From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed May 28 15:10:51 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4FF0167B for ; Wed, 28 May 2014 15:10:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-yh0-x235.google.com (mail-yh0-x235.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4002:c01::235]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 12BC620EA for ; Wed, 28 May 2014 15:10:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-yh0-f53.google.com with SMTP id i57so8854637yha.40 for ; Wed, 28 May 2014 08:10:50 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=b06835HE2MWjLiGsEV3IS4pgum18VVDBJ4jGANQJf1Y=; b=mvW4onVVd0jN5WSNxOBpzR9/WCg+iLQmRKF23L6l78j7tpPxCss9ENmsEvIIkbG7xj JQceqm3j/NKnHCkQOcYD6hODtXnlK6hW6mh/8yao41ZNdVDRUz+j08Z0r8CYClviTq6D B0AvWxYfMKfG8HcJHuO+ArlxuFUM0tjpp2jtA20jUHKYqgdNOKsviNl+4GNxjH2DIWKb mg5Ih/+zhsnBysp4HEFIHPksYs4cI36tJEAWIkybbC5MgihEadPis61hirjABb1Rkxvs bYeLfFkU7rZRm0GTdT+p/KJfBFQvyN2hXqTgZjJu7ukPHFLFCTHnpydiiH3SF3QwSa2L aeFQ== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.236.39.103 with SMTP id c67mr13262831yhb.139.1401289489276; Wed, 28 May 2014 08:04:49 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.170.54.8 with HTTP; Wed, 28 May 2014 08:04:49 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20140528121928.3b3cd60a.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <10590.73524.bm@smtp114.sbc.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> <20140528121928.3b3cd60a.freebsd@edvax.de> Date: Wed, 28 May 2014 16:04:49 +0100 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Hardware for NAS/NFS? From: krad To: Polytropon Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.18 Cc: Thomas Mueller , FreeBSD Questions X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 28 May 2014 15:10:51 -0000 do you actually need a NAS? How about btsync or some cloud provider? Stick a 3tb drive in each pc and let btsync do your mirroring. On 28 May 2014 11:19, Polytropon wrote: > On Wed, 28 May 2014 04:03:46 +0000 (UTC), Thomas Mueller wrote: > > Thanks to various people on this list for suggestions. > > > > I'm looking for something that does not require a full computer, > > like the Seagate Central, which is an external NAS hard drive: > > 2, 3 or 4 TB, NTFS-formatted, USB 2.0 port, connects to wireless > > router by Ethernet. > > Comparable to the Buffalo LinkStation I had (even though it could > only hold one disk, ext2 formatted). It's very low power and boots > from a combination of ROM and disk partition, whereas the rest of > the disk is for data storage. Access to data could happen via FTP, > CIFS and NFS, if I remember correctly. > > Oh, I found a datasheet: > > http://www.buffalotech.com/content/files/products/HD-HXXXLAN_DS_092905.pdf > > Maybe something like this, in "more modern", would fit your needs? > As far as I know, those things can be flashed to run Linux with > server functionality (mail server or DNS or web server), or even > run OpenBSD. > > > > > NTFS is not the easiest file system to deal with from BSD or Linux, > > but it might not matter over Internet protocols. > > But it will matter in case of data recovery. :-) > > > > > Now I wish my wireless router had a USB port, don't know if there > > is any workable way to connect a USB drive to Ethernet through > > adapters. > > Using a device as described and wiring it to the router would be > possible. Without further examination, how about those? > > http://www.buffalotech.com/products/network-storage > > > http://www.amazon.de/Buffalo-LinkStation-LS420D0402-EU-Speed-Gigabit/dp/B00COZ2K48 > > > > -- > Polytropon > Magdeburg, Germany > Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 > Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >