On Wed, 04 Apr 2012 14:05:10 +0100 Jon Dowland <j...@debian.org> 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? clients? > backup?) Generally, an "appliance"-like OS such as freeNAS will be a lot > easier to set up and get running, for 90% of use-cases, and very > difficult to configure for the remaining 10%. > NFS/CIFS etc ... which should work with all the os boxes... Linux/windows/Mac > With a more general OS (such as Debian) you will be able to tweak it to > do whatever you want, but you will have to learn about the technologies > you need one-by-one rather rather than setup-and-go. > Interesting. How can I then go for a debian based NAS box ? It will be fine if I get a minimal system working as NAS but better if any web gui available. It would be great if I can run the base OS from any USB or flash card and use the entire HDD for backup. -- regards -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120405115025.3bde7...@shiva.selfip.org
