[wellylug] Network Attached Storage
Lindsay Hunter
lindsay at csw.co.nz
Tue Feb 17 09:28:39 NZDT 2009
When I began my search, I was thinking about upgrading my local network
to full gigabit ethernet. I have a mixture of devices, and files sizes
are increasing so backup and stuff becomes an issue. 19 Gb of Intunes
is an example. A mixture of USB2 devices, and 100 mbit switches etc.
Time to coordinate.
NAS would need to operate at close to disk transfer speeds, 1 Gb
ethernet, be industry standard files sytems, quiet and cool.
Can we do that? With ethernet, it can be setup up a long way from the
user which means noise is not a problem.
Lindsay
Xav Paice wrote:
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> ----- "Lindsay Hunter" wrote:
> > Has anyone here given thought to network attached storage with linux at
> > an affordable level? The commercial offerings seem to be lacking.
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> Many angles to look at here - there's a hunky server with a platform
> of some sort dishing out storage to other boxen (www.openfiler.com is
> one easy option), or there's a Windows file server replacement (again
> Openfiler, or just any distro with Samba is cool) or there's something
> more appliance based which is harder to define.
>
> What sort of size/shape are you looking for? And depending on the
> audience, what is the need for commercial support?
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