[Novalug] NAS storage based on linux?

Jay Hart jhart@kevla.org
Thu Jan 26 16:20:19 EST 2012


Been solid for me for years....

Jay

> FreeNAS, anyone?
>
> On Thu, Jan 26, 2012 at 14:39, Andrew Beals <andrew.beals@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Speaking of real Linux driving a NAS box:
>>
>> http://www.tjansson.dk/?p=1398
>>
>> Nice little article (spelling mistake aside) explaining how he spec'd and
>> set one up for himself.
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Jan 26, 2012 at 1:25 PM, <covici@ccs.covici.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> I am the original poster and I would like it to support hard links, so a
>>> real Linux would be in order.  I wonder if the Netgear supports such?
>>>
>>> Mark Smith <mark@winksmith.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> > indeed, but i don't think the original writer was worried about that.
>>> > basically, he'd still be able to run all his favorite linux commands
>>> > such as ls, df, grep, mv, cp, rm, and so on.  once it's been mounted as
>>> > a filesystem regardless of whether or not it's nfs or cifs it'll just
>>> > be a bunch of files under a particular directory.
>>> >
>>> > but you make a good point, if he's afraid of CIFS or wants NFS then he
>>> > should definitely make sure that any particular NAS he buys supports
>>> > those features.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > On Thu, Jan 26, 2012 at 06:21:40PM +0000, jecottrell3@comcast.net wrote:
>>> > > Not Really. Many of these cheap NAS that you will find in Best Buy
>>> > > don't speak NFS.
>>> > >
>>> > > If all it speaks is CIFS, all you will get is VFAT filesystems.
>>> > >
>>> > > No UIDs, GIDs, symlinks, crippled modes and 2G max file size.
>>> > >
>>> > > I doubt that NTFS is much better.
>>> > >
>>> > > JIM
>>> > >
>>> > > ----- Original Message -----
>>> > > From: "Mark Smith" <mark@winksmith.com>
>>> > > To: "Jeremy Hoel" <jthoel@gmail.com>
>>> > > Cc: novalug@calypso.tux.org
>>> > > Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2012 4:12:45 PM
>>> > > Subject: Re: [Novalug] NAS storage based on linux?
>>> > >
>>> > > also, if you do buy a "strange OS" NAS remember your linux system
>>> > > will almost certainly be able to use it normally as well with all your
>>> > > regular well loved linux commands available once it has been mounted.
>>> > > if you don't want to deal with your own lvm raid array buying a
>>> > > solution
>>> > > isn't all that horrible.
>>> >
>>> > --
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