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 1LT2xi-0000Ch-3w for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 30 Jan 2009 23:39:50 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id E919BE0383; Fri, 30 Jan 2009 23:39:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtpout.karoo.kcom.com (smtpout.karoo.kcom.com [212.50.160.34]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A5F59E0383 for ; Fri, 30 Jan 2009 23:39:47 +0000 (UTC) X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.37,353,1231113600"; d="scan'208";a="69055613" Received: from unknown (HELO compaq.stroller.uk.eu.org) ([213.152.39.90]) by smtpout.karoo.kcom.com with ESMTP; 30 Jan 2009 23:39:46 +0000 Received: from [192.168.1.71] (unknown [192.168.1.71]) by compaq.stroller.uk.eu.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AB274137BA6 for ; Fri, 30 Jan 2009 23:39:42 +0000 (GMT) Message-Id: From: Stroller To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <87myd8lk46.fsf@newsguy.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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 (Apple Message framework v930.3) Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: homemade nas setup Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2009 23:39:37 +0000 References: <87y6wtlksy.fsf@newsguy.com> <4982EB00.2010309@smash-net.org> <87myd8lk46.fsf@newsguy.com> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.930.3) X-Archives-Salt: 3d9f94b4-0350-4f64-8da0-e347be705ee3 X-Archives-Hash: 1f3e0a0a52407cf3d02af1b257e039de On 30 Jan 2009, at 18:33, Harry Putnam wrote: > Norman Rie=DF writes: > >> The system only runs nfs, samba and a cups server. I do not use some >> fancy guis or anything like that. So settings have to be made in the >> config files manualy, except the cupsd which brings a web gui. Maybe >> that is something some people would miss. But i do not think a gentoo >> user would care. > > Have you timed any thing like write speeds across the network to this > box? > > Is it connected into 10/100 or 1000 (gigabit) setup? I meant to say in my last message that IIRC you're never going to =20 actually achieve "gigabit" speeds. If your motherboard lacks an =20 onboard gigabit card then you're limited by the PCI bus, and I don't =20 know that most drives can even write as fast as gigabit. AFAICT one tends to use gigabit at present because it's "faster than =20 100 Mbit/s" - one would probably be happy with 400 Mbit/s or so, but =20 if you've never used NAS or network storage before then in general old =20= 100 Mbit/s ethernet is plenty fast enough for most people. Copying =20 700mb across old 100 Mbit/s ethernet only takes 2 minutes (I should =20 add this is from a slow old PIII 700mhz "NAS" to my dual-proc G5 Mac =20 with 3gig RAM & SATA; copying the same file to the same disk on the G5 =20= was less than 50% faster). Stroller.