cable Variant)
Infiniband Switch(s) (Fiber Optic Cable Variant)
Power Supply Units
Magnetic Disk Drive Bay(s)
- a good all rounder
Solid State Drive Bay(s)
- Fastest Non-Volatile Media Format (also the most expensive)
Optical Disk Drive Bay(s)
- Longest Lasting Media Format
Magnetic Tape Drive Bay(s)
- Slow, but cheap
- Great for huge amounts (petabyte) of archival storage