Kevin Shackleton <[email protected]> writes:
> Any thoughts on multi-disc NAS devices, firmware capability and drive
> formats?
They vary wildly, and are frequently good only if you can accept a slow,
large storage system. They are seldom good for fast storage, and
especially storage needs that want IOPS rather than streaming
read/write.
> Looking at a mirroring dual-drive device for reliability, but what
> happens if the box dies - are the drives ext2/vfat/proprietary?
Yes. Specifically, it really depends: some vendors just have a tiny
Linux, some use a dedicated RTOS with some random format. Some use
VFAT32, or NTFS — anything that also has a USB "device side" port is
probably VFAT or NTFS, for compatibility with Windows.
> Are they all SMB/ftp or do some require Windows-only client software?
Yes. Some devices require Windows-only software, others do SMB, ftp,
HTTP, NFS, NCP, AppleShare, or some combination of the above.
Regards,
Daniel
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