Comments on: Home Fileserver: What do I need? http://breden.org.uk/2008/03/02/home-fileserver-what-do-i-need/ Complexifying simplicity Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:58:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Thomson http://breden.org.uk/2008/03/02/home-fileserver-what-do-i-need/comment-page-1/#comment-5359 Thomson Mon, 09 Mar 2009 21:58:49 +0000 http://breden.org.uk/2008/03/02/home-fileserver-what-do-i-need/#comment-5359 Ansgar & Simon, My MP3s are on a drive which is NFS-exported from Linux. My wife's Mac has that export mounted, and iTunes points to that for her MP3 repo. There is a checkbox to prevent the files from being copied over to the local FS. This has been working nicely since the day I set it up, about 5 months ago. Ansgar & Simon,

My MP3s are on a drive which is NFS-exported from Linux. My wife’s Mac has that export mounted, and iTunes points to that for her MP3 repo. There is a checkbox to prevent the files from being copied over to the local FS. This has been working nicely since the day I set it up, about 5 months ago.

]]> By: Amir http://breden.org.uk/2008/03/02/home-fileserver-what-do-i-need/comment-page-1/#comment-4995 Amir Tue, 24 Feb 2009 19:22:36 +0000 http://breden.org.uk/2008/03/02/home-fileserver-what-do-i-need/#comment-4995 I am considering building a ZFS NAS, and for the media streaming was going to tryout the java based DNLA software. This site seems to have a few listed and compared: http://www.rbgrn.net/blog/2007/08/how-to-choose-dlna-media-server-software-in-windows-mac-os-x-or-linux.html. Have you considered or tried these? I am considering building a ZFS NAS, and for the media streaming was going to tryout the java based DNLA software. This site seems to have a few listed and compared: http://www.rbgrn.net/blog/2007/08/how-to-choose-dlna-media-server-software-in-windows-mac-os-x-or-linux.html.

Have you considered or tried these?

]]> By: Simon http://breden.org.uk/2008/03/02/home-fileserver-what-do-i-need/comment-page-1/#comment-4220 Simon Mon, 26 Jan 2009 19:21:07 +0000 http://breden.org.uk/2008/03/02/home-fileserver-what-do-i-need/#comment-4220 Thanks Ansgar. So far, I have left my iTunes library on my Mac, and just made a copy of it onto the fileserver as a backup. Let me know if you manage to get your iTunes working from your fileserver, or if you get problems. Cheers, Simon Thanks Ansgar. So far, I have left my iTunes library on my Mac, and just made a copy of it onto the fileserver as a backup.
Let me know if you manage to get your iTunes working from your fileserver, or if you get problems.

Cheers,
Simon

]]> By: Ansgar http://breden.org.uk/2008/03/02/home-fileserver-what-do-i-need/comment-page-1/#comment-4107 Ansgar Sat, 17 Jan 2009 13:06:43 +0000 http://breden.org.uk/2008/03/02/home-fileserver-what-do-i-need/#comment-4107 Hi Simon, thanks ever so much for your blog which is so very helpful in planning the NAS which I am about to set up. In the "Home Fileserver: What do I need?" section you mentioned, that you wanted to have support for your iTunes library. Do you have any solution for that yet? Hi Simon,
thanks ever so much for your blog which is so very helpful in planning the NAS which I am about to set up.
In the “Home Fileserver: What do I need?” section you mentioned, that you wanted to have support for your iTunes library. Do you have any solution for that yet?

]]> By: Simon http://breden.org.uk/2008/03/02/home-fileserver-what-do-i-need/comment-page-1/#comment-891 Simon Sat, 12 Apr 2008 10:29:42 +0000 http://breden.org.uk/2008/03/02/home-fileserver-what-do-i-need/#comment-891 @anonymous: Good point! In fact I would call myself a Windows, Linux, Mac OS, Solaris guy. I use Windows for games/Internet Explorer compatibility testing, Linux for web servers, Mac OS for my main client machine, and Solaris for storage -- each one does the job it's best suited to. No Golden Hammers here ;-) I think the Linux world would really like to use ZFS, so it would be great if the licensing issue can be resolved -- something about it not being GPL, I think (I know there is a ZFS on FUSE project, but this has reduced performance, apparently). You might find this interesting -- it's written by a long-term Linux user who discovered ZFS: http://scottstuff.net/blog/articles/2007/10/19/why-not-linux-new-server-part-2 He says: "I’m using it [ZFS] because I’m fed up with losing data to weird RAID issues with Linux, and I believe that OpenSolaris with ZFS will be substantially more reliable long-term." Take a read, it's pretty good, I thought. For anyone needing free help for Solaris/ZFS, you have Google and the forums -- try the ZFS discuss group here: http://www.opensolaris.org/jive/forum.jspa?forumID=80&start=0 And of course, there's always pay-for support available for businesses. @anonymous:

Good point!

In fact I would call myself a Windows, Linux, Mac OS, Solaris guy. I use Windows for games/Internet Explorer compatibility testing, Linux for web servers, Mac OS for my main client machine, and Solaris for storage — each one does the job it’s best suited to. No Golden Hammers here ;-)

I think the Linux world would really like to use ZFS, so it would be great if the licensing issue can be resolved — something about it not being GPL, I think (I know there is a ZFS on FUSE project, but this has reduced performance, apparently).

You might find this interesting — it’s written by a long-term Linux user who discovered ZFS:
http://scottstuff.net/blog/articles/2007/10/19/why-not-linux-new-server-part-2

He says: “I’m using it [ZFS] because I’m fed up with losing data to weird RAID issues with Linux, and I believe that OpenSolaris with ZFS will be substantially more reliable long-term.”

Take a read, it’s pretty good, I thought.

For anyone needing free help for Solaris/ZFS, you have Google and the forums — try the ZFS discuss group here:
http://www.opensolaris.org/jive/forum.jspa?forumID=80&start=0

And of course, there’s always pay-for support available for businesses.

]]> By: anonymous http://breden.org.uk/2008/03/02/home-fileserver-what-do-i-need/comment-page-1/#comment-890 anonymous Sat, 12 Apr 2008 09:17:32 +0000 http://breden.org.uk/2008/03/02/home-fileserver-what-do-i-need/#comment-890 Why use Solaris? Unless you are a Solaris guy I suppose. There is more knowledge out on the interweb for Linux than Solaris - people are more likely able to get support/help from the Internet for a diy Linux solution than a Solaris one. Why use Solaris? Unless you are a Solaris guy I suppose.

There is more knowledge out on the interweb for Linux than Solaris – people are more likely able to get support/help from the Internet for a diy Linux solution than a Solaris one.

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