Comments on: Network storage – The ugly side http://noisymime.org/blog/2008/05/network-storage-the-ugly-side/ Still kickin Thu, 02 Jun 2011 16:40:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2 By: noisymime http://noisymime.org/blog/2008/05/network-storage-the-ugly-side/comment-page-1/#comment-21946 noisymime Mon, 02 Jun 2008 23:43:47 +0000 http://noisymime.org/blog/?p=55#comment-21946 @Blaise Alleyne Yes, that's the current plan, the WD drive has now been returned. In this case my Dad had just purchased what appeared on face value to be a reasonable unit. He didn't plan on hacking it and didn't really care whether or not it had a community behind it, so the WD drive looked good on paper. I just thought I'd make this post to warn others incase they were considering the same drive. @Elwood Jetson Yes Samba is normally a first rate piece of work. In this case either it has been compiled and setup poorly or the hardware in this device simply isn't up to scratch. @Blaise Alleyne

Yes, that’s the current plan, the WD drive has now been returned. In this case my Dad had just purchased what appeared on face value to be a reasonable unit. He didn’t plan on hacking it and didn’t really care whether or not it had a community behind it, so the WD drive looked good on paper. I just thought I’d make this post to warn others incase they were considering the same drive.

@Elwood Jetson

Yes Samba is normally a first rate piece of work. In this case either it has been compiled and setup poorly or the hardware in this device simply isn’t up to scratch.

]]> By: Elwood Jetson http://noisymime.org/blog/2008/05/network-storage-the-ugly-side/comment-page-1/#comment-21945 Elwood Jetson Mon, 02 Jun 2008 23:37:59 +0000 http://noisymime.org/blog/?p=55#comment-21945 If it's any reassurance, I regularly use Samba to transfer many GB of files across 1000mb/s and 100mb/s networks from PC to server without ever seeing transfers stop unless I stop them myself. If it’s any reassurance, I regularly use Samba to transfer many GB of files across 1000mb/s and 100mb/s networks from PC to server without ever seeing transfers stop unless I stop them myself.

]]> By: Blaise Alleyne http://noisymime.org/blog/2008/05/network-storage-the-ugly-side/comment-page-1/#comment-21940 Blaise Alleyne Mon, 02 Jun 2008 20:35:54 +0000 http://noisymime.org/blog/?p=55#comment-21940 Why don't you use a popular, well supported NAS device like the Linksys NSLU2? There's some great community firmware available too. http://www.nslu2-linux.org/ Why don’t you use a popular, well supported NAS device like the Linksys NSLU2? There’s some great community firmware available too.

http://www.nslu2-linux.org/

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