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[ale] off the shelf NAS for school with Linux, Mac and Windoz PCs
- Subject: [ale] off the shelf NAS for school with Linux, Mac and Windoz PCs
- From: brian at polibyte.com (Brian Pitts)
- Date: Mon, 08 Sep 2008 10:38:03 -0400
- In-reply-to: <[email protected]>
- References: <[email protected]> <20080908063837.0dbdb125@winterfell> <[email protected]>
Daniel Howard wrote:
> Yes that was my first choice too, but I'm looking for an off the shelf
> solution that even school IT folks who don't know anything about Linux
> can implement and manage later on. Brian Pitts comment about different
> versions of NAS boxes supporting Active Directory is good for off the
> shelf solutions.
I wonder if there is a middle ground here. Do you think a system like
FreeNAS [0] or OpenFiler [1] would be a good fit for school users? Both
have a comprehensive web interface. Even the cheapest workstation or
server will probably be more expensive than a single-disk NAS appliance
though.
[0] http://www.freenas.org
[1] http://www.openfiler.com
-Brian