Re: Very simple file sharing between FreeBSD server and windows client ?

On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 2:00 AM, <perryh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Chip Camden <sterling@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Does anyone have a recommendation for NAS that works well for
both FreeBSD and Windows clients?

IME, among commercial offerings, virtually all support SMB (via
Samba) but only the high-end (large & relatively costly) ones
support NFS also.  (A while back, the largest Buffalo that Fry's
had -- 4TB IIRC -- claimed to support NFS; all other NAS of any
brand mentioned only SMB and DELNI.)

You can use an inexpensive SMB-only NAS with a FreeBSD client,
but you'll need Samba on the client.


Another item to consider in this discussion is sharity-light, an
easy-to-use program that allows FreeBSD to mount Windows shares.
Sharity-light is in the ports and Sharity is available as a
commercial product:

http://www.freshports.org/net/sharity-light
http://www.obdev.at/products/sharity/index.html

Andrew Gould
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