aubuti wrote: > Peter;193768 Wrote: > >> NAS's are usually run by people who don't want to run a real 24/7 >> server, for whatever reason. Perhaps we should make a poll of it but >> I'm betting the majority of NAS users are not running Windows. Well, >> that's to be expected, but I'm betting it will be even less. >> >> People by a NAS because they don't want to run a server. People who run >> Linux usually don't have such qualms. >> > > Sounds like a variant on the "bizarre definition" that JJZolx > mentioned. Is a NAS not "real" server because it (typically) only runs > Samba, and doesn't run Apache, sendmail, nfs, etc.? I would venture > that people buy a NAS because they want to run smbd and nmbd, although > that wish might be expressed as "I want everyone in the house to be > able to access the music files". A NAS is a server, that runs the > daemons one set of buyers wants, and is less expensive to buy and run > than "real" server, especially at the consumer-grade end of the NAS > market. >
Exactly mate. A NAS is a server just like my PS2 is a real PC. BTW, my Asus wireless access point is a real PC too (even runs Linux) and so is my cell phone ;) Sometimes it really gets bizarre without bizarre definitions like 'real server'... Regards, Peter _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
