Re: [gentoo-user] Re: homemade nas setup

[Matt Harrison <iwasinnamuknow@genestate.com>]

Harry Putnam wrote:
> Matt Harrison <iwasinnamuknow@genestate.com> writes:
>>> Are you backing up any windows boxes onto the ZFS? Is it just a matter
>>> of making it available by way of samba/cifs?
>> I'm using it for both attached storage via ISCSI, and standard sharing
>> on a domain via cifs. I've got backups running from linux and windows
>> boxes onto it.
> 
> Ahh sounds like what I'd be doing.  Although I'm not really sure what
> you mean by `via ISCSI' (a scsi transport?)

iSCSI is kinda like ATA over ethernet, it allows you to "attach" a disk 
to a system, over the network, but have it appear like a local disk. For 
example, I have a windows 2003 domain controller that doesn't have much 
space for storing roaming profiles etc. So I attached a disk to it via 
iSCSI (in fact it is only a ZFS dataset, not a whole disk), windows sees 
it as a local SCSI disk and lets me format it with NTFS and use it for 
local storage.

try http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISCSI

>>> Your list email address looks like it might be a phony (I didn't try
>>> it) but mine isn't so if you don't mind the personal contact please
>>> let me know and I'll write direct.
>> Well I didn't realise my address looked fake :P It is real and I'd be
>> happy to try and answer your questions to the best of my ability.
> 
> Hehe... no slam intended... some people do obfuscate there email on
> lists such as this, and yours is somewhat unusual looking.
> 
> I've had people say the same thing about mine... `newsguy' sounds kind
> of made up. (True story =>) It used to be `zippo.com' some yrs ago but
> they were sued by the famous `Zippo' lighter people and had to change
> the name. They picked the silly name `newsguy'.

No offense taken, i was just surprised :)

Feel free to email me off-list if you want to talk ZFS etc, I'll be 
happy to answer what I can or point you to the people that know all ;)

Matt