Re: Storage Over LAN

Paulo Abrantes wrote:

>
> Hello all,
>
> I hope this is the best newsgroup to post my question, if not please
> excuse me and tell me where should I ask.
>
> I have a LAN at home,which is mostly linux based, but there are also
> some OS X and Windows computers.
>
> Right now I'm interested in a "storage over network" solution, so that
> everybody could store their stuff, backup and share. I'm not sure about
> what should be the best option... And would like to listen to some
> opnions.
>
> First I thought in buying a USB 400Gb external HD (I saw one from Western
> Digital that had an acceptable price) connect it to one the linux servers
> and export it over NFS and SMB, so everyone could access it.
>
> But then I start seeing some NAS solutions that weren't that expensive
> also (some products from Iomega) but the reviews that I read weren't that
> good.
> The good thing in these devices was that I could connect extra disks
> via USB or even a printer and making it a network printer (which would
> also come in handy).
>
> What I would like to have a way to share in the network a mass storage
> device that would allow people to share and backup, some privacy settings
> would also be nice (but is not a must have) that would work without
> any problems with linux, os X and windows.
>
> So, any suggestions?:)
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Paulo Abrantes
>
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If you are feeling adventurous, the Linksys NSLU-2 has been hacked to run
Linux on the machine. You could essentially do both I believe. Get the
NAS and export the stores. I have seen some other NAS that will do NFS and
SMB as well (no names).

http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS6152296875.html

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