From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 11 11:43:11 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 728351065676 for ; Tue, 11 May 2010 11:43:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from andrewlylegould@gmail.com) Received: from mail-fx0-f54.google.com (mail-fx0-f54.google.com [209.85.161.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 037BE8FC12 for ; Tue, 11 May 2010 11:43:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: by fxm15 with SMTP id 15so228620fxm.13 for ; Tue, 11 May 2010 04:43:10 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:received:in-reply-to :references:date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=nxvthZgraHPs6+hQiZWUZfA4GIVxQjfuXxM/nPFXULw=; b=ZAgreqZEP4KWadYr6LrQ/xqJGz7AzMAOfryr1viyv4BGoUNEueLQTn5SZgizHvO3zW lF5dygITOZRvg9IYxgq388SwDQ8xrsvoTOl75fuE/5L9IdhGDRgRq/MKMkECk/U9dAWe Z7sm747t9wjvXJhaJNC/Sv9WuD6zsN9DBM7jY= 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:content-transfer-encoding; b=Nmi2O4EPK9/OCq3ToeUf2Ayg9YUeWPeVbQkn/upm5aTiUwONLdl5MQj8qJJVAKfGkU SYYorcZwqFGsvTmMToH64EYl+5LNXxfQFCZ2n5NfQq2TEb28US+Xp7wlwSdarygK6k10 bongFpU4+QhWKTV26j/ZbT0pPAelyvoIFB/uc= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.223.21.17 with SMTP id h17mr6137108fab.45.1273578189697; Tue, 11 May 2010 04:43:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.223.106.199 with HTTP; Tue, 11 May 2010 04:43:09 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4be90070.4Qv1h93fZy9O3Han%perryh@pluto.rain.com> References: <4BE7FD7A.7020207@esiee.fr> <20100510145115.GB78298@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> <4be90070.4Qv1h93fZy9O3Han%perryh@pluto.rain.com> Date: Tue, 11 May 2010 06:43:09 -0500 Message-ID: From: Andrew Gould To: perryh@pluto.rain.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: sterling@camdensoftware.com, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Very simple file sharing between FreeBSD server and windows client ? 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: Tue, 11 May 2010 11:43:11 -0000 On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 2:00 AM, wrote: > Chip Camden wrote: > >> Does anyone have a recommendation for NAS that works well for >> both FreeBSD and Windows clients? > > IME, among commercial offerings, virtually all support SMB (via > Samba) but only the high-end (large & relatively costly) ones > support NFS also. =A0(A while back, the largest Buffalo that Fry's > had -- 4TB IIRC -- claimed to support NFS; all other NAS of any > brand mentioned only SMB and DELNI.) > > You can use an inexpensive SMB-only NAS with a FreeBSD client, > but you'll need Samba on the client. > Another item to consider in this discussion is sharity-light, an easy-to-use program that allows FreeBSD to mount Windows shares. Sharity-light is in the ports and Sharity is available as a commercial product: http://www.freshports.org/net/sharity-light http://www.obdev.at/products/sharity/index.html Andrew Gould