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I'm running a 20 workstation lan, all Linux (opensuse) via nfs. The 160 GB hard drive of the server is getting full. Do you think the 323 could cope with serving and storing the user folders via NFS? Is anyone using the 323 as a NFS server for a lan?
Thanks in advance for any advice.
Steve.
Last edited by steve314 (2009-04-08 22:17:05)
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the dns-323 has no kernel-nfs server (yet?). unless you replace the kernel, you can only run a user-space nfs server, which is afaict incomplete (but usable). but more importantly, i think the dns323 will be far too slow to serve 20 clients.
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Hi and thanks for the reply. That's what I thought. It seems like an awful lot to pay as for the same price I can get a Desktop with a 640GB disk, 64 bit AMD processor and 1GB memory and a quiet fan running a full blown Linux distro. Maybe the 323 is a good idea as a backup. But then again, couldn't one backup to a usb hard drive instead?
Still thinking. . .
Cheers, Steve.
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steve314 wrote:
But then again, couldn't one backup to a usb hard drive instead?
I think having your backup disks connected to the network is a lot more convenient than carrying around usb disks. Also, having 'a backup disk that runs linux' allows for other tricks like scheduled downloads at night, e.g. using rsync+ssh, or the time machine idea ( http://dns323.kood.org/howto:backup#dai … me_machine )
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steve314 wrote:
Maybe the 323 is a good idea as a backup. But then again, couldn't one backup to a usb hard drive instead?
I use it largely for backup of sevral PC's we use at home for business, and to store media files. I used to do this with an old PC configured as a file server, but the 323 takes up less space, puts itself to sleep when not being used thereby using almost no electricity, and provides the data safety of RAID1. Just seemed like a good solution for me. I agree with fonz that the unit is pretty crippled from a CPU and memory capacity standpoint and can be easily saturated with just a few clients banging away at it. A general purpose file server for 20 concurrent users its not.
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Hi and thanks again for the useful replies.
The usb drive I had in mind would be part of the network as I could mount it on a client and use a cron to backup. I also take the point about power saving. But with it's limited processing power and inconvenience for an all nfs LAN I'm not convinced that it would be the choice for my LAN especially when a conventional box costs the same or less and would work without having to tweak or hack.
On a different note, do you think it would be OK if I asked who was using the 323 on an nfs lan? Getting information about this seems very difficult but I don't want to waste the forum time.
Cheers, Steve.
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