topic Re: NAS storage.... in Operating System - Linux

NAS storage....

K.C. Chan — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 13:25:16 GMT

Could some shed some info with NAS storage. I am interested in what kind of protocol can it support (in general). Thanks.

Re: NAS storage....

Ivan Ferreira — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 13:32:02 GMT

Information about NAS you can find it here:

http://h18006.www1.hp.com/storage/nas.html

Re: NAS storage....

Steven E. Protter — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 13:42:37 GMT

Shalom KC,

Almost universally NAS storage supports NFS version 3 server/client protocol. Some units support version 4 and I'd want that feature because file locking is easier.

Some units also support Samba and this is helpful from the standpoint of easy integration of Windows Clients.

Insist on a realistic test before purchasing, a bad NAS is very tough to deal with once purchased.

You can build your own NAS device and even make it redundant with a couple of old servers. I've done such a thing with Linux myself.

SEP

Re: NAS storage....

K.C. Chan — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 14:00:37 GMT

thanks all.