RE: Re: Budget network attached storage?

["Ward, David" <DAvid.Ward@xxxxxxxxxx>]

does anyone run a combined Linux NAS & Firewall/Router ?

I run Smoothwall (I have limited Linux experience) and combining the NAS
into the router machine would save space and power consumption?

I guess seperate boxes is more secure though ?

Dave

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Steve Edwards [mailto:steve@xxxxxxx]
>Sent: 29 August 2005 20:52
>To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>Subject: [ukha_d] Re: Budget network attached storage?
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>--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Matthew Miles" <m_miles@b...>
wrote:
>
>> Anyway,  I am currently using NASlite+ as my NAS OS
>> (http://www.serverelements.com).  A
few thoughts:
>> 2) Boots from LiveCD so you can only use 3 drives for storage (it
>> ignores the CD).
>> 3) As its a live CD the config must be stored elsewhere - its only
>> realy used for about 2 secs (like the CD) on bootup - seems a
waste
>to
>> me.  I use floppy but you can use usb.
>
>Just an addition to this, Naslite do a version that boots from a usb
>flashdisk, it also uses it for config data.
>
>This allows you to use all of the IDE channels for disks.
>
>Obviously you need a motherboard that can boot from usb, not all of
>them do.
>
>Cheers
>
>Steve
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