Re: NAS box configuration

2012-04-11 Thread Arnt Karlsen
On Wed, 04 Apr 2012 22:13:38 +0300, Rares wrote in message <4f7c9d62.1070...@gmail.com>: > On 04/04/2012 05:21 PM, Camaleón wrote: > > On Wed, 04 Apr 2012 18:28:56 +0530, J. Bakshi wrote: > > If you still prefer a pre-made NAS based OS (that handles RAID, et > > al) you can consider another alter

Re: NAS box configuration

2012-04-05 Thread Jon Dowland
On 04/04/12 20:13, Rares Aioanei wrote: >> > Bear in mind that, if you care about this, FreeNAS is BSD-based, just as > Nexenta is OpenSolaris-based. One difference might be that the latter > two support ZFS, while Linux support for this is less mature as of now. I have multiple feelings about thi

Re: NAS box configuration

2012-04-04 Thread J. Bakshi
On Wed, 04 Apr 2012 14:05:10 +0100 Jon Dowland wrote: > On 04/04/12 13:58, J. Bakshi wrote: > > What I'm missing is a good online doc to configure debian for the > > NAS. One option is freeNAS. I have no idea which one will be better. > > That depends on how you want to use your NAS. (protocols

Re: NAS box configuration

2012-04-04 Thread Rares Aioanei
On 04/04/2012 05:21 PM, Camaleón wrote: On Wed, 04 Apr 2012 18:28:56 +0530, J. Bakshi wrote: If you still prefer a pre-made NAS based OS (that handles RAID, et al) you can consider another alternatives to FreeNAS such as OpenMediaVault, Openfiler, Zentyal, Nexenta... Related docs/faqs/how tos ca

Re: NAS box configuration

2012-04-04 Thread Camaleón
On Wed, 04 Apr 2012 18:28:56 +0530, J. Bakshi wrote: > I have one old PC with intel core2duo with 128 MB RAM. As the > motherboard has 2 sata cables, I can add two 2TB HDD in this box to make > a NAS box. What I'm missing is a good online doc to configure debian for > the NAS. One option is freeNA

Re: NAS box configuration

2012-04-04 Thread Jon Dowland
On 04/04/12 13:58, J. Bakshi wrote: > What I'm missing is a good online doc to configure debian for the > NAS. One option is freeNAS. I have no idea which one will be better. That depends on how you want to use your NAS. (protocols? clients? backup?) Generally, an "appliance"-like OS such as free