[ale] Build-yer-own NAS server

[Pete Hardie]

On 6/6/06, Jeff Hubbs <hbbs at comcast.net> wrote:
> Pete Hardie wrote:
> > 1) is this a bonkers idea in the first place?
> >
> Not in the least.  We've had all of our machines, Windows and Linux, in
> the house using a common file server for years and it is, frankly,
> invaluable.
> > 2) what should I look at w/r/t the NAS device proper (which distro,
> > mobo issues, etc)?
> >
> If ever there were a set-and-forget application, this is it.  I run
> Gentoo on a Sockey 7 mobo with a K6-2+/550 (basically a K6-3 laptop
> CPU).  There is a PCI IDE card with two 160GB drives connected.  The box
> boots to a third non-RAID drive.

Thanks for the info.  I'm definitely looking for this to be a
low-maintanence box,
with minimal cost.

>
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