From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Oct 2 21:09:46 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F1C76106568D for ; Fri, 2 Oct 2009 21:09:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tajudd@gmail.com) Received: from mail-gx0-f214.google.com (mail-gx0-f214.google.com [209.85.217.214]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AC4348FC15 for ; Fri, 2 Oct 2009 21:09:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: by gxk6 with SMTP id 6so141259gxk.13 for ; Fri, 02 Oct 2009 14:09:46 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=fl0Gy23YqHxVWsyJ2CoebYfDVnYwi5xdNq/9k7+x98M=; b=XtKnCOnrIQvqc2kjQM/FZ7Pmoh1fU3kOpTDHq42x8w5gviLSWWR5AAUm9rAPAejiy9 k4yO5ATcTNs85hYswAA+dqLbK1TYXxZkrihEbaEf1VWAzcsM06GaQAqkr7zjsDBYQJ/s hReMKw5Qcqeo0KXFwG2raSwqoXa2ElrfmnKMM= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=JbJ/nlTYJw/cIH8qRLbY7y1Cd4xjZB+BDQ3QlVphXsI0njmh/1KmlsXCPGJFKkauvM kiqhjIHItbwGrIBHvTY2dJ7NxNvzQ0/uyxcP2g4CqrGwxodjWTT5LnUnovhyivYpa44C +wBB+/JQGRE5Vr1p8atRSOEo0aPAQXIIa8BN0= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.100.17.27 with SMTP id 27mr3224357anq.199.1254517785968; Fri, 02 Oct 2009 14:09:45 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <6201873e0909300607u7bdbe45aw91972f253299e853@mail.gmail.com> <200910010116.n911Gmk2024725@banyan.cs.ait.ac.th> Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2009 15:09:45 -0600 Message-ID: From: Tim Judd To: Grant Peel Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Netwroked Storage X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 02 Oct 2009 21:09:47 -0000 On 10/2/09, Grant Peel wrote: > Hi all, > > I now have a quote from Dell, for a 4 TB, RAID5 NX3000 NAS. > > It comes pre configured with Windows Storage Server 2008 Standard Edition. > Dell support assures me it will be compatable with NFS on FreeBSD, but if we > are not happy with it we can wipe it and install whatever software we want > ... FreeNAS for example. > > Questions: > > Has anyone used/using Windows Storage Server 2008 with FreeBSD clients? Is > there any compatability loss? (NSF). > > Is anyone using this specific hardware? If so, comments please! > > -Grant I decline Dell if I were to make the choice. They support SOME linux, and Windows on the hardware. Microsoft has made "Services for UNIX" that Dell tends to install on their Windows NAS devices. iXsystems makes servers, storage, and everything else with a native BSD host, at a reasonable cost. They back PC-BSD development so they are familiar with the FreeBSD name. Will the Dell with WS2008 Storage and FreeBSD talk? They should. Are they reliable? That's questionable. I don't expect anyone to share my views, but it was asked for comments. --Tim