razor950

Well, I am in need of a switch with at least 24 ports and a gigabyte ethernet, it is for about 17 computers at school. I was looking at some on newegg but I am not familiar with switches and would like a opinion on some. There isn't a budget but would be nice if below $1k.

For the NAS, I had a few picked out but I can't seem to find the email which I saved them >_< The NAS needs to support raid 5 and gigabyte Ethernet.

btw, I thought about building a custom pc and just adding a raid card to it, it would support more then enough hdd and would be about the same price...

DuckieHo

Forget the NAS.... just build a file server. For your needs, you will probably need one for more finite control.

You don't need a RAID card as onboard RAID is probably good enough.

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Manyak

Yeah just build a file server, and only get a dedicated card if you want to use RAID 5 or 6. But keep in mind that depending on the space you need it might be cheaper to simply use onboard RAID10 instead of getting a dedicated card.

As for the switch, is there any specific support you're looking for? SNMP? L2 or L3 LACP? L2, L3, or L4 QoS? RAIDUS? etc...

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Kamakazi

First of all, just to correct things I think you are looking for "gigabit" speeds. Sorry that mistake bothers me.

I agree with both the file server suggestion and the questions for more information about the switch. Although for 1K you can get a very hefty switch.

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