RE: In reference to the Cheap NAS inquiry....
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Martes Wigglesworth Sent: Saturday, January 08, 2005 9:45 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: In reference to the Cheap NAS inquiry I am researching the viability of constructing a Network Access Server using FreeBSD, Martes, You will have a lot better luck buying a used US Robotics HyperARC or some such to use as a terminal (modem) server. These take a PRI which allows you to serve 56K. If you only have need of a few ports, buy something like a Perle 8331S Access server http://www.perle.com/products/prod_family/access_servers/833_is.html or a CommPlete 4000 server http://www.multitech.com/PRODUCTS/Families/CommPlete4000/ which you can sometimes find used ones like here: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemcategory=1484item=5740567438; rd=1ssPageName=WD1V These devices take ISDN BRIs and allow V.90 dialin to them. And since they have no moving parts they are much more robust than any PC solution. Ted ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: In reference to the Cheap NAS inquiry....
Martes Wigglesworth ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [050109 04:44]: I am researching the viability of constructing a Network Access Server using FreeBSD, and I came across your post(s) from December 2004. What were you using the acronyme, NAS, to describe? You seemed to be describing a network storage appliance, however, I never got a clear description of what you were using the term for. The context seemed to be such that you would have to have been describing the network storage appliance. Were you talking about a Network Access Server or a Network Application Server? If anyone is familiar with the topics of building Network Access Servers with FreeBSD, I would appreciate any input. Network Attached Storage - a server doing nothing but serving files. NetApp in particular specialise in very good ones. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network-attached_storage http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NAS - d. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
