FreeNAS is always a good OS for running a light NAS box. It manages all the drives, but runs common linux ftp daemons, so it's pretty stable... we have 2 3TB machines that backup an entire windows domain and a couple of external office machines every 2 days.
We have never had any problems with FreeNAS, and it works flawlessly with the Ubuntu and Win workstations. On 22/09/2007, Matthew Daubney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I've got a Linksys NSLU2 USB2 to Network box and it works fantastically. > It does prefer your disks to be in ext3 (so it can set permissions > properly I think!) and it's just a stripped down linux box with samba on > it and a web interface. > > I've never had it fail on me (though I did have to upgrade the firmware > so my housemates could plug a FAT32 disk into it). > > There's also lots of hacking of it gone on (search google for Unslung or > NSLU2). I'm very tempted to get a second one for a second set of HD's I > have kicking around awaiting USB boxes..... > > Can be a pain to set up a mount point for them though! > > -Matt Daubney > > Tom Bamford wrote: > > We have a 500GB NAS hard drive in a cheap enclosure. You're right, they > > use a stripped down Linux kernel with Samba, ftpd etc, with a web > > interface for configuring it as you would a home router. I wouldn't > > recommend one though, they give poor performance compared to USB2 and > > you're at the mercy of the frankenstein daemons running on the box. The > > ftp server on ours dies a horrible death when you try to push lots of > > small files without giving it time to breathe. Ours will only use FAT32 > > filesystem on the drive as well, which is annoying to say the least. > > > > > > > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ > -- Kris Douglas Softdel Limited Hosting Services Web: www.softdel.net Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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