Date: Tue, 11 May 2010 14:46:19 -0700 From: Chip Camden <sterling@camdensoftware.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Very simple file sharing between FreeBSD server and windows client ? Message-ID: <20100511214619.GB66766@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTimTJpLjNEtSQDdTy1VjvDIe66Id2pLWA_EC2tJL@mail.gmail.com> References: <4BE7FD7A.7020207@esiee.fr> <AANLkTin8QLhem9lI6LhALH4BsY4fzmuqxDQ_xUYtycSb@mail.gmail.com> <20100510145115.GB78298@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> <4be90070.4Qv1h93fZy9O3Han%perryh@pluto.rain.com> <AANLkTimTJpLjNEtSQDdTy1VjvDIe66Id2pLWA_EC2tJL@mail.gmail.com>
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Thanks for all the replies. FreeNAS looks like the ticket. BTW, sharity-light is marked as broken in the ports -- does not compile. I'm on 8.0-STABLE amd64. On May 11 2010 06:43, Andrew Gould wrote: > On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 2:00 AM, <perryh@pluto.rain.com> wrote: > > Chip Camden <sterling@camdensoftware.com> 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. (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 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- Sterling (Chip) Camden | camdensoftware.com | chipstips.com | chipsquips.com
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