Maybe go Illumos/OpenIndiana and use zfs? That's what I'm planning to do in a similar NAS build shortly.
On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 7:04 PM, ixcrit <[email protected]> wrote: > 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> >> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive http://marc.info/?l=jaxlug-list&r=1&w=2 RSS Feed http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml Unsubscribe [email protected]
