Lembit Soobik
lembit.dbamail at t-online.de
Tue Feb 13 14:37:30 CST 2007
I was afraid you ask that, but let me first answer your first question: yes, it is that simple. you download a CD image (about 5$), put that (with e.g. Nero) on a cd. you go to any windows box and boot it with that CD (dont be afraid, it will not use your HDs) make a floppy go to that old PC which you want to use as NAS boot it with the floppy you will get a simple menue from which you configure (format) the IDE drive(s). you give it a name and IP address, save the config to the floppy reboot it and go to a windows PC and put your files on. once you have that done discard keyboard and monitor and run it with telnet from any Win box on the network. all this works now. in order to use SATA and such stuff, you have to download a different version (30$) look it up on their website under product comparison. Lembit ----- Original Message ----- From: "JWColby" <jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com> To: "'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues'" <dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2007 9:01 PM Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Building a network storage device > Well, for starters these aren't IDE disks, they are SATA disks, connected > to > a raid controller. Does the raid controller report them as IDE disks? No > se exactamente. My raid controller can have up to 8 SATA disks connected > to > it. The controller can then divvy up the SATA disks into different raid > arrays, or use them all in one big array. > > John W. Colby > Colby Consulting > www.ColbyConsulting.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gustav Brock > Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2007 2:51 PM > To: dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com > Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Building a network storage device > > Hi John > > It is too easy. The NASLite sees up to 4 IDE disks. That's it. Wether one > or > more of these are RAID drives, doesn't matter. > It asks disk by disk if you want to use that disk. Answer Yes, and it will > be formatted and shared as Disk-n. > > /gustav > >>>> jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com 13-02-2007 20:10:30 >>> > YEAaaaa! So tell us all about it. Put a floppy in, boot the machine, go > to > another system and "there it is"? > > My big question now is how the installation of a raid controller will > impact > this "load a floppy" thing. The other question in my mind is performance > and the like. If I create a raid array, it is a blank slate, there are no > volumes. Will it appear as a "huge hard disk" to Linux? If so then how > does it get formatted and partitions created? AFAIK all of that has to > happen on the local computer, i.e. a windows machine is not allowed to > format a drive on a system out on the network. > > John W. Colby > Colby Consulting > www.ColbyConsulting.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Lembit Soobik > Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2007 1:46 PM > To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues > Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Building a network storage device > > and now its working :) > > thanks everybody :) > > Lembit > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Lembit Soobik" <lembit.dbamail at t-online.de> > To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" > <dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com> > Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2007 6:59 PM > Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Building a network storage device > > >> AAAAAAAAAAhhhaaaa, >> well, I wondered what all these versions were (can understand FTP), so >> I assumed wrongly that NFS must be the right one. >> Thanks a lot. >> I will then try it with SMB. >> >> Lembit >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Bryan Carbonnell" <carbonnb at gmail.com> >> To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" >> <dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com> >> Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2007 6:00 PM >> Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Building a network storage device >> >> >>> On 2/13/07, Lembit Soobik <lembit.dbamail at t-online.de> wrote: >>>> on the NASlite-drive? >>>> how do I do that? it doesnt have Windows on it or any OS except the >>>> NASlite. >>>> the manual sais that all data is accessible to wverybody on tha >>>> network without pasword or anything. >>> >>> Which NSALite version did you get? >>> >>> You will need the SMB version to use it via Windows Explorer. >>> >>> There is also an FTP and NFS version. >>> >>> Make sure you have the right one. > > > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com