From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LSjob-0000op-Q5 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 30 Jan 2009 03:13:10 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id EB3BAE0271; Fri, 30 Jan 2009 03:13:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: from genesis.genestate.com (unknown [212.21.116.18]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7AD08E0271 for ; Fri, 30 Jan 2009 03:13:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [10.194.217.12] (souris.genestate.com [10.194.217.12]) by genesis.genestate.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 575AD61A17 for ; Fri, 30 Jan 2009 00:44:34 +0000 (GMT) Message-ID: <49824D7D.4080105@genestate.com> Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2009 00:44:45 +0000 From: Matt Harrison User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.19 (Windows/20081209) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] homemade nas setup References: <87y6wtlksy.fsf@newsguy.com> In-Reply-To: <87y6wtlksy.fsf@newsguy.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: b2c2b68c-2c7e-4534-aeca-a2960084e475 X-Archives-Hash: d69900b28de9f6f416ef36ef51df27e0 Harry Putnam wrote: > I've been looking into setting up or getting somekind of nas > storage/backup capability lately so thought I'd ask about it here > since I'm sure some of you will be using something or will have built > your own. > > After looking at a few on google .. I'm a little surprised at the high > end pricetags and even the midranges for a factory made setup. > > Makes me wonder what if anything I'd be missing, functionality wise, > if I were to build it up myself. > > I see these storebought things are mostly running a small embedded > linux os. > > The lowend stuff like WD `mybook 1tb world Edition II' advertises > gigabit throughput but I see many reviews that report way less in > practice. In fact it started to look like that particular one is way > below its advertised capability. I ran across many complaints about > dreadfully low write speads. Also apparently has some sorry thing > called Mionet for (secure) remote access. > > I'm thinking of doing something like a semi-minimal regular (not > embedded) install on a P4 I have with asus P4C800 mobo and some 2 gigs > ram. Maybe add an extra sata controller (the mobo has one) so I can > put up to 6 or so sata disks on it along with one small IDE disk for > the OS (just to head of any problems related to installing on sata) > > Maybe start with 2 500 sata disks and build up as I need it. Or more > likely `if I need it'... I kind of doubt I'd need more than 4 anytime > soon so maybe wait on the controller part too. > > I guess I'd connect to it mostly thru samba/cifs for windows XP > machines that have lots of biggish graphics and video type stuff to > backup/store. And nfs for my main gentoo desktop. > > I wondered what the downsides are compared to a medium range > storebought rig? > > A few I can think of are space and noise.. but having never been > around our run a nas setup... I'm not sure if that is really true. > > Anyway, a few thoughts on what I might be running into doing it myself, > or missing compared to storebought. Maybe maintenance > considerations.. or whatever, wodld be welcome. I know its a little OT, but I have to mention ZFS. It'll mean running Solaris or FreeBSD in order to get the best out of it, but it's worth it. I changed my fileserver from a gentoo box with software raid and lvm over to ZFS on OpenSolaris and I haven't looked back. Gentoo is still my main OS but I think you just can't beat ZFS for a filer. Just check it out and see what you think. -- Matt Harrison A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail?