NAS Servers
What you should know
Documents, files and more - what to do with it?
Often in companies, the number of documents, files, videos and other types of data grows over time. Immediately there is a problem with sharing such files between users or a problem with remote access. Besides - permissions - not everyone should have access to everything .... right? Over time, there may also be a problem with the amount of such data and, more specifically, their growth. Here with help come network drives so-called NAS. Which if properly implemented should solve us similar problems.
Which NAS? - it depends
But in practice, it is important to select devices tailored to individual needs. Everyone may have different priorities, with some people large capacity is important, elsewhere fast access is important. Sometimes both are important and other times the priority is simply price. At the end of the day, does anyone want to overpay for their server to stand around and get bored? Or, perhaps worse, to have to buy a larger NAS in six months.
Buying a NAS solves the problem - surely?
Seemingly, it may seem that buying a NAS and flipping the data there solves the problem. This approach is unfortunately quite widespread and can often have disastrous consequences. NAS servers are often treated as a sure place to store data. They generally have more reliable drives, plus probably some spare drives maybe a dual power supply or spare network cards. Most often they are a relatively secure place and certainly more secure than a laptop or phone which we can simply lose. However, if the data we are supposed to store is important and, on top of that, unique, then several problems arise.
What the purchase of a NAS does not solve.
Even if our NAS has spare drives, power supplies and everything else, are you convinced that all the drives are working now? How do you know that one drive didn't break down six months ago, meaning you no longer have a spare, and if the other one breaks down tomorrow you won't lose all your data? And the worse case scenario, a break-in and theft of the server or a fire in the office?
So what do we propose?
For our clients, in addition to selection, implementation and ongoing support, of course, we provide overall service. We automatically monitor the servers themselves. Most often, customers learn about minor failures, such as a broken disk, from us as we arrive to replace it. In addition, as needed, data should be automatically backed up and held additionally in another geographic location in case of theft or fire scenarios.
Although more often than not, automatic data copy solutions from one or another large provider are often the optimal solution, there are still quite a few companies that need fast and reliable access to their data on-site due to specific requirements.
Cooperation in the form of permanent support makes us provide services aimed at reliability, good cooperation and long-term data protection rather than a one-time sale of equipment or service. The right adaptation of the solution to the needs and the focus on long-term cooperation ultimately allows us to support companies at a cost that is also acceptable to small businesses.