The functions you mentioned are essentially what I am looking to do. At the core I am looking ofr a central point of storage that can be accessed by Linux, Windows & Mac machines & hopefully Android & remote usage. It is a mixtures of media files (some of which I would like to stream/share), standard run of the mill documents, financial files, etc. I am also looking to store deployment points on it as well as building some sort of cloud type idea to share files with clients. I am planning to run a server (CentOS with Server 2003 virtualized) with a variety of services & such running on it performing various functions. Not married to RAID but would be a nice bonus.
My hardware options at this point are as follows: * PC with OpenNAS or similar * DNS-323 (Can get at a very good price) with * http://www.bestbuy.ca/en-CA/product/western-digital-mybook-world-edition-1tb-3-5-external-hard-drive-wdh1nc10000n/10120326.aspx?path=aeca9e670d7c60b0e2d006b8f8d9a36aen02 or similar * http://www.bestbuy.ca/en-CA/product/western-digital-western-digital-my-book-live-2tb-external-hard-drive-wdbacg0020hch-nesn-wdbacg0020hch-nesn/10155407.aspx?path=7e22a249f8dcaa2eebf9bf9e377a4053en02 or similar * And possibly...Cody's suggestion. On 6/4/2011 10:18 PM, Cody Swanson wrote: > Yeah, there are some user space implementations of ZFS in Linux but I > wouldn't bother. If you want to use ZFS you should run Solaris (open > solaris, nexenta, solaris express etc) or FreeBSD which both have native > support for ZFS. Nexenta offers a free version of their appliance OS if > that's your thing, it works very well, I've tested it for work. If you > are going to use ZFS I suggest a 64 bit processor and 2GB ram as a > minimum which is pretty hefty I know but the advantages to ZFS are worth > it in my opinion. My simple atom D510 server has both a 64bit processor > and 2GB ram, all for $140. > > If you're looking to run a Linux based PC NAS appliance OpenFiler works > very well. I personally prefer to roll my own as I find the appliance > distros a little limited but I use my home server for a lot more than > just NAS functions (web, DNS, asterisk, smb, nfs, mail, and day to day > shell work). > > There are many ways to solve the home server problem these days which > range from simple to complex. In the end it comes down to technical > requirements and personal preference. I find myself constantly tweaking > my home server, mostly for fun. The best way to learn is by doing! > > > > On 04/06/2011 4:03 PM, Mel Walters wrote: >> On Sat, 2011-06-04 at 08:02 -0600, Cody Swanson wrote: >>> On 6/4/2011 12:05 AM, Gustin Johnson wrote: >>>> I would stay far far away from ZFS if you care about the data you are >>>> storing. Best of luck to you if your data is on ZFS *when* something >>>> bad happens (because it will, eventually) >>> Care to elaborate? I've been using zfs both in production at work and at >>> home for years without issue even after many hardware failures. >> Is the perceived licence conflict between Linux GPL and ZFS still a >> factor? >> >> Mel >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> clug-talk mailing list >> clug-talk@clug.ca >> http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca >> Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) >> **Please remove these lines when replying > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > clug-talk@clug.ca > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list clug-talk@clug.ca http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
