If you don't want to change much, check out freenfs. It will give you what you need.
That being said, check out freenas if you ever want to seperate out your machines. It supports nfs/cifs(smb)/iscsi out of the box and can be expanded to include media server duties. Easy to use web GUI too :) Julian Sent from my iProduct, cause I'm iSpecial.... But not in that ishort bus kind of way... On Mar 4, 2013, at 4:03 PM, Brian Weeden <brian.wee...@gmail.com> wrote: > Need some advice on OS for my media server. I've been using Win7 for a > while, but need to move to something that supports NFS. From what I've > read, Win7 doesn't and won't. > > While I'm aware of the *nix world out there that might be an option, nearly > all of my experience is with Windows and given that I really don't have > time to learn a new OS I will need to stick with Windows. > > With the demise of Windows Home Server, I think my options are Windows > Server 2008 or the new Server 2012 Essentials. What are the pros/cons of > each? > > My media server does triple duty: it hosts the 20 TB of files for network > clients (using FlexRAID), it acts as a HTPC frontend for the downstairs > theater (using XBMC), and it serves as a ripping/converting machine > (through RDP access to a second client session). > > I guess another option would be to separate out the fileserver from the > frontend/ripping duties, but that would involve some major system reconfig > and additional hardware that I would really not prefer to do. > > --------- > Brian
