[GLLUG] Network storage question

Bert W. Carrier Jr. bertcarrier at gmail.com
Tue May 15 06:03:49 EDT 2012


Thanks Philip, and everyone else. This is really helpful stuff.

I have some more dumb questions (I must have given the impression that I 
know what I'm doing).   My network is going to have at least 1 windows 
machine on it, so I don't think NFS only will work.  I've had some 
success with Samba on my home network, but I have to disable all of the 
permissions to get it to work.



Out of curiosity, why Ubuntu 10.04?
>
>

I have a bunch of Dell P4 workstations that run really well on 10.04.  
Plus, I like the Gnome 2 interface.   I'm trying to do this as cheaply 
as possible.

My poweredge 1400 server has 2 GB of RAM, which I don't think will run 
FreeNas.   I might be stuck with Samba if I use this current hardware or 
maybe I should bite the bullet and buy a new NAS device.

What does it mean to break off mirrors?

How do I send data to a remote site? This sounds like a great idea.

Should I use tape drive backups every week and store them off site?

Thanks again for your suggestions, everyone!

Bert


>> A friend suggested that I get a NAS device, which I know very little 
>> about. Does anyone have any ideas/ suggestions?
>
> PC Mag: How to Buy a NAS 
> <http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2354173,00.asp>
>
> PC Mag: The Top 8 Best NAS Devices 
> <http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2401086,00.asp?obref=obinsite> (Published 
> 3/5/12 so it’s still up to date.)
>
> I’d also investigate the reviews at http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/ if 
> you decide to buy a NAS. I can’t recommend this site enough.
>
> Setting up SAMBA by hand editing config files is a PITA if you don’t 
> know what you’re doing. I’ve always thought of NFS as really easy to 
> set up, but then I worked at Sun for years so I guess that makes 
> sense. :-) NFS has a zillion options, but you normally only use the 
> same few every time.
>
> I second the recommendation for FreeNAS if you decide to go the DIY 
> route. It has a very nice admin GUI and you can use ZFS for your 
> filesystems. (This is for a business so you do care about your data 
> don’t you?) ZFS’s competitor in Linux land is BtrFS, but it is just 
> starting to be offered as an option on some Linux distributions. It 
> lacks the proven maturity of Sun’s ZFS—in particular a stable version 
> hasn’t been released yet.
>
> One easy way to use FreeNAS would be to buy a server from iXsystems. 
> They’re well known in the BSD community and they are the primary 
> supporters of the development of FreeNAS. Unfortunately, the nicest 
> thing that can be said for their pricing is that they’re not inexpensive.
>
>
> Also, you do have a backup and disaster recovery plan, yes? (Backing 
> up with ZFS by breaking off mirrors or sending to a remote system is 
> trivial.)
>
>
> Phil
> --
> The world has arrived at an age of cheap complex devices of great 
> reliability; and something is bound to come of it. —Vannevar Bush, “As 
> we may think 
> <http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1945/07/as-we-may-think/3881/>” 
> (1945)
>

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