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  1. 10-09-2007 #1
    rcmpayne
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    looking for a storage server software

    I am trying to get a storage server up and going and need some advice on what to try, I tried one a while ago and did not like it as it changed the file system on the driver to some other standard

    Looking to be able to
    Have a webGUI
    Ability to attach fire wire and USB drives
    ATA and SATA
    To be able to have a set folders available to all computers
    Movies
    Applications
    Games
    Pictures
    Music


    Do anyone have a few ideas?
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    Hi and Welcome !

    tried one a while ago and did not like it as it changed the file system on the driver to some other standard
    Which distro did you try? It looks odd. FileSystem doesn't change automagically.

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  3. 10-09-2007 #3
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    The thing is i have 5 500G driver using NTFS and they are all 80 to 90% full
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    how about freenas
    FreeNAS: The Free NAS Server - Home
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    FreeNAS is a good choice. I have not played with it, but from what I have read it has some nice features.

    My personal suggestion would be the distro of your choosing (I like Debian) with Samba. You can setup a web interface for Samba and manager your shares. The only thing I am unsure about is NTFS support. I know Linux can read from NTFS partitions, but I have not researched writing to NTFS.
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    Quote Originally Posted by cburwell View Post
    I know Linux can read from NTFS partitions, but I have not researched writing to NTFS.
    NTFS-3G: Stable Read/Write NTFS Driver
    Its stable and works very nicely
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    what is the diffrence between debian and samba they both look like a os, to you apply one over the other?
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    SAMBA runs on the OS .. both ubuntu OS and debian OS have good all round capabilities with SAMBA and easy install and hardware detection. have a look at http://www.howtoforge.com/debian_etc...tdbsam_backend

    to see if its too tricky. also, SME server 7.2 is a very user friendly easy setup, but no games theres a tutorial for this too on the howtoforge.org site.
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  9. 10-11-2007 #9
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    yea all i am looking to do is have a NAS or a server for all my USB/SATA/Estat Drives

    My computer is pritty powerfull that i have as well

    So install debian
    then SAMBA
    then NTFS-3G

    Sound about right?
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  10. 10-11-2007 #10
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    yes, you can run the net-install version of Debian, and as long as you select the "file server" section of the premade packages, it will automatically install SAMBA.
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