I have been searching for a solution for a small/medium business file server with incredibly fast speeds. The network is 100% mac based.
Of course I can use a Mac with a bunch of drives connected to it and then setup File Sharing and remotely mount the drives, but the issue is that all client computers that have these drives mounted have no shared trash, and thus the message "This file will be permanently deleted" always appears when deleting a file. Beyond that, users accidentally delete files all the time and this is unacceptable.
Also, using apps such as Pages or Numbers won't properly save the file automatically when it's accessed from a network share (the alert message appears and you have to manually click Save Anyway).
I've built XSan fiber based storage systems but XSan and macOS Server are no longer a thing. Plus, it's really expensive and there's little point when you can now run CAT8 wiring and achieve 40Gb/sec throughput (not that it even exists yet, but you know what I mean).
We're going with a Ubiquity 10Gb Enterprise switch so we can have 10Gb to each desktop, but I can't figure out how to properly setup a true file server where the above mentioned issues will not exist.
I looked at Synology but there's tons of users reporting issues with the Sonoma update. Sure, it'll be resolved but I am not interested in being dependent on some other company's expensive hardware that causes us to not be able to update our client's OS.
I don't need all the extra bells and whistles either. Just the standard stuff like file permissions and network trash. The array will be RAID 10 with 20TB drives.
I do not want to run any Windows server, but if necessary I can build another Linux server just to handle the file serving stuff. It would be great if there was a solution that did not require a separate server, or if it's absolutely required, it would be great to use a Mac if possible. Either way, I just want the best solution to solve the issues.
Of course I can use a Mac with a bunch of drives connected to it and then setup File Sharing and remotely mount the drives, but the issue is that all client computers that have these drives mounted have no shared trash, and thus the message "This file will be permanently deleted" always appears when deleting a file. Beyond that, users accidentally delete files all the time and this is unacceptable.
Also, using apps such as Pages or Numbers won't properly save the file automatically when it's accessed from a network share (the alert message appears and you have to manually click Save Anyway).
I've built XSan fiber based storage systems but XSan and macOS Server are no longer a thing. Plus, it's really expensive and there's little point when you can now run CAT8 wiring and achieve 40Gb/sec throughput (not that it even exists yet, but you know what I mean).
We're going with a Ubiquity 10Gb Enterprise switch so we can have 10Gb to each desktop, but I can't figure out how to properly setup a true file server where the above mentioned issues will not exist.
I looked at Synology but there's tons of users reporting issues with the Sonoma update. Sure, it'll be resolved but I am not interested in being dependent on some other company's expensive hardware that causes us to not be able to update our client's OS.
I don't need all the extra bells and whistles either. Just the standard stuff like file permissions and network trash. The array will be RAID 10 with 20TB drives.
I do not want to run any Windows server, but if necessary I can build another Linux server just to handle the file serving stuff. It would be great if there was a solution that did not require a separate server, or if it's absolutely required, it would be great to use a Mac if possible. Either way, I just want the best solution to solve the issues.