maybe this is not a correct place, but you can try with opensolaris+zfs.
with zfs, you can create iscsi, nfs and smb shares from cli. it's really easy to do. -- ---------- Original Message ----------- From: Rudi Ahlers <Rudi@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: CentOS mailing list <centos@xxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sun, 29 Jun 2008 09:08:15 +0200 Subject: settings up cheap a NAS / SAN server, is it possible? > Hi all > > I want to look at setting up a simple / cheap SAN / NAS server using > normal PIV motherboard, 2GB (or even more) RAM, Core 2 Duo CPU (probably > a Intel 6700 / 6750 / 6800) & some SATA HDD's (4 or 6x 320GB - 750GB). > My budget is limited, so I can't afford a pre-built NAS device. > > Can this be done with CentOS? I've been looking FreeNAS (which is built > on FreeBSD), and it look like a great project, but since the hardware > support in FreeBSD is limit, I'd rather use Linux for it. > > Has anyone done this? If so, please share a bit in your experiences :) > > -- > > Kind Regards > Rudi Ahlers > CEO, SoftDux > > Web: http://www.SoftDux.com > Check out my technical blog, http://blog.softdux.com for Linux or other technical stuff, or visit http://www.WebHostingTalk.co.za for Web Hosting stuff > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos ------- End of Original Message ------- |
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