I guess I should have been more specific when I said OS suggestions. I already have the hardware. twin dual core xeon 2.93 with 8 gigs of ram and 16 2tb drives. FreeNAS is being a tard and will not let me select even one drive to populate a volume onto and I know solaris will work but no one else really ever seems to want to use it.
On Jul 26, 2011, at 4:02 PM, Michael Potts wrote: > I dig the ReadyNAS units, primarily because they are x86 appliances running > linux with a quite reliable RAID that you can SSH into the unit as root and > do whatever your heart desires. > > Out of the box its a fantastic NAS but the extendibility (through both > easy-to-install addons and available-from-the-manufacturer root SSH enabler) > is awesome icing on the cake. > > > Michael Potts > (904) 638-2914 > > > On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 3:51 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Snap Sever, easily sets up, web interface if you want it. > > http://www.snapserveronline.com > > Andrew Korunes > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: ixcrit <[email protected]> > To: JaxLUG <[email protected]> > Sent: Sat, Jul 23, 2011 10:58 am > Subject: Server OS suggestions please. > > I have a need for a file server that will be purely photos. It's behind a > firewall and only needs smb and ssh for file access. A web interface would > be nice but not a requirement. > > GO! > > > <thehitler.png> >
