Friends,
I have questions regarding installing network disks on a home network [may be applied for other networks also, but I am considering for home/small office networks].
Recently, the prices of HDDs and S/PATA->ETH covers prices are falling rapidly [at least in my country]. So, what I would like to do is a simple and affordable solution for data storage. [I have read through some products [such as Lacie, WD etc] and they are mainly based on Win systems.]
Now, we are out and purchased one HDD and one S/PATA->ETH enclosure. We have installed the disk into the enclosure and connected to our LAN.
So, the questions go:
1. We would like to format this S/PATA disk with ext2/ext3 format, but how can we make our Linux machine "see" this network disk [it is unformatted and has nothing on it to broadcast its IP]? [Maybe the HDD enclosures have this ability, I don't know.]
2. How after seeing this network disk, how can we perform our "usual" disk operations [move, copy, delete] on this disk? [There is a program in
www.twonkyvision.com, but it does not work with all hardware, it is very selective. we do not want to purchase some specific and high-priced disks, so we are going out with the OEM stuff.]
3. How can we make this network disk "shareable" by the other computers on the network? [it is ok if it is running some program on it, or other pcs can share files/folders on the network, but our network HDD will work independent of any pcs.].
4. How can we authorize users to connect to the HDD once they are inside the network?
If I can solve these, I think I will go out and have a HDD and enclosure and install it on my network. After this, -surely- I will post my experiences at LQ.
Thanks everyone for reading and replying in advance.
Regards.
