NAS access for remote users

Good morning all,

We are a small design and engineering firm that is beginning to allow more and more remote workers. With that comes the issues of data backup, file sharing, and user based access permissions. In researching options, I believe our needs would be easily suited for a NAS device with remote access abilities, not necessarily a true server. Currently all in house users are mapped to a shared folder on a primary Windows 10 pc.( build 17763.1039) Only when the primary pc is on can the files be accessed. I want to offload this, add some backup ability and also allow access for remote users.

What we need is the following:
8 TB storage (4TB x 2) with RAID
Ethernet connectivity
Max 10 users (allowing for growth)
Ability to map the drive location via windows 10, both on the LAN and for remote users. We have to be able to map drive, not a web browser based sharing option. This is due to how AutoCAD works when sharing certain files.
Ability to assign user (and / or group) based permissions (simple read, write, full control etc) for each folder stored on the NAS.

Is all of this possible or will we need to go to a true server? If it is possible, does anyone have recommendations for a particular NAS solution that they are happy with?

Thank you.

Dan

anything Synology is OK for what you need.

xaccell,

Thank you for your response. I took some time yesterday and researched this brand and it seems as though it will work well for our needs.

Does anyone else have any comments?

Thank you

Dan

Well worth loking at Freenas FreeNAS Storage Operating System | Open Source - FreeNAS - Open Source Storage Operating System