From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 11 21:45:54 2010 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 1D03B106566B for ; Tue, 11 May 2010 21:45:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sterling@camdensoftware.com) Received: from wh2.interactivevillages.com (wh2.interactivevillages.com [75.125.250.34]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DA7D38FC08 for ; Tue, 11 May 2010 21:45:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: from 174-21-99-21.tukw.qwest.net ([174.21.99.21] helo=_HOSTNAME_) by wh2.interactivevillages.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OBxCC-0000Zx-MD for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 11 May 2010 14:40:57 -0700 Received: by _HOSTNAME_ (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Tue, 11 May 2010 14:46:19 -0700 Date: Tue, 11 May 2010 14:46:19 -0700 From: Chip Camden To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20100511214619.GB66766@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <4BE7FD7A.7020207@esiee.fr> <20100510145115.GB78298@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> <4be90070.4Qv1h93fZy9O3Han%perryh@pluto.rain.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i Company: Camden Software Consulting URL: http://camdensoftware.com X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - wh2.interactivevillages.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - freebsd.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - camdensoftware.com 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 21:45:54 -0000 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, 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.  (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