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Jason Warren wrote:How to Install Windows on Synology NAS w/ Virtual Box
Does Leica's license server work properly inside of a virtual machine?

At the risk of drifting off-topic, one of the things I love about Faro's licensing scheme is that they use a standard SafeNet license server, which is well supported and runs quite happily inside of a linux virtual machine. I really don't want to deal with the extra admin hassle and cost of maintaining a Windows server just to host a license server, especially if that machine can't be virtualized and needs to run on bare metal.
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I am just going to echo a little of what Matthew McCarter said, as I think we are having a similar experience.

We currently have at least 5 servers just for our scan data(some offsite for synced backups at other offices). 2 of them are HP enterprise class servers with very fast drives and one of those has 10GE connectivity to our workstations, which is awesome for working on data over the server. For archiving, we bought a rack mountable enterprise class Qnap with 64TB(28TB usable) of storage in a Raid 10 in case two disk fail. It was a great box to archive our old projects, and even work from when we had to revisit one. Recently it started to have issues where it would vanish from the network, and then come back again later. Our IT group spent a great deal of time with Qnap support trying to solve the problem, but ultimately they determined there was some sort of massive corruption that was unrecoverable. The funny thing is that all our data is still intact, and all the drives still pass as operational. Since no remedy can be found, we have since purchase two Synology NAS units each with the same storage space as the Qnap to now assume the archival role. The big difference now is that if one NAS fails entirely the other NAS is in high availability mode to take over so we never skip a beat :ugeek:

Old busted Qnap: https://www.qnap.com/en-us/product/model.php?II=112
New Synology units: https://www.synology.com/en-us/products/DS1815+

I don't really have an opinion to which brand is better, but I think redundancy of the entire system should be strongly considered. Raid redundancy in a single NAS is not enough...at least for us. Oh, one other thing...the two Synology NAS drives will cost less than the Qnap did, so there is also that.

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Synology is what we've settled on for our infrastructure. After experimenting with some scratch built, Frankenstein's monsters running Linux and windows server and some other purchased units (cant recall brand), Synology offers a better end user experience.

The UI is great and the features are super handy. As Jonathan mentioned the ability to set up cloud networks between Synology systems makes for great redundancy and seamless function in the event of catastrophe.

We haven't had our Synologies work as license servers yet but I've seen several write ups of people making it work. Seems pretty straightforward.
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I was thinking more of this one Jason...
The Business Mini is the perfect NAS product to add cost-effective storage to your users. With no need for additional user licensing, simply pick your desired level of storage, up to 24TB, and seamlessly integrate it into your new or existing network.
•Up to 24TB of secure, RAID protected storage with easy expansion.
•Dual Gigabit LAN for super-fast transfer speeds
•Powered by Windows Storage Server 2012 R2 operating system
•Out of the box NAS solution ready for integration into your existing network
•Easily supported by your existing IT team
http://www.powernas.co.uk/for-business/ ... 1-overview
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Phil Marsh wrote:I was thinking more of this one Jason...
The Business Mini is the perfect NAS product to add cost-effective storage to your users. With no need for additional user licensing, simply pick your desired level of storage, up to 24TB, and seamlessly integrate it into your new or existing network.
•Up to 24TB of secure, RAID protected storage with easy expansion.
•Dual Gigabit LAN for super-fast transfer speeds
•Powered by Windows Storage Server 2012 R2 operating system
•Out of the box NAS solution ready for integration into your existing network
•Easily supported by your existing IT team
http://www.powernas.co.uk/for-business/ ... 1-overview
From what I`ve read its looks like applications can be installed on Windows Storage Server 2012, see
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/lib ... s.11).aspx
Windows Storage Server and Windows Server are built on the same code base. Applications certified for Windows Server are expected to have the same application compatibility profile on Windows Storage Server.
Best to check with the vendor too, to make sure.
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jedfrechette wrote:
Jason Warren wrote:How to Install Windows on Synology NAS w/ Virtual Box
Does Leica's license server work properly inside of a virtual machine?

I haven't tried it with Virtual Box on a NAS, but it worked perfectly on the Microsoft Azure Cloud Platform with both Windows 2016 and 2012 virtual servers... ;)
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Hi Jason,

Were you able to get the Jetstream license to work on your Azure cloud. I'm having problems getting Amazon EC2 to work. The Cyclone Register 360 seams to work but not Jetstream.

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Hi Grant,
Sorry no I didn't try a Jetstream license on EC2, but if I get chance I will take a look... ;)
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