> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of David Gerard > Sent: Monday, December 27, 2004 12:00 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Cheap NAS using FreeBSD - practical considerations? > > > > Let's say that, as fine as NetApps are, I can't afford their prices. So I > set up a FreeBSD box with a whole lot of disk attached and use that as > network-attached storage, serving files by NFS, with gigabit ethernet. > > Setting up such a box is trivially easy. But what are the practical > considerations? Have any of you done this, or know anyone who has?
Maxtor's MaxAttach NAS 3000 products were exactly this - FreeBSD on a PC motherboard in a rack mounted case with a web interface to manage them. The rumor was that Microsoft got so upset about it that they went to Maxtor and gave them a free license to use Windows as an embedded OS for their MaxAttach NAS 4100. Ted _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
