On 10/04/2009 05:54 PM, Carlton Brooks wrote: > Currently I have 6 computers in my home, all run Linux except one > (Windows Vista) and all are hard wired with cat 6 throughout the house. > I have read about a NAS device being used to store backups and data and > such items, and I believe I can build one. But is there a unit that this > group would recommend to purchase "off the shelf" so to speak. > >
Many of these NAS devices run linux and are highly customizable. You may want to look for that when you purchase one. Someone from iomega demonstrated their NAS product a few months ago at SLLUG. Hopefully someone else on this list attended and can share the name, it seemed it was very customizable(though I'm not sure it's on the market yet). Most of these devices work by using SMB file sharing. The Linux software is called Samba. You can set up a samba mount, so that every time your Linux computers boot they mount the share drive to a specific directory(like /share) you may want to set it so it is user mountable so that the users on the computers can connect or disconnect to the share when ever they want. One of the draw backs of smb is permissions. I'm not sure if there are better handling of them now available, but you way want to look for something that handles NFS (network file system) which is built into the Linux kernel and handles UNIX style permissions. Not sure if there is a windows client for NFS but you can set up both systems so that Linux uses NFS and the Windows one uses SMB. Kyle > My next question is I have upwards of 10K scanned pictures and > documents, as well as over 300 DVD's that I created. Would these items > be stored on the NAS and then accessed from any machine in my home. > > If someone can explain the basics to me I would be forever greatful. > > /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
