Re: Re: Budget network attached storage?

["Paul Robinson" <ukcueman@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Having read the Netgear datasheet I was coming to the same conclusion
about it
> not being a true NAS implementation. Sad really, as otherwise it's a
good
> solution.
>
> Looks like the Linksys is favourite at the moment. I initially had
reservations
> about the USB drives, but having read a load of reviews on the stuff
I've got no
> worries now. Also useful that the NSLU2 can suck data from other
shares on a
> scheduled basis, negating the need for a backup process to be running
on each
> PC.

The other thing about the slug is that there's a healthy hacking community
- allowing you
to run whatever you want on it with an OS compatible with the linksys
original or with a
completely fresh linux

>
>
> Anyone know what the NSLU2 does if it finds an open file? Does it just
skip or
> halt the backup?
I don't know about the linksys built-in backup facility, but just copying
an open file
from a windows share mounted onto the slug fails:

-bash-2.05b# cp -p pagefile.sys /share/hdd/data/public/backup/tmp/
cp: cannot stat `pagefile.sys': Text file busy
-bash-2.05b#

Paul




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