<div dir="ltr">The APS schools that LNS set up initially as thin client pilot schools already have a purpose built NAS machine. Just need to have a guru-geek actually make the connections happen. No need for more hardware to solve a simple configuration issue. The _political_ issue of a Linux-based single sign-on environment, however, is beyond the comprehension of anyone. Good luck!<br>
<br>Keep in mind the ultimate goal is not "how do we do X?" but "How do we do X now and forever with no training or support or technical skills while still accomodating a changing environment we can't really pin down all the parameters for". <br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Sep 7, 2008 at 7:41 AM, Daniel Howard <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dhhoward@comcast.net">dhhoward@comcast.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
I'm looking for an off the shelf NAS device with gigabit Ethernet<br>
interface and embedded Linux/Samba that can be seen by all three OS's<br>
and found this 500 GB box from Buffalo at $158 from Newegg that<br>
apparently would do the trick:<br>
<br>
<a href="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822165076" target="_blank">http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822165076</a><br>
<br>
Does anyone have any experience with off the shelf NAS units? Goal is<br>
to make integration with all three types of platforms as seamless as<br>
possible in a school and allow files generated in any of three computer<br>
labs (one with Windows XP, one with iMacs, and one with Centos thin<br>
clients) to be easily transferred between the three labs and the<br>
classroom PCs. And cheap and easy for school IT folks to set up, of<br>
course...<br>
<br>
Best,<br>
Daniel<br>
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