Date: Tue, 11 May 2010 06:43:09 -0500 From: Andrew Gould <andrewlylegould@gmail.com> To: perryh@pluto.rain.com Cc: sterling@camdensoftware.com, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Very simple file sharing between FreeBSD server and windows client ? Message-ID: <AANLkTimTJpLjNEtSQDdTy1VjvDIe66Id2pLWA_EC2tJL@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4be90070.4Qv1h93fZy9O3Han%perryh@pluto.rain.com> References: <4BE7FD7A.7020207@esiee.fr> <AANLkTin8QLhem9lI6LhALH4BsY4fzmuqxDQ_xUYtycSb@mail.gmail.com> <20100510145115.GB78298@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> <4be90070.4Qv1h93fZy9O3Han%perryh@pluto.rain.com>
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On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 2:00 AM, <perryh@pluto.rain.com> wrote: > Chip Camden <sterling@camdensoftware.com> wrote: > >> Does anyone have a recommendation for NAS that works well for >> both FreeBSD and Windows clients? > > IME, among commercial offerings, virtually all support SMB (via > Samba) but only the high-end (large & relatively costly) ones > support NFS also. =A0(A while back, the largest Buffalo that Fry's > had -- 4TB IIRC -- claimed to support NFS; all other NAS of any > brand mentioned only SMB and DELNI.) > > You can use an inexpensive SMB-only NAS with a FreeBSD client, > but you'll need Samba on the client. > Another item to consider in this discussion is sharity-light, an easy-to-use program that allows FreeBSD to mount Windows shares. Sharity-light is in the ports and Sharity is available as a commercial product: http://www.freshports.org/net/sharity-light http://www.obdev.at/products/sharity/index.html Andrew Gould
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