Re: [OT] - well kind of... NAS software

[Andy Davies <dajdavies@xxxxxxxxx>]

There were a couple threads about this last April (don't have the
archive link to hand though).

Freshmeat list a few free and non-free options, other thing to consider
is something like one of the NAS boxes from Linksys or Buffalo that run
linux and can be hacked (not a free option though)

>Hello all!
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>I have a win2k fileserver running quite happily in the background.
>However, like most of you, I am always looking fo things to 'tinker'
with.
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>I am looking for an OS that is specifically designed for fileserving /
>NAS applications.  I would use Netware 5.1 (which I own a copy of) but
>its far too complicated for me.  Ideally I am looking for a 'stick a
>cd in the drive, boot it up and configure via webserver' type thing.
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>Oh and ideally it should be at my favourite price... as cheap as
possible!
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>I hope you can help.
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>Matt
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>SCSI support as well as IDE would be useful - I would like to use a
>tape drive to back up some of the stuff on it (email etc).
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