Sheevaplug? ---- Jack Kramer Computer Systems Specialist University Relations, Michigan State University w: 517-884-1231 / c: 248-635-4955
From: Carl Houseman <c.house...@gmail.com<mailto:c.house...@gmail.com>> Reply-To: NT System Admin Issues <ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com<mailto:ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com>> Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2011 14:59:49 -0500 To: NT System Admin Issues <ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com<mailto:ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com>> Subject: NAS USB-Gigabit adapter with Samba support Anyone got a lead on a reliable NAS adapter with a gigabit port and support for up to 2 TB of USB drive (partitions > 32GB) that can be mapped to drive letters on Windows clients? Yes, trying to make a file server for 3 people out of minimal hardware, some of which is already owned (a 1.5TB WD Mybook), without spending an arm + leg. The most common device out there, from Addonics, doesn't appear to support more than FAT32. A device by Simpletech (Hitachi) supports NTFS but only 100Mbps, and appears to have been discontinued within the past year. To be helpful, your suggestion must be a black box (no spinning components inside) that connects a large existing USB drive to the network with more than just FTP support. NAS enclosures are too expensive. Will consider 100Mbps if it works *very* well, but prefer gigabit. FWIW, thought I was going to solve this with the built-in NAS support of a Buffalo WZR-HP-G300NH, which supports XFS in the native Buffalo firmware and gigabit. Problem with the native firmware, the SMB server is unstable. And Buffalo tech support is AWOL. The factory DD-WRT doesn't include Samba support; adding Samba to it is a complex/convoluted process, but push comes to shove I may yet try that. Thanks, Carl ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com<mailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
