Hi Loel,
> You might also consider FreeNAS: http://www.freenas.org/ -or-
> http://sourceforge.net/projects/freenas
>
> Disclaimer: I have just one test setup at a charity whose office is
> not manned all the time, so testing is catch-as-catch-can.
>
> Disclaimer 2: I haven't figured out how to mount and use the NAS from
> my Bluequartz server.
FreeNAS supports a multitude of protocols if I'm not mistaken, including NFS,
Samba, RSYNCd and a couple of others.
If the NAS and ideally the BlueQuartz as well are in a DMZ behind a firewall,
then I'd either use Samba or NFS to mount it.
Usually when I connect two servers via NFS I perform the steps shown below.
The guide is actually for BlueQuartz:
Target server (the one where you want to store data on):
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If it's a BlueQuartz box whose resources you want to share via NFS, then you
may have to install a couple of RPMs first. This is only necessary on the
Target server, not the source:
yum install nfs-utils system-config-nfs portmap nfs
echo "/home/shared_directory source.my.network(rw,sync)" >>/etc/exports
/sbin/chkconfig --level 2345 portmap on
/sbin/chkconfig --level 2345 nfs on
/etc/init.d/portmap start
/sbin/service nfs start
Source server:
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mount <IP of Target>:/home/shared_directory /home/external
That allows the "Source" server read and write access to the
directory /home/shared_directory on "Target" via NFS and makes that directory
available on "Source" as /home/external
But like I said: NFS is horribly insecure and this should only be used behind
a firewall and in a controlled environment.
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With best regards,
Michael Stauber