Hello and welcome
I don't post on this group very often, so most don't know me especially
as I only ever attended one mtg at Dorch (2006/7 ish), soon after
joining the mailing list.
However,
I have a FreeNas based Raid 5 file store (4x500Gb discs) that I've had
running for a few years now (it's where I back up everything(!) mostly
Uni files, photos and music). It's not the latest (it's 0.69) and its
quite slow, even with a quad Opteron, FreeNas is actually on a 1GB flash
drive and R5 doesn't help, but I'm working on the axiom 'if it aint
broke etc'. However if I can be of any help regarding implementing a
NAS, I'll gladly discuss what I've done. It works just fine from my
Windoze and Linux boxes. I also have a couple of single disc Ethernet
LANdisks (bought as enclosures from Maplin LANdisc review
<http://icablog.org/2007/01/landisk-network-drives/>), which I don't use
any more as they only work with IE.
@Ralph; I don't live that far from Litton Cheney, the other side of
Bridport in fact. Perhaps a Dorch mtg every few months, as I gather most
attendees are from the Bournemouth area and relatively few from the
'far' west. (its 20 miles to Dorch for me and the extra 30 into
Bournemouth is sufficient to cause me an enthusiasm failure)
:-) Gemma
On 03/07/12 20:45, Graeme Gemmill wrote:
I have just found this LUG, so this is an introductory message. I have
used Mandrake/Mandriva for several years, and read and occasionally
contribute to the alt.os.linux.mandriva news group. Living in Litton
Cheney, I intend to attend the next meeting held in Dorchester to meet
other Linux users. This may be a bit early to be asking for
advice/recommendations, but I am interested in implementing a
Linux-based NAS to provide additional data security on my home network
accessible from Mandriva and Windows OSs.
Regards
Graeme
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