Jon, Thank you for your help What is the different file sharing systems ? I note you mention smb , I have samba set up - is this made to be compatible with windows ? What is NFS and what is the difference, when would I use it ? What is iSCSI ? I am familair with ftp, but not atp ? Sorry I am good at network generally just a tad confused about file sharing protocols. Andrew ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jon Clausen" To: Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2010 6:41 PM Subject: Re: [opensuse] Help with NAS selection

On Thu, 05 Aug, 2010 at 18:00:24 +1000, Andrew Rich wrote:

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I really would like a proper NAS solution but am confused as to what selection criteria I need

I am pretty sure I want RAID 1 - mirror backup

yes

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I am pretty sure I want ethernet not USB

yes

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I don't understand what I need to have installed on an openSUSE box to talk to a NAS ?

Depends on the NAS ;)

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There is windows node name type sharing ? Confused.

Me too... I can't parse that sentence :P

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I really want it on my LINUX PC because I want to back up log files and sql tables.

I have a QNAP 219p and I'm pretty happy with it. It offers nfs, smb and c as well as afp and ftp.

It's a nice little box: quiet and low power consumption, has two diskbays which will take 2.5" or 3.5" disks. Disks default to being mirrored.

The 'problem' with this (and I suspect similar products from other vendors) is that the filesystem is a proprietary/modified version of ext4, which is not readable from standard linux systems.

This means that when a disk dies, I can switch it, and get the RAID rebuilt. When the next disk dies: replace and rebuild - but when the box itself dies, I'm potentially f*cked, because even though the disks may be intact I will have no easy way of reading what's on them.

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Op 05-08-10 12:16, Jon Clausen schreef:

On Thu, 05 Aug, 2010 at 19:37:42 +1000, Andrew Rich wrote:

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Jon,

In broad terms: samba (smb) is the opensource implementation of the microsoft file protocol. Nowadays (I think) largely superceded by 'cifs'.

To pick some nits : cifs is the successor of smbfs, the client on Linux-machines. Samba, the server, is alive and kicking. Regards, Koenraad Lelong. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

I got a Netgear Stora RAID 1 dual drive + Windows sharing and FTP How do I map a windows drive share in LINUX ? smbmount ? Andrew ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jon Clausen" To: Sent: Friday, August 06, 2010 5:08 PM Subject: Re: [opensuse] Help with NAS selection

On Fri, 06 Aug, 2010 at 08:28:43 +0200, Koenraad Lelong wrote:

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Op 05-08-10 12:16, Jon Clausen schreef:

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On Thu, 05 Aug, 2010 at 19:37:42 +1000, Andrew Rich wrote:

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Jon,

In broad terms: samba (smb) is the opensource implementation of the microsoft file protocol. Nowadays (I think) largely superceded by 'cifs'.

To pick some nits : cifs is the successor of smbfs, the client on Linux-machines. Samba, the server, is alive and kicking.

Thanks for clarifying.

Like I said, I rarely touch the stuff apart from the occasional smb:// in Konqueror... :P -- YMMV -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

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Fixed mount -t cifs //192.168.1.107/MyComputers -o username=<username> ,password=<password> /storage_box ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andrew Rich" To: "Jon Clausen" ; Sent: Saturday, August 07, 2010 11:43 AM Subject: Re: [opensuse] Help with NAS selection

I got a Netgear Stora RAID 1 dual drive

+ Windows sharing and FTP

How do I map a windows drive share in LINUX ?

smbmount ?

Andrew

----- Original Message ----- From: "Jon Clausen" To: Sent: Friday, August 06, 2010 5:08 PM Subject: Re: [opensuse] Help with NAS selection

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On Fri, 06 Aug, 2010 at 08:28:43 +0200, Koenraad Lelong wrote:

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Op 05-08-10 12:16, Jon Clausen schreef:

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On Thu, 05 Aug, 2010 at 19:37:42 +1000, Andrew Rich wrote:

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Jon,

In broad terms: samba (smb) is the opensource implementation of the microsoft file protocol. Nowadays (I think) largely superceded by 'cifs'.

To pick some nits : cifs is the successor of smbfs, the client on Linux-machines. Samba, the server, is alive and kicking.

Thanks for clarifying.

Like I said, I rarely touch the stuff apart from the occasional smb:// in Konqueror... :P -- YMMV -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

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