[Novalug] NAS storage based on linux?

[Mark Smith]

indeed, but i don't think the original writer was worried about that.
basically, he'd still be able to run all his favorite linux commands
such as ls, df, grep, mv, cp, rm, and so on.  once it's been mounted as
a filesystem regardless of whether or not it's nfs or cifs it'll just
be a bunch of files under a particular directory.

but you make a good point, if he's afraid of CIFS or wants NFS then he
should definitely make sure that any particular NAS he buys supports
those features.


On Thu, Jan 26, 2012 at 06:21:40PM +0000, jecottrell3 at comcast.net wrote:
> Not Really. Many of these cheap NAS that you will find in Best Buy don't speak NFS.
> 
> If all it speaks is CIFS, all you will get is VFAT filesystems.
> 
> No UIDs, GIDs, symlinks, crippled modes and 2G max file size.
> 
> I doubt that NTFS is much better.
> 
> JIM
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mark Smith" <mark at winksmith.com>
> To: "Jeremy Hoel" <jthoel at gmail.com>
> Cc: novalug at calypso.tux.org
> Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2012 4:12:45 PM
> Subject: Re: [Novalug] NAS storage based on linux?
> 
> also, if you do buy a "strange OS" NAS remember your linux system
> will almost certainly be able to use it normally as well with all your
> regular well loved linux commands available once it has been mounted.
> if you don't want to deal with your own lvm raid array buying a solution
> isn't all that horrible.

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