Dave Sneddon wrote:
Can anyone shed any light on whether the actual software side of this can<br> be achieved? Can I share my entire ZFS pool as a "folder" or "network drive"<br> so WinXP can read it? Will this be fast enough to read/write to at DV speeds<br> (25mbit/s)? Once the pool is set up and I have it shared within XP (assuming it<br> can be done) can I then easily copy files to/from it?
I've used Samba to share a Unix filesystem with Windows clients many times, and would recommend it for this project:
http://www.samba.orgIt runs as a regular program on the Unix side, and does a very appropriate job of translating Unix filesystem semantics into Windows filesystem semantics.
There are a few things that translate oddly -- Unix symlinks appear to be the real file on the Windows side, so one could really confuse a Windows user who isn't aware that they exist. Fortunately, most people who use symlinks know what they are, so I never had a problem with symlinks when I was running a 400-user NFS/Samba server (in my previous job). Also, traditional Unix permissions look funny if you try to adjust the permissions from a Windows workstation. And, lastly, usernames and passwords are hashed differently on Unix then they are on Windows, so you have to run smbpasswd on the Unix server before a particular user can access their files on the Unix server via Samba -- unless you configure Samba to play along with an existing Windows Domain or AD.
All in all, Samba provides a nice bridge -- and I've found it to be worlds better than the Windows-based NFS clients, and more secure as well.
I don't mind if I have to use something like FTP but ultimately it appearing as<br> a drive in XP is my final goal. If this can't be done then I don't believe I will<br> even attempt to install/create this server.
Windows XP with the newer Office installations has a "web folders" facility, that kind-of-almost mounts an FTP server. It doesn't show up as a drive-letter, but it does appear in My Computer.
It's not uncommon to run Samba, SSH/SFTP, and FTP servers on the same host -- though there is quite a lot to to be said for avoiding protocols such as plain old FTP where the login is sent across the network in plaintext.
I hope this helps, -Luke
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