Les Mikesell <lesmikes...@gmail.com> wrote on 01/10/2012 08:12:10 PM:
> On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 2:59 PM, Tyler J. Wagner <ty...@tolaris.com>
wrote:
> >
> >> So, my question: is there a NAS GUI out there that can be added on
top of
> >> "standard" Linux (preferably RHEL, but very willing to consider
others)
> >> that will add most of these functions? For example, something like
the GUI
> >> for an Iomega NAS would be perfect. (I thought about using them as
the
> >> hardware and software base and adding BackupPC to them, but there's
no
> >> built-in removable drive, and USB is awkward and slow. Plus the
Linux
> >> environment is... minimal.)
> >
> > Have you tried webmin? It's not specific to this, but it's about as
close
> > to a CLI replacement as a generic Linux server has.
>
> Webmin doesn't really change the concepts much. You still need to
> know all the details about the applications and their config files,
> although it can help keep you from making stupid syntax errors. SME
> server makes things simpler by combining concepts. For example you
> can add a NIC mac address, an IP address, and a hostname in one
> place, and it will configure the DCHP server to give out the right IP
> to that device and the DNS server to resolve the name. You can
> create a web/ftp and file share with one name - and create a group for
> users and get both unix permissioning and an email group built.
Exactly. Webmin is little more than webified configuration files. You
use Firefox instead of ssh, but the process is nearly identical.
For now, Webmin is what I'm using, on top of CentOS 6.2. But if you've
ever used a NAS, you know how *very* far configuring one of those is from
Webmin.
Really, all I want is a standard consumer-level NAS, with two additions:
1) BackupPC
2) A built-in removable SATA tray.
#1 means I can't use the stock firmware as-is, and #2 means I can't use
the stock hardware. So, I get the fun of rebuilding a NAS system just so
I can stick a removable drive in it and run BackupPC on the same box.
In fact, in the past, we simply sold both a BackupPC server *and* an
Iomega NAS to a client. The problem is, they get less space for both
solutions and spend more on the two boxes than if we were to combine them.
So, that's what I'm trying to do...
Tim Massey
Out of the Box Solutions, Inc.
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http://www.OutOfTheBoxSolutions.com
tmas...@obscorp.com
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St. Clair Shores, MI 48080
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