[dba-Tech] Building a network storage device

thanks Bryan and John
for the discussion.
I have done it yesterday and it worked like a charm.

the question i have now is
how can I start that PC via LAN, and is there a way to shut it down when the 
UPS tells to shut down?

Lembit

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bryan Carbonnell" <carbonnb at gmail.com>
To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" 
<dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com>
Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2007 7:14 PM
Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Building a network storage device


> On 2/7/07, JWColby <jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com> wrote:
>> >Have  a read of the docs, all 8 pages, and that should give you a good 
>> >idea
>> how little you really need to know.
>>
>> Isn't that what Microsoft tells Joe user about Microsoft Access?
>
> Point taken, but I dont' work for MS ;-)
>
>> >NASLite doesn't have web admin, but it does have web status monitoring.
>>
>> Hmmm... What status?  Is this a Linux thing?  Or the drive stuff?
>
> Drive stuff. The drive space, the drive health if they are SMART aware
> devices, etc. and server status/info.
>
> The NASLite-SMB Info share offers the following status information pages:
> • Server – Provides information about server network settings, lists
> recent server users and displays the server (Samba) configuration
> file.
> • System – Displays information about the server OS, uptime, load,
> CPU, memory, fixed disk drive usage and network interface status.
> • Disk-X - Displays Disk X initialization messages, hardware
> description and S.M.A.R.T. status information if applicable. Disk 1 is
> the primary (master) fixed disk
> • SYS Log – Displays the current system messages log file.
> • SMB Log – Displays the current SMB/CIFS Server (smbd) log file.
> • NMB Log - Displays the current NetBIOS Name Server (nmbd) log file.
> • About – Contains general NASLite-SMB information.
>
> Here is a link to typical (their words not mine) status pages:
> http://www.serverelements.com/info/NASLite-1/Server.htm
>
>> >Yes, that's command line but it is still done remotely.
>>
>> And here we are learning Linux command line stuff.
>
> Nope. I wrote that wrong. It's a text based menu. No fancy point and
> click GUI. Its all done with the keyboard, via telnet or in front of
> the actual PC.
>
>> Bryan, I am not saying that NASLite won't do what I need.  What I want to
>> know before I get in there is that I will NEVER have to go do Linux stuff
>> for this thing.  Not finding a driver for a video card or the raid card 
>> or
>> the NIC, nothing!  If I ever have to do any Linux stuff then I just lost
>> whatever benefit I might have gained by using it in the first place, and
>> since I know absolutely NOTHING about Linux, I could be in trouble in a
>> hurry.
>
> Nope. AFAICT, you will NEVER have to learn Linux. Never, ever, ever
> with NASLite. It will either work out of the box with your hardware or
> it won't. Period. EOD.
>
> If it doesn't, you will need to find another solution. If it does,
> then you wont' need to upgrade anything. Now having said that, if you
> change hardware then the new hardware may not work. Just like any
> other hardware upgrade with (pick your favourite OS here)
>
>> I just have visions of weekends lost 6 months down the road because of 
>> (put
>> your favorite unexplained circumstance here).  XP isn't beautiful, and it
>> isn't problem free, but it is a known quantity which counts for 
>> something.
>> OTOH I have played the XP "where is the share that is supposed to be 
>> there"
>> game so I know quite well that it isn't all roses on the XP side of the
>> house either.
>
> I can't say that you won't have that experience. But it won't be
> because of having to upgrade drivers or things like that. Like I said,
> it'll either work, and then you're off to the races, or it won't and
> you'll need to find another solution.
>
>> It sounds appealing, that is for sure.
>
> I guess the best way to tell for sure is to try it, in a non-critical
> environment/role.
>
> It may be for you, it may not. All I can say is that it sounds like it
> will fit the bill for what you need, and I have used it myself in the
> past and it worked for what I was doing.
>
> -- 
> Bryan Carbonnell - carbonnb at gmail.com
> Life's journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well
> preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out,
> shouting "What a great ride!"
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