[GLLUG] Network storage question

[Chick Tower]

I don't know a lot about FreeNAS, Bert, but it's worth looking into.  I 
think it uses FreeBSD to set up and run an NAS, so it's free (in both 
meanings).


                                Chick

On 05/14/2012 10:11 AM, Bert W. Carrier Jr. wrote:
> Hello folks,
>
> I'm building a small Linux network for my office, (8 workstations
> running Ubuntu 10.04) and I'm looking to attach some network storage. I
> was thinking about using an old Dell poweredge server that I have lying
> around, with some internal HDDs running Ubuntu linux with Samba. Samba
> is hard for me though, I'm not much of a networking expert.
>
> A friend suggested that I get a NAS device, which I know very little
> about. Does anyone have any ideas/ suggestions?
>
> Thanks!