Hi, Thanks for the advice.
I already use software raid to mirror (raid-1) the 2 internal disks of the machine and it worked perfectly fine. Unfortunatly, the machine is a pizza box and doesn't accept more than 2 internal disks. I prefer the eSATA suggestion. My only problem is to find a eSATA controller that support Redhat EL v4.4 (Centos v4.4). Do you have any suggestions for a eSATA controller with good Linux support ? How can I list the sata controllers supported by Centos 4.4 ? Thanks JF Leblond [email protected] > Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2009 13:25:12 +0200 > Subject: Re: [Samba] Low cost additional storage on a Samba server > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > CC: [email protected] > > Hello, > Some of our shares available via Samba come "via NFS" and so far we > had no problems at all, thus I can recommend you that solution (people > have no problems with ØÆÅ characters here). If you are unsure - run > little tests, play with different character supports and then roll the > real solution. You can even use your laptop for that. > > On top of that please consider another option - you can just buy a > SATA controller and put inside two 1TB disks (if you wish to have a > nicely working RAID1 for example). A long lasting setup with > redundancy - and with current prices I would consider that affordable, > close to low-cost. The best plus is that you get 1TB of space and you > don't need a drive bay for n-disks in order to have similar capacity. > About TB disks - we have been careful in the beginning, because some > time ago TB disks "were a bit too new" to be used in production > (slight paranoids here). But right now I'm about to install Linux on a > new server with 4x1TB drives. > > Regards, > Michal > > 2009/4/28 Jean-Francois Leblond <[email protected]>: > > > > Hi, > > > > At my client, I installed Samba v3 > > on a Linux box (Centos 4) with a NT style domain to act as a file server > > (about 50 Windows clients). > > It's been running fine for a few years now. > > > > It's about to run out of disk space. > > > > I was looking for a low cost solution and came across the low-cost NAS that > > are available now for the soho market. > > > > The problem is that some support only smb file access for Linux clients > > which for my case would be out of the question. > > > > Some support NFS mounts from Linux host. > > > > I wanted to have some of your comments on presenting a NFS mounted > > filesystem on my Samba server to Windows clients. Do you think, I would be > > looking for trouble ? I'm in a french speaking region so we're using > > accent. My experience with NFS is a little bit old and I want to make sure > > I wouldn't loose the french accent or spaces in filenames along the way. > > > > Of course a direct-attached storage would be a sure thing but I was looking > > for a lower cost solution. > > > > Thanks in advance > > > > JF Leblond > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Réinventez comment vous restez en contact avec le nouveau Windows Live > > Messenger. > > http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9650737-- > > To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the > > instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba > > _________________________________________________________________ Clavardez avec tout le groupe et rassemblez-les. http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9650742-- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba
