As you all know, I''m a confirmed Linux supporter. But I must mention a
project that I''ve recently become acquainted with: FreeNAS
(http://freenas.org).
This is a really cool product:
- It is FreeBSD based. The current stable version is built on FreeBSD 7.3.
- FreeNAS allows you to quickly build an NAS solution that supports
SMB/CIFS, AFP (Seamlessly supports Timemachine on OS X 10.6), NFS, FTP,
iSCSI, and more.
- FreeNAS has a professional-quality web-based GUI; the GUI is really
impressive.
- You can experiment with FreeNAS using a live CD; then, when you are
ready to commit to the product, you can download your config, install
FreeNAS on a HD, USB stick, or Flash drive and then and upload your
tested config and go!
I bought a 1.5TB SATA drive and installed it in a system running Windows
XP and VirtualBox. In a couple of hours, I had FreeNAS running under
Virtualbox; it supports our Mac, our Windows systems and all of our
Linux systems with network-accessible backup media. All for $130US!
Very cool!
-Tom
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Tom Eastep \ When I die, I want to go like my Grandfather who
Shoreline, \ died peacefully in his sleep. Not screaming like
Washington, USA \ all of the passengers in his car
http://shorewall.net \________________________________________________
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