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Old 01-23-2014, 05:34 AM   #1
ab_city004
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Can anybody give an hint on howto build storage server


Pls, can anybody give me an idea on how to setup a storage server,rightnow i have an IBM machine that is 2TB; 8GB RAM and very high processor.
Pls,i need your help.
 
Old 01-23-2014, 06:13 AM   #2
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As you give us no other information about what you want to use this for:

CentOS as the OS and then NFS for Linux/OSX clients and SAMBA for Windows clients.
 
Old 01-23-2014, 06:53 AM   #3
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Please elaborate further on the requirements of this storage server.

-what type of content will it serve/ store?
-to how many clients will it serve?
-how much storage is needed? Now and for future use
-what OS do you have installed or thinking about installing?
-just to name a few

Youtube these keywords
-file server
-freenas
-network attached storage
-samba
 
  


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