Re: [osol-discuss] NAS - which OS version, and what hardware is supported?

2008-04-23 Thread RBell
Cant you say the same about opensolaris? Light, slim, fast install, small distribution size ++ Headless is not a must for me. I have to admit that I like apt-get, but it is not a must either. I would not oppose to paying for something which gives me added value, but I can't see all that added v

Re: [osol-discuss] NAS - which OS version, and what hardware is supported?

2008-04-23 Thread RBell
But what are the advantages to Nexanta over for instance * Solaris Express Community Edition * Solaris Express Developer Edition * BeleniX Is it really worth paying a couple of hundreds for when all I need is a NAS? This message posted from opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] NAS - which OS version, and what hardware is supported?

2008-04-22 Thread RBell
I've discovered that Nexanta is not an option: NexentaStor Developer Edition is time-unlimited and full feature product that can be deployed with up to one terabyte of user data. I plan to use way more than 1TB. (For instance to keep all my dv-videos while editing, and as raw tapes, backups of m

Re: [osol-discuss] NAS - which OS version, and what hardware is supported?

2008-04-15 Thread RBell
Thanks for the reply, any help is welcome :) Your setup differs a little bit from mine, most significantly because you have a E-ATX motherboard with PCI-X, I want to use a microATX since they come with on-board vga, but they only have PCI and PCI-Express. I also would like to use a cheap s-ata