Comments on: Seagate BlackArmor 440 in Active Directory a losing battle? http://www.computereverything.net/2009/06/16/seagate-blackarmor-440-in-active-directory-a-losing-battle/ [Repair - PC's - Networking - Server Support - Web Design and more] Wed, 08 Sep 2010 10:22:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: admin http://www.computereverything.net/2009/06/16/seagate-blackarmor-440-in-active-directory-a-losing-battle/comment-page-1/#comment-72 admin Tue, 21 Jul 2009 15:47:11 +0000 http://www.computereverything.net/?p=197#comment-72 Robert thanks for your post, sorry you've had the same frustrations. As a follow up I've tested the Western Digital ShareSpace 4 TB ( WDA4NC40000 ) and have gotten it working well. The box came shipped very similar to the Seagate BlackArmor (Raid 5, HTTP/HTTPS access, Linux OS, almost identical web interface) but guess what? The Active Directory integration worked flawlessly out of the box. My only complaint is that it's tedious to administer for so many users. An example of my setup is: NAS\User1share$ AD_DOMAIN\User1 AD_DOMAIN\NASAdmin NAS\User2share$ AD_DOMAIN\User2 AD_DOMAIN\NASAdmin NAS\User3share$ AD_DOMAIN\User3 AD_DOMAIN\NASAdmin NAS\User4share$ AD_DOMAIN\User4 AD_DOMAIN\NASAdmin NAS\User5share$ AD_DOMAIN\User5 AD_DOMAIN\NASAdmin Each user has their own personal share which a privileged account can also access for administration purposes. Domain login script assigns each user a network drive letter to their personal space. Users can archive emails via PST files to this share and also dump large picture collections, etc. I have yet to setup quotas on the shares but considering restricting each user to 5GB each. I also will be setting up a Backup-to-Disk folder for Symantec Backup Exec to add redundancy to our nightly backup procedure. Robert have you explored any additional Network Storage solutions? My next step would be to evaluate a QNAP TS series but I think we will do well with this WD for the price. Robert thanks for your post, sorry you’ve had the same frustrations.

As a follow up I’ve tested the Western Digital ShareSpace 4 TB ( WDA4NC40000 ) and have gotten it working well. The box came shipped very similar to the Seagate BlackArmor (Raid 5, HTTP/HTTPS access, Linux OS, almost identical web interface) but guess what? The Active Directory integration worked flawlessly out of the box. My only complaint is that it’s tedious to administer for so many users. An example of my setup is:

NAS\User1share$
AD_DOMAIN\User1
AD_DOMAIN\NASAdmin

NAS\User2share$
AD_DOMAIN\User2
AD_DOMAIN\NASAdmin

NAS\User3share$
AD_DOMAIN\User3
AD_DOMAIN\NASAdmin

NAS\User4share$
AD_DOMAIN\User4
AD_DOMAIN\NASAdmin

NAS\User5share$
AD_DOMAIN\User5
AD_DOMAIN\NASAdmin

Each user has their own personal share which a privileged account can also access for administration purposes. Domain login script assigns each user a network drive letter to their personal space. Users can archive emails via PST files to this share and also dump large picture collections, etc. I have yet to setup quotas on the shares but considering restricting each user to 5GB each. I also will be setting up a Backup-to-Disk folder for Symantec Backup Exec to add redundancy to our nightly backup procedure.

Robert have you explored any additional Network Storage solutions? My next step would be to evaluate a QNAP TS series but I think we will do well with this WD for the price.

]]> By: Robert Malton http://www.computereverything.net/2009/06/16/seagate-blackarmor-440-in-active-directory-a-losing-battle/comment-page-1/#comment-71 Robert Malton Tue, 21 Jul 2009 14:56:54 +0000 http://www.computereverything.net/?p=197#comment-71 I ran into the exact same problem and there is no solution from seagate coming. Once I had my share created I wanted sub folders for each of my sections could have a public and private folder, however with this device it all or none, you can't give file level permission. I should have set up a regular file server, you go cheap you get cheap. However, for a home user I think this would be a good solution, for business large or small this is not for you. I ran into the exact same problem and there is no solution from seagate coming. Once I had my share created I wanted sub folders for each of my sections could have a public and private folder, however with this device it all or none, you can’t give file level permission. I should have set up a regular file server, you go cheap you get cheap.

However, for a home user I think this would be a good solution, for business large or small this is not for you.

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