The ownership question
Cloud storage is convenient, but for data-intensive workloads the monthly egress and API costs add up fast. An on-prem NAS gives you a fixed cost with predictable performance.
When NAS wins
Large media files. Video, CAD and dataset storage benefit from local 10GbE access instead of waiting on WAN.
Compliance. Keeping data on hardware you control can simplify audit and data-residency requirements.
Backup targets. A 12-bay NAS with hot-swap bays is a reliable Veeam or Rsync target.
Hardware RAID vs ZFS
For pure capacity, hardware RAID is simple and fast. For integrity and snapshots, ZFS with ECC memory is the better default for long-term archives.
Talk to us
Tell us your capacity, IOPS needs and redundancy level and we will recommend the right chassis, drives and configuration.