NAS / SAN - Advise Needed Please

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Hello All 

 

So I am based in the UK which limits what I can buy and where from. 

My 10 year old Synology NAS has just failed. - All good things come to an end. 

So as I have the HDD, and I have a very new and high powered Dell server. I was wondering what you guys would advise for a replacement. 

 

I was looking to buy a MD3000 to connect to the server, but have then read you cant just dump any SATA HDD in them as the unit will only work with Dell branded disks. So kinda pointless for me. 

 

Based on that I am wondering what I can get that would be good price which is ready made either branded from another company, etc where I can connect this to the Dell Server via a external SAS connector, where I can present the disk to the server and away I go. 

 

Something like the NetApp - but while these are OK price in the UK the cable needed to connect a NetApp disk shelf to a server are stupid money. (just for the cable) so this kinda rules this option out for now. 

It maybe I end up getting another Synology box but before I do I wanted to see what else I can get for my money thats say ex enterprise kit. I have a full rack at home so space isnt an issue. 

 

Thank you for reading and I look forward to the comments.