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RE: [PLUG] USB Storage Servers
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-----Original Message-----
>From: "Ian Reinhart Geiser"<geiseri@yahoo.com>
>Sent: 7/11/05 12:57:54 PM
>To: "plug@phillylinux.org"<plug@phillylinux.org>
>Subject: [PLUG] USB Storage Servers
>
>Greetings,
>I am looking at the Linksys NSLUG2 and the DLink DNS-120 for use as light
>storage servers. My big rub right now is they seem limited to two USB
>devices at a time. I know the NSLUG2 uses Linux, so in theory this is
>fixable, but before I waste my time hacking does anyone else know of USB
>storage servers that are sub $100.
>
>My basic requirement is that I can attach USB drives to it, and the volumes on
>it appear as SAMBA shares. I don't really care beyond that, but having them
>run linux would be a plus. Also no iSCSI or stuff like that, I really want
>SAMBA so that I can access it from all the systems in my house at the same
>time.
>
>Cheers
> -ian reinhart geiser
Ian, I tried out a unit from Tiger Direct and was not very satisfied with it. It did not run Linux and was not very flexible. I have a friend who has it now and says it is the greatest.
To satisfy my needs I went with a small format PC, a belkin USB 2.0 card and external enclosure for the USB harddisk (80GB). I have Ubuntu in server only mode on it - solid as a rock! Now I can do whatever I feel I need to (gnump3d, ddclient, etc.), still provide all the up to date Samba goodness the rest of my family needs AND use flexbackup for making sure the data is safe.
So... If you need a plug in and forget device, tgose consumer grade Network Attached Storage units are great. For flexibility though, I recommend go8ng down the build to suit path.
Kam Salisbury
http://salisburyfamily.us
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