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Hi! I hope someone could provide me some help and information about this...<br />
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I want to add a new storage to my business network (1GB LAN connection, about 30/40 users), what are the differences (specially in performance) between this 3 options:<br />
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1- NAS Synology DS211<br />
2- FreeNAS/OpenFiler<br />
3- Windows Storage Server 2008 R2<br />
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I need this for backup and to store some VMs. Do you recommend another NAS option?<br />
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Thanks!
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Hi! I hope someone could provide me some help and information about this...

I want to add a new storage to my business network (1GB LAN connection, about 30/40 users), what are the differences (specially in performance) between this 3 options:

1- NAS Synology DS211
2- FreeNAS/OpenFiler
3- Windows Storage Server 2008 R2

I need this for backup and to store some VMs. Do you recommend another NAS option?

Thanks!

NAS comparisons

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